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    Roof rust under weather stripping

    I'm in the far north east region, so my weather is a little bit like Florida or California. I'm about 30 miles inland and it is drier here but the humidity can spike if the weather is coastal. Temperature range is about 65-110 Fahrenheit. We get big rains here, but the vehicle will be stored...
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    Roof rust under weather stripping

    Yeah I was thinking along the same lines @AuroraGirl , there is a chance a place in Sydney has new outer weather seals and the inner door seals, so I will replace them. I know the drivers side door is sagging a little bit, so that was something I wanted to address. I may have found someone...
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    Roof rust under weather stripping

    It can get dusty here yeah, and there was a lot of crap caked into the seal, I suspect you are right. So it looks like we have some holes through the skin... Minor but they are still there. These pics are after a brief wire wheeling and light 80 grit flap disc. I also manage to get the roof...
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    Roof rust under weather stripping

    Oh so I have the roof liner out and it looks as if the interior is still sound... It is rusting from the outside. I'll start by wire wheeling and maybe flap discing the area and see how much material comes off.... I reckon the outer weather seal was full of dirt and salt etc and the sitting...
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    Roof rust under weather stripping

    @letitsnow The climate in Far North Queensland is very harsh in terms of heat and UV damage to vehicles, plus we get monsoonal rain. Unlike a lot of US trucks this thing has no chassis corrosion, no issues in the rockers or the cab corners. Unfortunately for me, rust is one of the few things I...
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    Roof rust under weather stripping

    No roof rack that I am aware of @GrimsterGMC, just gunk and such stuck in the outer weather strip. I also believe it spent a fair bit of time outside in the heat and rain. Rightio, so what you are suggesting is pretty much where my mind was heading, but I am not a panel guy so I am totally...
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    Roof rust under weather stripping

    Hi guys, So I have finally started looking at my 97 GMC Sierra, cataloguing all the things that need doing to it at a minimum and lo and behold... Rust. There is a little in the floor, which I am not too concerned about, but the rust building on the roof has me worried. Now I am located in...
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    Intake swap thought

    And here I was considering going to the Pro-Flo intake instead of simply upgrading my spider injectors. Then I stumble across this nugget of thread. I'm very interested to see how this turns out.
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    4L80e from a TD into a 350 K1500

    You are probably right, but I tell ya... Adding another project to the list of stuff I have to do would probably end me! I wanted the Sierra on the road by now and I have barely touched it. I'm getting there though o_O
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    4L80e from a TD into a 350 K1500

    Haha, thats cool, yeah that is what I was hoping. Normally I wouldn't be thinking about this sort of thing at this stage, but with only 800 odd Suburbans in the country when one pops up for sale 30 minutes away you start thinking real hard about how best to make use of it. Knowing that the...
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    4L80e from a TD into a 350 K1500

    Sorry for the late reply, I Went off grid for the weekend. @stutaeng great information there, thanks for that, and yes my existing rig is a 1997 Vortec K1500 with the 350 chev. Just to clarify with the transfer case side of things, is it not possible to use the transfer case from the diesel...
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    4L80e from a TD into a 350 K1500

    Hi folks, I have yet to start sorting out my k1500 Sierra, as I am in Australia things are trickier to here. My extra cab truck is a 350 sbc with the 4L60e with the NP246 and the 14 bolt semi floating rear diff. Just wondering if the 4L80e and transfer case (np243 I think) from a 99 Suburban...
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    1997 GMC Extended Cab Down Under

    So... I have done not very much since February. I did go to Melbourne, then drove back to North Queensland in the old mans new 2003 F250, about 2000 miles all up. I also bought a 96 Sportster. With the truck, well not much has happened, but I did source a hood while in Melbourne for dirt...
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    1997 GMC Extended Cab Down Under

    This is good info to have, thanks for that. So I am chasing down a possible faulty door lock actuator. I suspect it is just gummed up and needs some sort of lubricant. There was some evidence of corrosion on the door itself. The overall result is both good and bad. The inner door area seems...
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    1997 GMC Extended Cab Down Under

    I'm doing a debate about what bike number two will be, my Ducati is plenty quick even though it is a 2V air cooled Monster. So I want something a little more robust, cruiser orientated. Can't go back to an inline engine, so I am thinking a Harley. Can't decide on if I want a cheap 1200...
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    1997 GMC Extended Cab Down Under

    Good info to know about that lumbar support wiring... Constant 12v is always useful. I am wondering if the company that did the conversion used panels from a Holden Suburban? They would of been available at the time and it would of been a genuine factory part. I know there is a cut out on the...
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    1997 GMC Extended Cab Down Under

    I suspect you are right @Jesse_Wenting, 4 pin black connector, also attached a picture of the air box/fender mount, it is loose at the moment so I will get in there shortly. Might be going on a quick jaunt to pick up a 2003 Powerstroke F250, if I do I might be able to grab a hood for the GMC...
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    1997 GMC Extended Cab Down Under

    This is accurate, although the driver seat has a cable tucked up underneath and there is a cable coming from the floor... But the drivers seat in 100% manual. Right on the money @HotWheelsBurban. In total, 746 were sold (460 petrol and 286 diesel) - According to Wikipedia. I have only seen...
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    1997 GMC Extended Cab Down Under

    Hahaa! Living up north here we are luck to see a drop to 70F in winter... Right now we are bouncing around 100F all day long. I'm not to sure what the Yukon Package gives me. I noticed compared to all the Z71 models I have seen I don't have an overhead console. But I do have the recovery...
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    1997 GMC Extended Cab Down Under

    @Jesse_Wenting I'll add more as I go, let me know if there is anything you want me to photograph.
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    1997 GMC Extended Cab Down Under

    @HotWheelsBurban I have actually considered getting a 20ft container with a spare truck and a bunch of parts in it. Probably the cheapest way of getting stuff over here really. I got my truck for good money locally, about $10k AUD, the net cheapest available at the time was over $20k, had...
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    1997 GMC Extended Cab Down Under

    Thats a sweet website @Caman96 I went through and figured out a bunch of the options, from what I could tell it was a decently kitted out truck. Big help :D @HotWheelsBurban I nearly picked up a Suburban for parts a few weeks ago but they wanted too much money for it. Even a rolling wreck...
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    1997 GMC Extended Cab Down Under

    It has been all over the place honestly... Prior to Christmas I was in NSW, just south of Sydney. Most of last year it was all locked down pretty hard, no gym or gatherings etc. This let up in NSW in November as we hit about 90% vaccinated status so somethings were kind of normal. In December...
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    1997 GMC Extended Cab Down Under

    Yep, easy **** like that is a great and simple way to fail someone. As cool as Australia is, it does well to remember the English made it a prison before it was made a country. For years we couldn't use European ECE standard helmets because they didn't have the AU standard approval, even though...
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    1997 GMC Extended Cab Down Under

    Good to know about the windscreen, the windscreen guys here are convinced that they won't fit unless we get the right one. Are the windscreens in the US models encapsulated? The seatbelt is tricky as I can only put one in if it has the Australian/New Zealand standard on it. To comply the truck...

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