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1988 Starter Replacement

I wanted to give back to the community on replacing the huge, heavy, unreliable GM factory starter on OBS trucks with the smaller, lighter gear reduction starters for the LS motors. There's a bunch of discussion here so this is just to confirm upgrading to a 1998 Vortec starter is a direct...
- Socalsteve2021
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- May 18, 2023
- gear reduction starter upgrade
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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1988 K1500 Low Oil Pressure: PROBLEM SOLVED

Hopefully this will save you hours of diagnosis and digging. MY 1988 K1500 350TBI 65K miles recently started showing very low oil pressure. Typically 30-40 suddenly went to 20 with RPM, 5-0 at idle. The check gauges light would even illuminate. After changing the oil and filter and doing a lot...
- Socalsteve2021
- Thread
- Feb 14, 2022
- Replies: 18
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance