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  1. GTME94

    Headlights

    I'm gonna have to see if mine has a buzzer somewhere and if I can hook it up, it doesn't make any sound right now. I'm so used to automatic headlights I worry that one day I'm forget and kill the battery.
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    Run an engine on a cherry picker

    I did it with a four cylinder sitting on the oil pan on the driveway. It wanted to walk away with vibration was the only issue.
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    Rattling sound while accelerating?

    Yes that L shaped fitting is where to tap into for the oil pressure. Your picture shows the fitting and the two pressure senders. One of the senders is pointing straight out towards the frame, the other is pointing down. Some oil will drain out but not be pressurized (unless the engine is...
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    Rattling sound while accelerating?

    It will be female threads in either the block or the tee. The gauge you linked to is an air pressure gauge. I'm not sure that would work properly with oil. It might be easier to buy an oil pressure gauge from an auto parts store in person or on line. It would have the gauge and plastic tube...
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    Rattling sound while accelerating?

    I'm not sure about newer trucks but on my '86 Big Block the oil pressure sender is where Jerry mentioned. Mine has a brass tee with both the oil pressure sender and the choke oil pressure switch. TBI obviously doesn't have a choke but I think they did have a similar oil pressure switch for the...
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    Cold Air Intake

    I already had a factory air cleaner but was missing the plastic cold air tube. I ordered one from LMC but it was too long. I scored one at a junkyard. My truck still had the plastic part on the radiator support. Installing the cold air duct and installing the plastic front air dam piece...
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    Erratic Cruise Control

    Yes, the vehicle speed sensor takes a reading from the back side of the speedometer. It's a little greenish box with a wire. If the speedo is bouncing around it will think that the vehicle speed is changing and try to compensate.
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    Need halp

    I don't know about other brands but my Escape has a gear shift release that is under the trim ring around the shifter. You pry up the trim ring and then there is a white lever to pull and release the shifter.
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Woke my truck up from it's winter nap. I hadn't seen it for 4 months. Hit the key and it turned over strong. About 3 20 second cranks on the starter and the oil pressure came up. Mashed the throttle twice and then it fired right up.
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    What kind of fuel mileage do you get?

    1986 C2500 Reg Cab, LWB, Camper Special, Stock 454, TH400, 3.73 10 MPG Highway
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    Need input - '95 K2500 Suburban purchase

    Just spoke to the seller, it has 140k miles, seems pretty good for that age truck. Supposedly no leaks, smoke or noises from the engine and transmission.
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    Need input - '95 K2500 Suburban purchase

    I love my square but its purpose is to tow our boat and be a second vehicle at a vacation home. It tows great but a 3 person vehicle for a 4 person family with a dog doesn't work so great. Also, 2wd in Michigan snow isn't so great either. So I've had in the back of my mind that I need a 3/4...
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    tank selector delay

    If the TBI switch is the same as the later version of the carb tank switch you actually have to hold if for a second or two while changing tanks. If you just flip it one way or the other the valve doesn't fully move.
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    Thermac system?

    Nothing new that I know of use it. It really is for carburetor heat, with fuel injection no need to get the air warm to help vaporize the fuel. The pressurized fuel from the injectors vaporizes pretty well even when cold. I've been in the wind tunnel at -40 and both new gas and diesel start up...
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    New guy from Georgia

    Welcome, I'm down in Georgia visiting family near Valdosta. My truck is back home in Michigan but is originally from down here.
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    All lights work except brake lights

    One other thing to think about is that the power for the brake lights goes through the turn signal switch. The brake light and turn signal light power the same secondary filament of the bulb. If the neither of the turn signals is on, the brake light power from the brake switch goes to both...
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    Will not idle.

    What was the temperature? And was it literally only a minute of running? My truck won't start or run very well when cold without the choke set when it's really cold. It takes 4 or 5 minutes at least to idle without the choke when it's cold out.
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    Reverse Light Switch

    Todd, you can follow the same instructions as above. My truck had the same issue of having to hold up the shifter for the reverse lights to come on. I adjusted mine by putting the truck in drive (with the engine off) and moving the switch clockwise quite a bit. Then moving the shifter back...
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    no head/tail or inst. lights. but....

    Sounds like a fusible link. They are on the firewall. There are quite a few threads here about them.
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    Anyway to tell frames apart?

    Is the VIN stamp on the frame the full VIN or short VIN. If it's t he full VIN you could tell by reading the stamp.
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    New from Rochester Hills, Michigan

    Welcome, good to have another Metro Detroiter here. Beautiful trucks!
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    73 c20 350 How does she look?

    I thought they were A/C lines also. It looks like the compressor has been removed and the lines are moved back towards the rear of the engine.
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    Cab corner trim

    My info came from the 1986 GM information packet from the GM Heritage website. It might be different for other years.
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    Cab corner trim

    I just looked it up, the ZY5 exterior décor package deleted the cab molding. Looks like ZY2 and ZY4 include the molding. ZY9 Big Dooley included it except if they were Silverado/Sierra Classic which deleted it.
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    Cab corner trim

    My truck doesn't have the band either. I looked into it and it was something about the specific trim option, mine had two tone with the band on the side. I'm not near my info right now but I'll look later.

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