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Engine Died On Increased Throttle, Can Only Crank-No-Start In ‘99 Suburban 5.7L

Are the ends of your battery cables still factory wrapped with that heavy rubber? I had a similar problem with my '99 Suburban where it would just shut down all the sudden. When this happened, I got out, opened the hood, and jiggled the positive cable until I had connection again. Eventually I...
- 1999 Suburban
- Post #9
- Jun 20, 2022
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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5.7L Accelerator Cable

So I figured out I've been driving the truck with the damaged throttle cable and bracket for over a year. At the time of the vandalism I did find a bracket and cable at a local salvage. Unfortunately, the throttle body end of the cable was half gone so I decided not to install it since the truck...
- 1999 Suburban
- Post #6
- Jan 31, 2022
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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5.7L Accelerator Cable

I have a '99 Suburban K1500 with a very tight accelerator cable, no slack at all. Reason for this is vandalism. Yes, one night some idiot dediced to yank on the cable causing the bracket that holds cable to bend and cable itself stretch to the point of seeing wound steel inside of casing all...
- 1999 Suburban
- Post #5
- Dec 28, 2021
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance