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    Truck sputtered, backfired, now wont start

    Mine did this about a coupe of years ago. They are notorious for eating the distributer gear. You described exactly what mine did! Replace the distributor. My cam gear was perfectly fine and most people say they didn't see any damage on the cam.
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    Am I looking for a unicorn?

    My brother had one! It was a k2500. unfortunately it lived in North Dakota most of its life and was so rusted out the bed was falling off. When he was looking to replace the bed he realized the frame was rusted through so he parked it. I haven't heard about it in a while so he might have...
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    The Custom Conversion Truck Thread

    This is my Unique Conversions 1996 CCLB C3500 7.4 vortec with 4:10 rear end (she's thirsty). I'm the second owner and I've had it for almost 2 years. So this company supposedly upgraded the factory leaf springs to handle more weight for a slide in camper along with adding the costom striping...
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    The Custom Conversion Truck Thread

    5 years late but I have one. I'll post pics on here tomorrow. She's a little rough but not bad a for a '96. She's not for sale though so don't try to buy it!
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    The Stupid Electronics Questions Thread

    Update; So I fugured that the compressor had not been replaced. The "mechanic" that did the work charged labor and parts for a compressor but just cleaned the top side really well. It was leaking around the shaft seal. The cruis control module is bad. I went through all the GM trouble shooting...
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    Master cylinder problems 99 Suburban, HydroBoost and EVO.

    Well then... The problem came back, kinda... Turns out I had 2 issues! Now it's working great (knock on wood). The master cylinder I purchased from the place whose name rhymes with auto zone was faulty from the get go! Had a small peice of rubber floating up and clogging the port fully! So that...
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    Master cylinder problems 99 Suburban, HydroBoost and EVO.

    Sadly this isn't the original line. It was replaced about 2 years ago. The front are original as far as we can tell and still seem to be working fine, but we're replacing those also.
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    Master cylinder problems 99 Suburban, HydroBoost and EVO.

    Ok so here's what me and 2 brake techs came up with. After starting to bleed the brake system, fluid suddenly stopped coming out of the rear left bleeder (after successfully bleeding the right side). so thinking it was something upfront we opened the line up at the downstream side of the abs...
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    Time for a new cam...

    ok so far so good.I have not had time to remove the distributor to but it all seems to be good for now.
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    Master cylinder problems 99 Suburban, HydroBoost and EVO.

    Ok, so I have not really delved into this but here is my issue: 1996 C3500 Hydroboost. Similarly, to Pinger, I had an issue with the MC to start with. It started the same with the pedal sinking to the floor slowly when stopping but mine progressively got worse over the course of a week or so...
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    Time for a new cam...

    Hmmm... I think I might get a new distributor and run it a few miles and see what the gear looks like! What's the worst that could happen? It tears up another gear and I have to replace it with a composit when I get he new cam?
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    Time for a new cam...

    Right! So literary liberties are always welcomed! I did a bit of poking around in the dooble-dee-do. Can't find too much data on the wind pipes wich is a bit alarming. Most just put 'em up for adoption and forget about it. Longer is good for my application though. As far as heads go the only...
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    dose any one know where these can be found?

    Ummm... You don't need this. It's a gimmick. It doesn't actually work. Also you'll have to tune you pcm. At the very minimum you'll have to recalibrate. Seems like a lot of work for 2 or 3 hp...
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    Time for a new cam...

    Well folks, Looks like its time for a new cam for Wynonna (my 1996 Crew Cab Long Bed c3500 Unique Customs conversion truck and yes parking is difficult). It has the L29 and I do some towing. I have a 28 foot enclosed trailer that I load up with materials for (10klbs to 12klbs) and I have a 28...
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    Truck died and cranking sounds like this..

    Mine just did the same Saturday. Have you pulled the whole distributor? The gear was worn out on mine. Unfortunately mine also chewd up the cam gear... But it gives me a good excuse to put a bigger cam in it. So there's that. Good news for you is, the cam may be fine and you just need a...
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    The Official Vortec 454 Info thread

    Well then, Back on topic, does any one know if Fast injectors are any good. Haven't found a lot of info on them. They're obviously high performance parts. The smallest injector they have for our l29's is a 33# injector with the minitimer style connector. Any input? I feel like that would be...
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    The Official Vortec 454 Info thread

    Got an injector question. Well mostly... 96 L29, hard start, smells rich on start up, rough idle, WOT studder, issue. I'm almost certain these injectors have been replaced with oem injectors aka garbage... I also have the mistry coolant leak with a lot of steam coming out of the exhaust on...
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    Crew cab passenger door doesn't close all the way?

    Update: so after extensive research everyone said "bend it". Scarry sentiment for a guy who has a background in structural fabrication... Any way... So I figured I would start with the strike pin. I used a large adjustable wrench and bent it back to where it apeard it should be, simple enough...
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    Crew cab passenger door doesn't close all the way?

    Hinge pins and bushing appear to be good. Very little play but the "thrust" bushing that separates the hinge parts seems a little worn so I used a peice of HDPE plastic as a washer to separate the peices. This raised the door about 0.040". That didn't seem to make any difference other than the...
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    Dual batteries

    Interesting... I'll have to do some more digging on that then. Can you send the part number? I'm intrigued now! First guess is maybe somthing for an ambulance package or possibly for a camper. My truck has the camper package and doesn't seem to have anything like that.
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    Dual batteries

    That was a diy addition not factory or dealer add on.
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    Dual batteries

    OK so this is somthing a know a little something about. I haven't done this in my c3500 yet but I did a quite extensive aux power system on my Ram 2500 utility truck. The batteries don't need to be the same if your running isolated systems as I am. So I have a starter battery that does just...
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    Crew cab passenger door doesn't close all the way?

    OK after poking around a bit to take pics I noticed the nylon was a bit worn and so I pulled at with my fingernail and it peeled away. So that's an obvious issue. But could the latch realy have that much play?
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    Crew cab passenger door doesn't close all the way?

    I have a 96 C3500 CCLB. I have been searching the forums for a couple of days and have not found a suitable answer to my quandry. Front passenger door doesn't close all the way. I have carefuly checked to ensure that the latch is closing all the way. With that out of the way looked at the...
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    The Official Vortec 454 Info thread

    Good information! Thank you! Probably gonna be a few weeks before I dive into it. I have a few other things to do to her that are more pressing like hard warm start and top end power loss. Then probably tear into the interior that is completely fubar... Guy's dog lived in that truck I think...

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