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  1. Daveo91Burb

    '91 3/4T, 4x4 Burb Update

    Hi all, it's been a long time since I've posted, probably since last fall. But I haven't done much to the burb since then - plans in the work for some upgrades. Warning: this will be a long post, but my idea in posting is to help those that may be wanting to bump up displacement or HP on a...
  2. Daveo91Burb

    rear wheel antilock (RWAL) system - ditch it?

    Thanks all for the info! Good stuff. Sweet, I'll check for the vacuum line to the cruise switch and make sure I get my switches straight. Can I just remove the CC switch if I'm not going to use cruise? (I may eventually try to get it going again though) Yeah, I think you're spot on...
  3. Daveo91Burb

    rear wheel antilock (RWAL) system - ditch it?

    My brake light stays on continuously. I've diagnosed it just enough to know for sure it's the antilock system. i.e. light goes out if I disconnect the brake controller by the M/C. Also, light becomes brighter when I engage the parking brake. Good diagnostic and general info here...
  4. Daveo91Burb

    Barn door to tailgate conversion

    Yep, that was me and it most definitely can be done. Lots of work, though. Took me several months and I had a parts burb with TG. Interestingly, while these posts were being made I was camping with my burb and sleeping in the back. TG burbs are much nicer to sleep in than barn doors. I...
  5. Daveo91Burb

    383 Vortec/TBI Build Thread

    Yep, I've messed with DFCO settings, but am going to play with them some more. The weird thing is my data logs show that DFCO seems to be NEVER triggering so I don't think it's set right but I also am not sure it's going to help. There also might be issues with how the definition (.xdf) files...
  6. Daveo91Burb

    383 Vortec/TBI Build Thread

    Yep, early 80e's definitely have a few issues. Another one is that there's no good way to incorporate wideband O2 since the '7060 doesn't have any available 0-5v inputs. Later PCMs had a feedback EGR system that was 0-5v so you could eliminate EGR and then have an input for wideband. I did...
  7. Daveo91Burb

    383 Vortec/TBI Build Thread

    Been a while since I've updated status on my 383 build. Last post was about a PS exhaust manifold leak, since then I had to do the same with DS manifold! Not sure what's going on with my exhaust leaks, but I hope I have them licked finally. But most of my effort has been on tuning. Lots of...
  8. Daveo91Burb

    Solid pedal but light on

    Agreed - my bad for the error. My experience with prop valves is limited to that in my '76 Corvette, 4 wheel disc brakes so proportioning between front and rear is not necessary. It's just a block of brass with a piston in it that slides if one of the circuits loses pressure. But the...
  9. Daveo91Burb

    Interior wood grain trim removal project

    I have a '91 - came stock with the larger radio - and I used my original bezel. Just installed an aluminum skin over the top of original bezel. My original plan was to use a bezel from a pre-'89 that I found at a swap meet for $10. They must have changed the tooling on the lower part of the...
  10. Daveo91Burb

    Interior wood grain trim removal project

    No those are factory. They were an option for I think ‘90 and ‘91 only. Drivers side switch controls both mirrors.
  11. Daveo91Burb

    Interior wood grain trim removal project

    Got all my wood grain stuff removed and am pretty pleased with the results. No offense to anyone that has wood grain and likes it (if I had a round eye I’d probably have tried to keep it) but I’ve never liked the late model Silverado (burbs only?) wood grain on the dash. My ‘89 K5 Silverado...
  12. Daveo91Burb

    driver's door power window regulator problems

    Thanks for mentioning this. In my adventures tonight installing/removing/etc the regulator I did have the window all the way out and checked this. I am experiencing some rust and detachment here, but it is only on the first 2 inches, before the rail that the roller slides in starts. I don’t...
  13. Daveo91Burb

    driver's door power window regulator problems

    Well crap. Got my new regulator installed tonight and it’s still making the clunk every inch or two of window travel. Pulled the damn thing out again and ran the regulator/motor plugged in but outside of the door. Clunk is 100% coming from the motor. I even unbolted the motor from the...
  14. Daveo91Burb

    driver's door power window regulator problems

    Thanks for the reply. I got the regulator out tonight and some of the rollers do look pretty suspect. Or maybe it's the coil spring. I don't know, it's for sure getting replaced at any rate. After I did the original post last night I looked on Rock Auto and found a bunch of options and was...
  15. Daveo91Burb

    driver's door power window regulator problems

    Driving down the road yesterday, rolled up the window and it clunked at halfway point and wouldn't go any further. Got the door panel off tonight and sure enough it was out of the side felts, both front and rear. Jockeyed it back into place and now it seems like its in the tracks, and it works...
  16. Daveo91Burb

    Hello from Oregon

    Welcome from Vancouver, WA! That motor looks like it will do the job quite nicely.
  17. Daveo91Burb

    Refresh a gauge bezel?

    Good guess, probably the same font. It's actually from a square with idiot lights instead of gauges - it was in one of the four gauge holes and I just cut the lens down to size.
  18. Daveo91Burb

    Refresh a gauge bezel?

    Well the $10 swap meet bezel did not work out - that was a pre-89 one and it turns out the bottom corner by the radio is different for the double DIN radios. There would have been an ugly gap had I used it and nothing to screw the corner screw in to. But..... I still had my heart set on a...
  19. Daveo91Burb

    Solid pedal but light on

    So, I’m not 100 percent sure but I think the prop valve on our trucks is actually not a prop valve at all. If it’s like the one on my 76 vette it’s just a sliding piston between the front and rear systems that is meant to monitor equilibrium between the two - if there’s a pressure loss either...
  20. Daveo91Burb

    Refresh a gauge bezel?

    That looks sharp! I bought one of those pens but haven’t tried it yet. That’s the inspiration I needed
  21. Daveo91Burb

    Refresh a gauge bezel?

    Well, I haven't made any progress on the refresh of my late 80s silverado Bezel, but I did successfully add some idiot lights in the top. Since I have a GM Sports tach with small fuel gauge in the bottom (I have a trans temp gauge in the fourth small gauge hole) I need to mount the two lights...
  22. Daveo91Burb

    Electric fan conversion

    Following this thread! I have a buddy that’s trying to part out at least one if not two Volvo’s, maybe I can snag a relay or two
  23. Daveo91Burb

    New 383 high oil consumption

    breather tube is connected to the salad bowl and goes to rear of DS cover. PCV is in front of PS cover. So it sucks filtered air through the engine. Yeah, you've got it set up opposite of me, but I agree it shouldn't matter.
  24. Daveo91Burb

    New 383 high oil consumption

    Yeah, I had to deal with those differences between the two types, but I think they all work now. Oil filler tube is indeed close to the brake booster, but a I have a funnel that fits in there fairly well to fill. As for the breather on the back of the DS valve cover I had to engineer a...
  25. Daveo91Burb

    3/4 ton? Wheels?

    Ford made the switch much earlier than GM or Dodge. And how do I know this? I stupidly bought a set of these from a guy on CL and didn't measure the bolt pattern. (I like that style because they look like the 8 lug version of these that GM should have made for squares!) Dude had a 1994 F250...

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