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    Bad running after manual swap

    Hello y’all, just recently finished swapping in a 5lm60 to my 94 k1500 with a 350 tbi. It runs great off idle, but at idle it runs horribly. It’s surging like hell and can’t find where it wants to sit. fuel pressure should be fine, I just tested it about a month ago while throwing in a new...
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    Nv3500/5lm60 cracked case

    Hi guys, as some of you may have seen I’m putting a 5lm60 into my once automatic 94 k1500. Disaster struck tonight pulling out the pivot ball stud. It was coming out perfectly until it suddenly felt very loose, that’s when I loosened the puller and found that the case had cracked where the stud...
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    94 5 speed swap slave & master

    Hey yall, 5 speed swapping my 94 K1500. 99% sure I have a 5LM60 going into it. Has casting gm8672306. This trans would've been in an early 90s truck. I have one concern though. Looking for master cylinders and slave cylinders, I'm getting different part numbers for a 90 K1500(around the year...
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    5LM60 Question

    Hi, just purchased a used 5LM60 to swap into my GMT400, 94 k1500. One things missing. The clip for the pivot ball that the clutch fork sits on is missing, cannot find a replacement anywhere. Can I go without the clip on the pivot ball or is it essential? Thanks
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    Nv3500 swap interchange

    Hi, looking into swapping my 94 k1500 with the 4l60e to a nv3500. Thing is, a stock 94 with an nv3500 would’ve had an external slave cylinder, but in my area people only seem to be selling internal slave cylinder nv3500s from later years(96-98ish) Question is, can I swap in an nv3500 with an...
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    94 K1500 SM465 Swap

    Hello y'all, considering swapping my 94 K1500 with a 350 tbi and 4l60e to a SM465 manual transmission. Theres one near me for a steal of a price. I know it has OD, but the truck only gets driven around town as a weekend rig for fun, never really hits more than 45-50mph. How hard would it be...
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    Tbi rough cold starts

    Hi everyone I have a 94 k1500 with a 5.7 tbi. Every cold start until the engine warms up it runs not good at all. It stumbles and has a obvious misfire with a pop from the exhaust. Has new cap, rotor, temp sensor, plugs, fuel pump. I did notice that my truck doesn’t seem to have the high...
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    Extreme Grind Upon Acceleration

    94 k1500 350 tbi with a 4l60e. Driving home from work tonight an extreme metallic grinding noise started directly below the cab. It starts as soon as I accelerate and let’s up when I let off of the gas pedal. It DOES NOT happen when in park revving the engine. Here’s my 2 theories: 1. Starter...
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    TBI rebuild

    Hello today I rebuilt the TBI unit on my 94 K1500 with the 350. The truck was running before but ran a bit rough cold. I had to get a different throttle body to rebuild because I cross threaded a couple fittings on the old one working on fuel lines. However after the rebuild today it does not...
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    94' 60/40 Seat Backrest

    Hello, I just rebuild the entire interior in my 94 K1500. I put a 60/40 bench seat in it. Question, with tilting the backrest is it supposed to have multiple locking positions so I can adjust it up and down to my liking? Both the 40 and the 60 percent seats both just freely move all the way down...
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    Sealed beam to Composite light conversion

    Hello, on my 94 K1500 im converting the sealed beams to the composite lights. Have everything I need, just waiting on new housings for the headlights and turn signals. One thing is throwing me a bit with the wiring though. On every reference I see it shows a black wire for the ground on both...
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    350 tbi idle shaking

    Hey yall, having a problem on my 94 K1500 with a 350 tbi in it. Engine runs totally fine in park and has the power it should while driving. However when at or near idle in gear not so much. I feel a decent amount of vibration. The biggest problem is when I go to steer the wheel in near idle...
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    94 Starter Noise

    Hello yall, this past couple days on my 94 K1500 5.7L the engine/starter started making this noise right after the vehicle starts, and then it runs normally. It's almost a "whoosh" noise and goes down in speed until its gone in a few seconds. I have a video here of it(a little hard to hear...
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    92 K2500 Headlight issues

    Hey, anyone know where the grounds for the headlights and etc are for a 92 K1500? Friends truck starting to have lighting issues. When headlights are on the blinkers don't come on and neither do the tail lights. With headlights off they work.
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    94 K1500 Power Steering Issue

    Hello yall, I have a 94 K1500 and Im having an issue when using the power steering. When Im moving the steering wheel when at idle or coasting slow at low rpm(like steering through a drive thru for food) it starts to buck the engine and makes it very surgey(rpms up and down). The whole truck...
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    Coolant flush issue

    Hi, flushing my coolant right now, and not happy with what I'm seeing. had green coolant in it and I used prestone coolant flush chemical. Now I'm flushing with distilled water. I'm noticing that my coolant is foaming bad at the top of the rad. I thought it might've been the flush chemical I...
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    Exhaust Opinions

    need opinions, rn on my truck, 94 K1500 with the 350. I have shorty headers, cherrybomb glasspack, no cats and the exhaust cut right behind the cab(let in fumes). Today I got a tailpipe with a stock muffler setup initially thinking id chop off the stock muffler and just put the tailpipe with the...
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    Wiring for 4x4 Indicator Light

    Hello yall, does anyone know where the wires for the 4x4 indicator lights go? For a manual shift NP241C in a 94 K150. My 4x4 indicator light isn't working. The one that lights up the rears in the picture works but not the one in the front when I shift into 4x4(the bulbs are good) With a manual...
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    Front End Issue

    Hi, question guys. I have a 94 K1500 with a rough country 6 inch lift. With the design of this aftermarket rough country center link on my 6 inch lift kit, theres literally no way to get the pitman and idler arm nuts tight. I can't even fit an open ended wrench in there. So question is with the...
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    Front Differential problems

    Hello, I have a 94 Chevy K1500 4x4 with a manual shifting 4x4. The front differential is giving me problems now. I noticed this while trying to turn the front passenger wheel while in 2wd. The passenger side axle is locked like it's in 4x4 all the time, and I cannot get it to start spinning...
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    94 Camber

    Hello yall Im doing a quick at home camber adjustment for my 94 K1500. It can be adjusted, no punching out anything needed lol. My camber is way out and Im just going to get it set near 0 for now because of money reasons. My question is, for adjusting it do I just take the load off the...
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    241C linkage problem

    need some advice here for my transfer case shift linkage, finally attached my front driveshaft again(been off since i did the tranny) and having some issues with the linkage now. Whenever I go into 4lo the nut on the transfer case shifter to the linkage loosens and I cant move the shifter in the...
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    oil pressure sending unit

    Hey yall, Im going to be replacing my oil pressure sending unit on my 94 K1500 350. The one by the distributor. I'm very worried about breaking the brass fitting up there and complicating things. My question is, is there a way to avoid it breaking, and precautions to take? Second question is...
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    serpentine belt

    hi yall so my ac compressor is shot on my 94 K1500 5.7, so i'm throwing in a belt for a no AC truck in there. Only problem is that I dont know the alternator amperage. The RPO codes mean nothing because the engine is not original, so I have no clue which one it is. Any advice appreciated.
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    350 tbi oil pressure

    Hello, having a bit of an oil pressure issue with my 94 k1500. Noticed oil pressure was a bit low so I put 10w40 in it, raised the idle oil pressure but revving the truck, the gauge hardly responds at all. This started after I put a used transmission in the truck. Is there a chance I let the...

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