Bowtie Brody's Namesake 96 454

[Supercharged111]

It's off by about 3 to 5 miles an hour depending on speed, I'll start taking note to figure out definitive differences between speedo and GPS readings.

I set mine at 70 because the 60-80 range is where I'm most likely to get a ticket

 

[BNielsen]

Not much to report. Ordered new shocks, sway bar bushings and end-links; which should be here sometime next week.
Found a set of sill protectors on a 94 RCSB in the junkyard and grabbed them, a little worn in some spots but for $5 I can't complain. Might go back and grab some other things for future projects.

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Ignore how dirty everything is, the carpet is shot so I'm going to order new ACC carpet as well as sill plates.

Also getting another little project wrapped up, since I bought my trailer in December, I've been trying to figure out where to mount a winch. With the help of my dad and some scrap metal laying around work, we came up with this.

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It's now mounted to the trailer waiting on paint, which I want to try and get knocked out today so I can get the winch plate and winch mounted and wired up.

 

[BNielsen]

Well things are slow going between the heat and work. But they're going.
Washed it today, deep cleaned the interior as best as I could, but the carpet is shot. The body plug panel above the body mount has been leaking so the carpet and padding underneath are ruined. So that sucks.

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Hit a milestone last week, rolled over 180K. Not too bad for owning it 3 years; bought with 143K.

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Put on some new shocks, WOW. Rides like a caddy now! These old ones were so shot I could push them down with one hand. Also, anyone needing new splash guards for their trucks, 10/10, go with @Cokeman95, between shocks and guards, it churches up my fender wells a lot.

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Also as posted in the "Stuff that catches my eye" thread; I went and looked at a 98 Suburban last week, it was honestly really straight, and after agreeing on a price to purchase it, everything fell apart as to where I was going to store it and work on it, so while it sucks big time I have to pass up another one of my dream trucks, I guess I'll just throw some more money at my savings for a house and keep trickling some towards the red truck.

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[Cokeman95]

Thanks Brody!

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[frito-bandito]

That suburban woulda been a beast!

 

[BNielsen]

That suburban woulda been a beast!

It might not be too late, I just got done talking with the owner who relayed to me that there was a few issues with the title, so she'll have to track down the PO to get it sorted out, so hopefully, in the next couple weeks if I find a place of my own I can pull the trigger, and turn **** into Shinola with that Burb.

 

[BNielsen]

Not much to update, replaced the water pump; unfortunately now I'm dealing with the truck running warmer than it used to, prior to water pump it ran 190-195 cruising, occasionally getting over 210 if sitting still. Now it runs at 210-215 cruising and I've had it get to 225 sitting still. Pretty annoying because I don't know what the deal is and all the suspicious parts I thought would be the problem have been replaced.
I was able to verify the current temps using HPTuners when I was pulling some data earlier today.

 

[Z71Hobbs]

Not much to update, replaced the water pump; unfortunately now I'm dealing with the truck running warmer than it used to, prior to water pump it ran 190-195 cruising, occasionally getting over 210 if sitting still. Now it runs at 210-215 cruising and I've had it get to 225 sitting still. Pretty annoying because I don't know what the deal is and all the suspicious parts I thought would be the problem have been replaced.
I was able to verify the current temps using HPTuners when I was pulling some data earlier today.

Air pocket?

 

[Carlaisle]

I replaced a water pump and my truck started overheating. Chased every possible explanation. In desperation, I put the old water pump back on and the problem went away. Ended up getting a new one from the dealer, which worked perfectly. If I had the money for the time I spent chasing that I probably could have bought the truck again.

 

[BNielsen]

Air pocket?

I've burped the system 3 or 4 times, all to the point where the coolant was too hot to touch and it still does it, probably time for a coolant flush to see if something is gunked up.

I replaced a water pump and my truck started overheating. Chased every possible explanation. In desperation, I put the old water pump back on and the problem went away. Ended up getting a new one from the dealer, which worked perfectly. If I had the money for the time I spent chasing that I probably could have bought the truck again.

This is a brand new Original Equipment ACDelco; I'll be pretty salty if this $144 pump is pooched already. There was no going back to the old pump, as soon as the truck was running it was dumping coolant.
Maybe I should've gotten a FlowKooler instead if the pump is indeed the issue.