I bought an abandoned 93 GMC 2500. Let's get it back on the road?

[Komet]

I delivered the gmt400 rotten tomato stomp in my wife's car the other day and just about smacked my forehead on the steering wheel.

That nicopp stuff looks fancy. I've wanted to try it out but somehow my brakes haven't given out yet and every other hardline gets flared and converted to -AN an inch behind wherever bubba / the major front end collision mangled it.

 

[454C2500Longbed]

I used this kit before on the Chevy. I've got really tight responsive steering with it and I'll be using it again for the GMC.

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=14697973&cc=1160143&pt=15413&jsn=714

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Looked at those on rockauto a little while back. I probably will go with Mevotech just because I know it's good. Maybe those sway bar links will be an excuse for me to install a front sway bar. The truck rolls like a retarded whale.

 

[Groosalugg]

I delivered the gmt400 rotten tomato stomp in my wife's car the other day and just about smacked my forehead on the steering wheel.

It can be actually decent enough to not be that bad getting into any other car

Probably never perfect without an ABS delete, but like a bit of a crappy bleed on another car. As opposed to feeling like you blew a brake line and that's just normal.

That nicopp stuff looks fancy.

You can bend it by hand, but I have HVAC pipe benders if I need to do fancy sharp turns. I think it's prone to kinking if you get a little too rough with hand bending it.

I probably will go with Mevotech just because I know it's good.

Case of only one, but it's been solid since I put it in, and I've been hauling stuff around with the truck all year and did a 2000 mile trip with it. Let me just tell you... if your suspension is still in 1 piece after driving on Pennsylvania's interstates, it's not going anywhere.

The truck rolls like a retarded whale.

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[454C2500Longbed]

It can be actually decent enough to not be that bad getting into any other car

Probably never perfect without an ABS delete, but like a bit of a crappy bleed on another car. As opposed to feeling like you blew a brake line and that's just normal.



You can bend it by hand, but I have HVAC pipe benders if I need to do fancy sharp turns. I think it's prone to kinking if you get a little too rough with hand bending it.

The pedal in my 96 is pretty good. Goes down a little less than 1/3 of the way down and then it's a hell of a brake pedal, that hydroboost stops it on a dime. The pedal works perfect though because my knees aren't all up in the steering wheel that way. My 97 isn't so great though, that pedal travels a lot further before you get to the braking abilities. Really good brakes though, I figure it just needs to be bled better, the PO did stainless lines. Hey, free to me upgrade.

Yeah, it will kink if you try to bend it too tight, so wider bends are your friend if possible. If you see it start to kink, you can pinch the kink back out with a pliers. Good lines come with good practice, but it's pretty easy to copy the old line by just holding it next to the new piece and copying all the bends. I find it fun anyway.

 

[Groosalugg]

Goes down a little less than 1/3 of the way down and then it's a hell of a brake pedal

If I pushed the Chevy pedal that hard, I'd be basically panic braking and probably take a bite out of the steering wheel.

My 97 isn't so great though

Probably needs a couple ABS activations, another bleed and the the shoes snugged up a bit. I did the redneck ABS bleed method of stomp on the brakes on loose ground like damp grass or gravel a few times, and have had really good results with that tightening things up.

Gretta here should be a cake walk if I delete the ABS, and I really think I should after its sat that long. I don't like messing with the factory brake system, but I don't really trust the electronics in this thing at all.

 

[454C2500Longbed]

If I pushed the Chevy pedal that hard, I'd be basically panic braking and probably take a bite out of the steering wheel.



Probably needs a couple ABS activations, another bleed and the the shoes snugged up a bit. I did the redneck ABS bleed method of stomp on the brakes on loose ground like damp grass or gravel a few times, and have had really good results with that tightening things up.

Gretta here should be a cake walk if I delete the ABS, and I really think I should after its sat that long. I don't like messing with the factory brake system, but I don't really trust the electronics in this thing at all.

Seems like you got her dialed! I've put very little effort into these brakes, did axle lines, one wheel cylinder and front pads.

I'm sure it does, I haven't even gotten to work on the 97 yet! It's just been sitting until I gather more money and the rest of the parts to first trans swap it and fix all its little things (very few if you ignore the rust) and then manual swap the 96. The scanner at work has always been successful for me in bleeding gmt400 ABS motors.

No need for it really, and who knows if it might go nuts on you and lock up.

 

[Groosalugg]

Well that weekend project went as expected...

Ehhh...

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So, that's all fine looking... Not.

I ran a new brake line to the rear, took all the fuel lines down and painted that ugly slag.

And just all 7 wires were chewed in half at least. Electrical tape made "shrink wrap" for those 2.

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[Groosalugg]

This is all too complicated looking, but the feed and returns I double clamped on both side because screw doing this again.

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And tada... It's got a tank that won't work yet.

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Unless I get to the...

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Well, I found like 1 or 2 wires I probably should keep, but I kind of just started. This stuff is so chewed up, the computer might never work right anyway.

Looks like the new fuel pump is going on the light switch for now, too.

 

[Groosalugg]

"Are you man enuff...?"

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To change an air filter? Lol...

How about the intake manifold?

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The gaskets definitely had oil and crap on them and I really didn't do the best job on the china walls. Probably wasn't the problem with the idle I was having though.

Anyway, torqued to 30 foot pounds... I don't know if that's right, but 20 didn't seem like enough. Timed again, carb ploped on there and some new finest cheapest lightning tubes.

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I'll torque it down again this time, but it's idling great now after fooling with the carb and the timing. Might have just been the idle linkage stop screw thing....... But, I really wanted to go in and do a more thorough job on the manifold anyway.

Tomorrow I get the connector for the fuel pump. I'm probably going to wire that to the light switch too for now lol... And I'll get the fuel lines connected to the pressure regulator and plumb that in. Maybe even put the seat in it.

 

[Groosalugg]

Well, the seat's still MIA, but finally... it runs off the gas tank.

The pressure regulator is kinda just over there.

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Looks like a weird spot, but I'd really rather have fuel leak somewhere not on top of the exhaust manifold. Fires are not nice.

These lines are rated for 50 PSI and the pump is only pushing out 15, so it'll be fine. Probably see about steel braided lines one day.

I didn't get many pictures today, but the connector for the fuel pump has a gray wire. I connected that to the light switch and it fires up off that. It's not really better than before in that sense, but ehhh, w/e.

I'll get the fan shroud and radiator all settled in, the seat installed and a few other odds and ends done tomorrow probably. I think that'll probably be about it for now and I'll have to move on to other projects for a little while.