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  1. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    Well fellas, I sold her. I got her running nice and smooth, but needed something I could fit my three kids and two dogs in (4 doors). So i sold the old k2500. I'm still sad about it. I'm positive I'll get another one someday as my runaround truck. I bought the truck for 1700, put about 700 into...
  2. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    Alright, I've had some time to work on the truck. I ended up not getting the newer chevy. in the past 10 days I've replace the main driveshaft U-Joints, Distributor Cap, IAC Valve, and AC Clutch. The engine sounds significantly better after replacing the rusty AC clutch. And my AC works...so...
  3. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    alright guys... it's been a while. So I found a 1999 K2500 for 3 grand. New transmission, fuel pump/line, but the engine has a knock. No idea if it's as simple as spark plugs or something more. I don't mind doing an engine rebuild (replace seals, piston heads.. etc). I have a couple questions...
  4. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    Here is the new alternator wire I threw in. It's a 6 gauge with a 200 amp fuse connection point on the firewall. The hard part was getting good connection with the battery because I have those stupid bolts that your screw into the terminals. I had to cut out a slot in the rubber grommet on the...
  5. Trevor Floyd

    94 c1500 build

    It's always nice to know see are others who have gone through multiple break downs and tows after buying their GMT400. Way to stick with it. I bought a 95 k2500 last June. When I bought it, the truck ran like it was 25 years old, now it runs like it's only 15 years old. Still plenty to fix to...
  6. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    Thanks for the update @White96k2500 . No worries about the modifier info. Question for you guys... I finally bough an ALDL cable and I have been recording data the past few days. The problem is.. I don't know what correct looks like. For example, my Knock retard stays at zero except for some...
  7. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    That sounds like some good advice to me. I'll probably just replace all the fluid. Also, I'll check to see if I need the g80 locker in the truck. Thanks for the help. Much appreciated!
  8. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    Alright guys.. I'm back at it.. kind of. A few weeks ago, the charge on my battery was extremely unstable while driving. It fluctuated from 11V to 14.5V all while driving. Throttle didn't didn't matter. It would randomly jump up to 14V at times and then suddenly drop back down to 11V. I figured...
  9. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    I took the bed off again... I was trying get the rust off the frame. I was using a grinder, wire wheel, sander and rust dissolver.. 2 hours in my father in law tells me he has a sand blaster....... it was amazing. I ran out of time and had to get the bed back on. But now that I know I have...
  10. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    Alright... So I think I have a bad rear differential. My daughter opened up the rear window last night while driving and I noticed a whining/howling sound coming from the rear of my truck. The sound would disappear when I came to a stop and start up again when accelerating. On or off the gas...
  11. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    So I finally got that final shock installed. I pulled the bed off, removed the old shock mount/bracket, drilled out the last rivet, installed the new shock mount/bracket and the new skyjacker blackmax shock. It was quite the effort for one shock. To get the bed off I wrangled together 5 boys...
  12. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    Alright I fixed the high idle. It was the throttle cable and vacuum leaks. I still have the tail pipe rattle but I still don’t have a rear shock on that side. The shock mount will be here Tuesday. I’m hoping that fixes it
  13. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    Okay... so I replaced the valve cover gaskets and the park plugs with AC Delco copper core. After I replaced the first gasket my idle was high in park and neutral.... 1500 rpms... I replaced the second gasket and my idle shot up to 2400 rpms in park and neutral and 1100 in gear. The valve cover...
  14. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    alright folks. The bloody chirp is gone!! I just needed a smaller belt size. Future reference: 5.7L with a/c, no air pump, 105 alternator = 95.5 inch serpentine belt. Now... to just get rid of that rough idle... well and a few other things. When the truck is in gear and idling, the muffler...
  15. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    Thanks Magimerlin for the dorman part number. I think i may end up ordering the part number to save on the number of rivets i have to drill out this week.
  16. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    So.. when I bought my serpentine belt from OReilly's I assumed the belt they gave me was the correct size.. Turns out not the case. They don't even carry the correct belt size. So I ordered a new belt. Hopefully that gets rid of that bloody chirp. Well that and a new Idler pulley. The idler...
  17. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    Okay... So a couple new problems... The idler pulley i installed a month ago already has wobble in it... So i need to replace that. One of my spark plugs looks like it has oil leaking around it. I don't know if it is on the threads and causing misfire. My guess is it is. Speaking of spark plugs...
  18. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    Okay... so I got the first shock installed but I still haven’t made it to the pic a part to find a new shock bracket for the upper rear passenger side. I think I need to invest in some pneumatic tools because getting these old rusted parts off with a little 6” 13mm wrench and a socket wrench is...
  19. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    The engine is a 5.7L 350 SBC and the transmission is 4L60-E.
  20. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    My skyjacker blackmax shocks arrived yesterday!! I'm headed out of town for a week, but I'll throw some pictures up once I get them installed (next weekend). Hopefully I'll be able to replace the front shocks and the rear leaf springs this year as well. But these rear shocks should go a long way...
  21. Trevor Floyd

    1995 GMC K2500

    I grew up riding in my dad's 1992 Chevy K3500. I loved riding around in that thing to the construction site or up into the mountains. 3 weeks ago I bought my first truck. 1995 GMC K2500. I love it, but it runs like it's 25 years old.. go figure. IMG_0642 by Trevor Floyd posted Jul 19, 2019 at...
  22. Trevor Floyd

    Still got stupid belt water pump chirp sound

    I'm still trying to get rid of my engine chirp. The belt was chirpy when I bought the truck, and two days later the serpentine belt went out... completely shredded. I replaced the belt and the chirp was still there. Since replacing the belt I have replaced the idler pulley, tensioner, and tried...
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