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    '96 K1500: how can I tell fuel tank capacity by physical dimensions?

    My 1996 K1500 has a 6-foot box. Somewhere I thought I read that box size limited fuel tank size to the smaller tanks, (were they around 20 gallons??) Is there a way to crawl under and measure tank size and verify capacity? I would think it would be easy to visually tell the difference...
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    '96 K1500, 60/40 cloth seats: can I swap the seats onto a power seat frame/mechanism?

    Continuing to improve my high mileage '96 GMC K1500, my seats are the cloth 60/40's with non-working electric lumbar. I don't care much about the lumbar, however, being older and having some back trouble, a full power seat would be appreciated by me and especially my spine. Not easy to find...
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    '96 K1500, 4WD manual shift Xfer case: Need shifting behavior feedback....

    Just now getting last Fall's pickup purchase back on the road after being inside fixing little things all winter. I've only shifted it into 4WD once; can't remember how it felt to shift it. When I purchased the truck, my mechanic drove it and checked everything out. Said 4WD shift and...
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    '96 1500 ext. cab: care and feeding of the little rear, side 1/4 tip out windows???

    So my high mileage 1996 K1500 came out of the back building today after off-and-on little, "fix-ups," all winter. Since I got it late last summer, I have NEVER opened the little tilt out windows on each side of it's extended cab. (Too many little things to fix before I opened a new can of...
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    1996 GMC K1500 - Incandescent bulb upgrade for Anzo 211140 tail lights: 3457's???

    Forum posts here in the past have thought well of the Anzo 211140 tail light assembly replacement units. I just ordered a pair. Another well respected forum member, (can't remember who), wrote that he replaced the bulbs that came with the Anzo's with 3457 lamps. Apparently brighter, and they...
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    1996 GM 1500 power mirror fuse location: can anyone confirm?

    That's about it. My power mirrors stopped working on my 1996 K1500. All fuses are good in the fuse box at the left end of the dashboard. I see no fuses underhood that appear to deal with power mirrors. Anyone know if there is ONE Specific fuse for these? It must be listed under some...
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    1996 GM 1500 under-hood fuse block? Is their a tutorial for how to remove those pesky fuse connectors???

    Not the bulkhead connector. 1996'ish GM 1500 series 400's. I've spent about 3 hours doing search, and there are a lot of hits on how to, "de-pin," various connectors. However, I picked up a nice under hood fuse/relay block and cover from wrecking yard last week and I've spent an obscene about...
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    What stock 60/40 pwr. seats easily fit my '96 K1500? (i.e. what other years fit?)

    Good, long bucket seat sticky here, but didn't find what i was looking for. I have a 1996 K1500 ext. cab. So it has the cloth 60/40 seat arranged with the, "bucket," section on the passenger's side, (probably because the bucket-like seat can move more to allow for rear seat entry) . I'm...
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    '96 1500: new door latch - reliable source?

    I've been having a lot of trouble getting my door handles/latches/rods, etc. working right. Have replaced almost everything except the actual door edge latch itself. So I'm going to order one. I see them from $26, to $40 on up. I suppose a new GM/Delco would be best, but.....price. What...
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    '96 K1500: illuminated buttons in arm rest - what lamps are replacements?

    On my 1996 K1500, the button set in the driver's armrest has the typical controls for window and locks. Inside and underneath those switch sets, there are tiny light bulbs. Than can be accessed when the armrest panel is out. Little twist locks. Hard to even notice unless one is looking for...
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    Wish List: A pictorial thread showing how to unplug gmt400 wiring connectors.

    Spitting in the wind likely, but having just disconnected all the wiring plugs inside the door of my '96 K1500, and noting that each and every one of them seem to use a different method of, "unplugging," I'd give a lot to see someone post a photo of every gmt400 electrical connector and clearly...
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    Is there any, "sane," method to repair/replace all or segments of cab wiring harness?

    Not the best subject line, however, this general subject must be a nightmare for many of us, if not now, eventually. Example: I have the common issue in my '96 K1500 of the neat little in-door courtesy lamps staying on.....all the time, even with door closed. Even with door plunger switch...
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    '96 GMC 1500: pwr. door lock actuating rod..any way to unhook door latch end w/o full disassembly?

    What a mess. My '96 1500 came to me with flaky driver's door inside handle and intermittent power lock actuation. I spent all day today working on this door per 1A-Auto's you tube. Had new inside handle and new pwr. actuator. Got door apart and found the lock rod unhooked at inside door...
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    Help please: glitch in 4Hi + HD quad wiring, and I used schematic!

    I began studying this subject back into last winter. Finally got bits and pieces of time and parts to convert my 1996 GMC K1500 back to 88/89 glass quad headlights using LMC's upgraded lamps, (that they had so much trouble keeping in inventory). All grill and headlight stuff is done. I found...
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    '96 K1500 dir. signals: 1 side alternating blink; now single 3-bulb blink - confused - ???

    When I got my 1996 K1500 last Fall, I noticed a cool feature of the front directional signal lamp operation. Let's talk about just one side for conversation: The two bigger front-facing bulbs would blink and alternate with the blink of the little 194 side lamp. i.e. both big bulbs blink once...
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    Curt 31042 Ft. hitch '96 GMC 1500: anyone find carriage bolt lock plates too short?

    Got my 31042 Front hitch from etrailer. Curt brand. Beautifully made. For my 1996 GMC K1500. Began installing today. They include oblong plates with square holes to grab the square shoulder of the carriage bolts included. Meant to fish into frame . Plates made about 2 inches long with...
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    '96 5.7: part fell off hose end; please help identify. May be breather hose?

    I'll try to get photos in here. I was working around the left front engine bay, between the, "storage box," and the radiator edge. Hose comes up in that area from somewhere below canister. (is that a charcoal EVAP canister?) On top end, hose has a bracket with hole that suggests some time in...
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    Anyone running a Curt FRONT receiver hitch? Need opinions for my '96 K1500

    Used, "search," a while back and someone on these forums liked the, "Curt," hitch for front-of-truck use better than DrawTite. Something to with mounting. I'm thinking I'd like a front hitch. Did it on my '99 Cherokee years ago and, although I don't use it a lot, I keep a trailer ball in it...
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    '96 GMC 1500: need suggestions for routing HD headlight wrg. harness + 4Hi wiring in rad area...

    Putting together my composite to quad sealed beam headlight conversion, for my 1996 GMC 1500. Lots of info around here, but I'd be interested in how some of you routed your new wiring. I'll be mounting my accessory fuse block and 3 relays on inner fender next to battery. Not a lot of room...
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    Help? - Project stalled for lack of one lousy plastic piece for '88/9 glass quad headlight bucket: tips?

    So I have everything I need to install my new grill with the '88/'89 glass quad headlights in my '96 GMC 1500. Found all the conversion parts in wrecking yard except........the right hand plastic divider piece that sits between the lamp housings. (see pics) I had 2 and felt smug. Turns out I...
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    '88 glass quad lamps: how important is the little plastic divider between the lamps?

    Was merely going to post a want ad, but i guess I need to have 6 months and another 40 posts before I can place an ad. In the meantime, how important is the little plastic divider between the lamps on the '88/'89 glass quad headlights? My first wrecking yard set of lamp assemblies was short...
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    '96 1500 grill: LMC repro corner lens's on LMC repro grill: fitment gamble, right? Your experiences?

    So I got my all-chrome repro grill from LMC for my 1996 GMC K1500. Looks decent; Taiwan made. Wasn't sure about the all chrome, but here goes. So I just want OEM looking corner lights and lens - plain amber - like original. My original's are....iffy. So I got LMC repro lens's. Amber...
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    '88/89 Glass Quads' Achilles Heel- The Adjusters!

    This is an extension of my post of Dec. 29th., on '89 glass Quad need adj. info and stuck screws. That thread became multi-layered but very helpful to me. As I continue to work my way through the process of getting a set of these old mini 1988/89 glass sealed beams installed on my 1996 GMC...
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    1988/89 glass quad headlights: need adjustment procedure + stuck screws

    Need to clean, lube and generally recondition my wrecking yard '88/89 glass quad headlight brackets/assemblies. I'm trying to understand the half-dozen little gear-box looking mechanisms in this thing. I can see the from-the-front aim adjusting screws, but they seem stuck. I've lightly lubed...
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    1996'ish GMC grill: anyone have any luck removing center oval grid/boxing to reuse?

    Not sure I wrote that subject well.... I need to replace the grill on my 1996 GMC K1500 SLE. Mine is original, silver paint. Black oval center with the rectangular openings is perfect. Red emblem is perfect. Rest....not worth trying to repair and/or refinish. Only option is after market...

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