Recent content by DieselAmateur

x2 on working it hard to seat the rings, don't baby it. Hook it up to an unloaded trailer and do some short drives/ pulls, anything to vary load and rpm will help

another great technique for finishing grading is to back drag with the bucket using the float function. Are you familiar with this feature on your tractor? Being relatively "new" it should have it. With the loader all the way down you push the joystick up and it pops into position for the float...

does one of the vertical links on your 3pt hitch arms have a turnbuckle/ telescoping function? You can adjust the angle/ pitch of the box grader to a certain extent using that adjustment

I think part of what you're running into with finding the right diesel cluster is the '95 being the bastard year for these trucks. '95 was the last year of OBD-1 but the first year the GMT400 having the updated interior. I've always wondered how a 96+ cluster would play nice if at all with a...

Thank you @Glagulator appreciate the instruction and confirmation

I'm replacing the original GP harness on my '93 Cheyenne, and have some questions about removing the factory one as it is hardwired in to some other spots I was not aware of. Specifically, on the driver's side, the hot lead from the GP side of the relay (passenger side terminal of the relay)...

$4500 bucks for a bare GEP block https://quadstartuning.com/products/6-5l-bare-gep-engine-block

Thanks for the clarification on the solenoid. Got a link to one that would work? or is there an amperage rating/ certain set of parameters I should look for in one? I'm referring to everything on the '95 being wired differently from what is normally the case. Ground and trigger wires are...

Thanks for chiming in Will. What's the difference between just hot wiring a switch to the glow plugs than having a solenoid in there? Also any insight to the '95 relay being wired backwards but still working?

No doubt you can get junkyard knuckles cheaper, finding the unicorn ones is the hard part. When factoring in the price of reamers and the potential for messing up and having to start over the investment in a new set can appear as not too steep an investment is all I was saying

the unicorn knuckles are from '99-00 2500 Non- HD models. You can buy them new at 150 bucks a pop still, link here https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/gmc,2000,sierra+2500,5.3l+v8,1359154,steering,knuckle,7496 Expensive, but so are the reamers and the risk of messing a knuckle up. I was lucky...

@dbrannon79 central transport has the cheapest freight options in my experience. I used Freightquote by C.H. Robinson once https://www.freightquote.com/ and it was slightly cheaper. But then I soured on them when I asked for the courtesy of a phone call when the driver was a half hour away or...

*I meant to say if no cracks in the block. Assume heads are junk, crack free short block definitely has value. How much blow by if any?

As far as I know the GMT800 LCAs don't have that bar across the "V" of the LCA, looks like BigT sent his extra pair of forged GMT400 lowers your way. I have yet to drive my GMT800 swapped rig (still a project) but I was able to smush in my shocks to the existing mount on the 800 LCA but the...

No long connectors on the aftermarket 5 pin relay socket, not the glow plug relay. I'll snap a picture in the daylight and post it