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    RETRO-Mod: Jeep intermediate steering shaft

    I will need to do something similar. I was turning wheel hard with engine off and managed to make it loose again. In the one I got shaft goes through rubber and ends with two "wings" on the joint side that would hit the yoke if the rubber would ever fail and would also prohibit the shaft from...
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    Oil gauge issue

    I've successfully used PTFE (aka Teflon) tape, not too much of it. Just verify with multimeter that there is less than 1 ohm between engine block and sensor body.
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    European 86 C20 454

    Both look great and in my opinion better than what you have now. I don't know if in 2WD 3/4 ton Burb track width is different front and rear, like in 4WD V1500, but if so you may consider different offset front and rear. I don't have that and as a result fronts stick out and splash mud and...
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    European 86 C20 454

    It sounds sooo good!
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    Power steering too slow?

    I think you may be right. But that pressure switch got me thinking if maybe retrofitting it may be a solution. The functionality is there already, a light green wire from A/C pressure switch to ECU to bump the idle up.
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    Power steering too slow?

    I get that pump spins slower, etc, but I've driven many cars with PS and never found a car where i'm able to spin the wheel faster than what power steering can assist. I recall that in one car I've seen a pressure switch in PS circuit which raised the engine speed when tuning wheel at idle...
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    Passing CA Smog help - High HCs

    LOL, it's ridiculous, making the vehicle cleaner than it should be fails the "clean" check. But law is law heh...
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    Power steering too slow?

    When engine is cold and RPMs are bit higher at idle I can spin the wheel faster. Let's say that you attempt to enter a 190 cm / 6'3" parking lot with your 195 cm / 6'5" truck because surely there is some margin, but apparently there isn't and you need to back up and make a 9 point U turn on the...
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    Power steering too slow?

    Is it normal that the power steering is really slow in our trucks? Not weak, but slow? It makes maneuvering so slow. What I mean is that going lock to lock quickly is not possible, at idle I can spin the wheel with minimal effort up to certain angular speed, but not faster. It's like the PS pump...
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    Need help with regards rear ac

    It connects to the plastic cover that I guess you are missing. That whole large mostly trapezoidal "decorative" cover that bolts with 3 screws at the back and couple of metals screws up front It doubles as a drip pan. Condensate drips on a plastic cover and them drains to the right side and down...
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    Door striker question

    They all should have bushings. Strikers can and should be adjusted to make the doors close correctly, otherwise you'd wear a bushing or a PEX tube prematurely. I managed to cut through a PEX tube on a sagging door.
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    Front bumper opinion on position

    Mine sits about the same distance from the body, enough to expose the edge to get a foot grip when working on the engine :D Maybe the very tip is pointed a tiny little bit up which would suggest that the whole thing is slightly tilted?
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    Passing CA Smog help - High HCs

    I wonder if a cat converter is N/A for this model year and "heavy duty" would putting any cat converter in fail the test? Because this sounds like a simplest solution to get the HC down. I'm running high flow Magnaflow cats in all my past and present Japanese cars to get rid of the smell and...
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    AmCar Tuesdays / Amcarowe Wtorki (Warsaw, Poland)

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    AmCar Tuesdays / Amcarowe Wtorki (Warsaw, Poland)

    Few fresh ones from the Amcar "Tuesday" on Thursday :)
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    1990 Suburban oil pressure gauge only reads 30 PSI

    I didn't use any additional thread sealer other than a tiny amount of blue stuff that came on the threads of a new unit. I did remove my sending unit and checked it with air compressor, finding out it's quite inaccurate especially in low pressure region and more likely calibrated to 0-90 PSI...
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    Cruise control works for a while then starts to lose speed

    A new issue surfaced: I had a sudden acceleration from cruise control, so I decided to finally investigate the servo. Based on this Youtube video slowing down like I had before is usually a case of a dirty release valve. I suspected that acceleration could be caused by dirt in a vacuum valve...
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    Seatbelt construction & repair (with pictures)

    The whole seatbelt with child seat lock removed and without that plastic tube:
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    Seatbelt construction & repair (with pictures)

    My right middle row seatbelt in 1990 Burb was not retracting due to rusted parts. I didn’t find much details online so I used this occasion to look inside and document it for whoever may need in the future. The cover can be removed by unclipping bottom part which swings open and then by yanking...
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    European 86 C20 454

    Nice, I was considering R2500 burb but was scared away not knowing how to register it as a 'car' (Bit of context for US friends: 3500 kg is a magical number in Europe which divides light and heavy vehicles, a 'truck' needs a different driving license, speed limiters, different road tolls...
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    European 86 C20 454

    Hi, and welcome, really nice Burb! As this is 454 C20 I guess it's (or was originally) 8500 lbs GVWR, is it registerd as a car?
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    Oil pressure sending unit - odd readings (test results)

    Hi, Ever since I've replaced my oil pressure sending unit I get low oil pressure readings, about 15 PSI most of the time. I'm using Standard Motors PS-262 sensor. https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=44314&cc=1301465&pt=4588&jsn=16 When cold or at high RPM it may show about 20 maybe 25...
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    1990 Suburban oil pressure gauge only reads 30 PSI

    I bought my Burb with an oil pressure gauge basically stuck at 30 PSI. Disconnected oil pressure sender - Maxed out, indicating bad oil pressure sending unit. Reconnected - Back to 30 PSI. To make sure I also checked the gauge, it behaves as it should when tested outside. So I replaced the...
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    Loss of e-brake after driving on rough roads

    Finally got a moment to go through rear brakes. My driver side drum is missing a C-clip that holds the parking brake lever pin in place. It has disassembled itself without it. Found the washer, but C-clip is gone. Can somebody help me with identifying what size of a C-clip is used there? I...
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    "Overheating" --> Now Fuel Delivery Issue --> Dirty Tank?

    Post removed. Wrote a post and realized it made no sense: Vapor created between fuel pump and carb would be simply vented into the carb, allowing fresh cool gas to be pumped.

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