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    Blend door on chevy suburban

    hey everyone, I'm kinda out of ideas on my suburban heater. I got my arm in there to the blend door actuator, and I can feel it turning, when I turn the heat/cold know of the dash. No clicks that should be there, and I would hear something if the actuator was turning but the blend door wasn't...
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    Blend door on chevy suburban

    hey guys, new question on this rig. I was replacing my driver's door pins, and broke both of those little retaining clips, prying them off the ends of the door pins. Anybody know what those things are called? I can't find any, and it's probably jsut because I don't know what words to type in...
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    Blend door on chevy suburban

    hey everybody, I'm finally getting to this problem, have some space cleared out in the shop. Had to get the flatbed for my 89 V3500 out of the way first. Ok, so is there a way I can check to see if the blend door is operating, without actually removing it, or do I have to pull it out in order to...
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    Blend door on chevy suburban

    Thanks for the site suggestion, I'll look at that. It's going to be 20 below zero tomorrow night, and right now, it's blowing sideways, snowing, and running about 5 degrees plus wind chill. Would be kinda nice to have a heater. Aaron
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    Blend door on chevy suburban

    hey everyone. I've got a 1995 Suburban 2500, 454 engine. My heater doesn't work. It's got a new thermostat, both hoses going to the heater core are warm when engine is warm, and I've flushed the heck out of the front heater core. Back heater doesn't seem to work either. I've seen some youtube...
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    Cheap media blaster or pay a local shop to media blast wheels

    Thanks, Martin, I'll remember that, in future. With the price of fuel, it pays to be as efficient as possible, living in a state this big. I was out playing some music at a funeral in Circle a couple years ago. That's a long way form Dillon. Aaron
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    Cheap media blaster or pay a local shop to media blast wheels

    Martin: Where is there a Tractor Supply in MT? I'm down in Dillon. Is it in Billings then? Aaron
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    How a relay works

    Thanks for this post. some of us are electrically challenged. I had to wire a rotary 3 phase converter into my wood shop, a while back. Luckily any visible smoke was merely what was coming out of my ears, and not from bad wiring. Aaron
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    Diagnose alternator on '95 Suburban?

    Thanks for the reply. I kinda figured that this was one of those "if it worked that well, everyone would be doing it" things, but I'm not technically versed enough to know all the ins and outs of why. Aaron
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    Diagnose alternator on '95 Suburban?

    Emissions tests aren't an issue where I live...and my catalytic converter is going away too... but this squares with what I'm seeing around, as far as the criticisms go. Anyone got a real-world example of fuel mileage improvement? Aaron
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    Diagnose alternator on '95 Suburban?

    So I got my issues fixed: New alternator, and replaced the thermostat, and it looks like I'm good to go. So basically, I just had a pretty major coincidence happen, I think. While I'm at it: I think I've got a bad EGR valve on the same rig. Fired I'd replace it, and while I was looking at how...
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    Diagnose alternator on '95 Suburban?

    All: So recently, I noticed that my voltage was dropping, and then kicking back up again. Then this evening, my voltage dropped clear down to 9 volts, and I barely made it into the grocery store parking lot. I've never seen an alternator gradually go bad like that, but I can't think of anything...
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    Maple For Truck Bed

    I wouldn't if it were me. Maple doesn't do very well outside. If you want a light colored wood like maple, I'd go with pine. Not framing lumber, since the cathedral grain will come apart, but some planed roughsawn stock like from a lumberyard that caters to furniture/cabinet makers. Same goes...
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    Rope Cleats

    There's a set of those on my son's 75 short box. I'll see if he's got 4 or 6, and if he wants to get rid of them, as they're currently off the truck. If you'll PM me, then I'll remember to do it. Aaron
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    Multimeters?

    Oh, and @ Piute: Are there any pics of your truck on the site? Looks like we've got exactly the same truck, so I ws just curious as to what your truck is looking like. my 89 V3500 should have the engine back in it in a month or so. Aaron
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    Multimeters?

    Thanks for the advice, all. I was kinda getting the vibe, on my own research, that the Flukes were the gold standard, which you all have pretty much confirmed. As for what I'll be using it for, that was what I was saying in my initial post. Building an RPC is probably as complicated as I'm...
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    Multimeters?

    hey everybody, just wondering if you've got recommendations for a multimeter you've been happy with. I've got an old junky one, need to upgrade to a more versatil digital one that's easier to read. I rebuild a lot of old woodworking equuipment, in addition to working on my vehicles, and I'll...
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    sound like a fuel pump to you?

    Thanks for the replies, all. This problem just got more complicated, too, since I think that I've also got a blown head gasket. Sigh.
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    How do new cars connect to internet ?

    I don't carry a cell phone. Haven't got a tv that's connected to anythingother than a dvd and an old vhs player. Never had a facebook, this forum and one other are the closest I get to social media. I've also got 7 kids, who will hopefully inherit their parents' skepticism as to adopting...
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    sound like a fuel pump to you?

    So I'm headed home on labor day, and my 91 Ford Escort dies, out on the interstate. (Yeah, I know, I know, it's a Ford...). I try to start it, and it chugs a bit, starts without coming up to full idle, and dies. I sit there for a while, and it starts again. I go another couple miles down the...
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    I can't get my ashtray back in

    Hmm, I'd like to see how the ashtray goes in from the back, too.
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    How to send power to window switch for testing?

    On my 89, it's the black and blue wires that run it up and down. Aaron
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    I can't get my ashtray back in

    Ok, so this is really dumb, but I can't get my flip-out ashtray housing back in, and I failed to keep track of how I removed it. It's an 89 V3500. I've been trying it from the front of the dash, and I can't see how I could get it in from behind the dash. From which side does it install? I'm...
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    How To Build Custom Door Panels

    Hi all: I'm now getting going on this. I'm getting confused, looking at the OP's pictures. So in the initial stage, where he's stretching the t shirt, what side of the panel is he on, the front, or the back? He says to cover the whole panel, but then, you can see the bare wood, on the front...
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    Can't get my vent windows out

    That's a great thread you linked to, Eric, thank you. I hadn't run across that one. Ok, so this makes sense for the front doors. Can I basically do the same thing on the rear doors, or is there a different procedure, since the side that sticks on those doors is the reverse of the front doors...

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