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  1. Pruittx2

    Suburban Interior push button lights,,

    Some times they come on,,, some times NOT. How do you get in them?? what might be wrong?
  2. Pruittx2

    1995 inside door handle adjustment?

    I'd make sure the door alignment is good,, on a nice truck do pins and bushings,, on a farm/beater use 2x4 under the door edge as far back as possible, put board on rocker and ground, and close door as much as possbile,, then lift board to jack up rear of door. Once pressure is on,, bounce it...
  3. Pruittx2

    Need help with some codes

    I got mine from peninsular diesel on Ebay,, ext cable on Ebay,, and heat sink on ebay. $199,,, $20 $15 and put it up behind License plate. Done. Also consider the battery cable mod.
  4. Pruittx2

    brown coolant

    If you had a small leak in the trans cooled located in the radiator,,, that Could cause something,, but If you take it out, and to a Radiator shop,, they can check all that for you. that is the ONLY way to get them cleaned if they've been in service for years,, is a good hot tanking!
  5. Pruittx2

    Brutus

    Looks real good!
  6. Pruittx2

    Engine noise,,, tell me what You hear.

    well I found a bolt in my mess,,, and it was only threading in about 4 threads. but seem to be right. It had M 9.8 on the head took it with me to Menards,, and matched it up with a 10 X1.5X75MM bolt, and a 10 lock washer, and I'm in Bizness. The smaller bolt behind Compressor, will have to...
  7. Pruittx2

    Engine noise,,, tell me what You hear.

    Keep info coming,,,, That top bolt goes into the cylinder head, So what ever is standard there,, Needing size So I can get one from box store. Don't want to ram one in there till I know it's right. Then I can buy a few different lenths, to fit the purpose.
  8. Pruittx2

    Engine noise,,, tell me what You hear.

    [SIZE=5]I need to know the pitch/thread/size of the bolts that go into these locations!!
  9. Pruittx2

    Engine noise,,, tell me what You hear.

    Ok Just back in side,,, Good news,, I found a bowl shaped bracket bolted to the front of the block that the compressor bolts into. It has a triangle bolt pattern,,, bottom bolt, up 3 in,, the to right 3 in. Look at pics,, and see that only 1 bolt is holding this bracket on,, the bottom...
  10. Pruittx2

    Engine noise,,, tell me what You hear.

    Ok,, well as it was late when I posted this,, and cold also,,, I'll be going out here in a few to try all your suggestions. Clutch was NOT engaged. The noise is only audible, when I've slowed enough to hear it,, and when at a stop, breaks on, in gear, If I slip in out of gear, it's not as...
  11. Pruittx2

    Engine noise,,, tell me what You hear.

    And who thinks I'll be able to get the connections at the Orfice tube or the Accumulator apart?? <--- 17yr old,, Me thinks still all factory sealed. I'm just glad the orfice tube is not up in the condenser. AC work flawless this past summer,, it's 25F here now,, so if an is working it's hard...
  12. Pruittx2

    Engine noise,,, tell me what You hear.

    Just started yesterday, When I come to a stop sign,, I hear a new noise,, like loose something, rattling, on/with sheet metal. SO I pop hood,, and this is what I find, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exfSf52fp00&feature=youtu.be When I grab the 2 tubes in my hand there shaking like a dog...
  13. Pruittx2

    I am going to order some Artic Silver 5 heat sink paste unless somebody has a better

    That expensive stuff is best left for CPU heat sinks, on computers. For the PMD to heat sink,,, use the cheapest stuff you can get or the thin pad that came with the PMD. Your over thinking it.
  14. Pruittx2

    Best truck I've ever owned

    I'm a lucky man,, I got mine from 2nd owner, @ 128,000 Rust free miles. With all the needed mod's done! In Exc condition, in and out. Very well cared for, and every thing that works like a 2yr old rig. I'm hoping to have it for 10+yrs, and can tackle any issues. Since I've had it, I've...
  15. Pruittx2

    There's a bird under my hood!

    Update,, Ok So, I went to AutoZone for the belt, cause I had $20 credit on my card and got the 3yr Dayco belt @ 102 in lenth. Stock size cause I have the Vac delete, but the CS144 Alt. Put the belt on and squeak is gone, and tensioner is in the correct range. till it ran for 10 min's then...
  16. Pruittx2

    There's a bird under my hood!

    OK, so you think maybe an inch shorter belt? It is a Vac delete setup,,,,,
  17. Pruittx2

    There's a bird under my hood!

    The way the lines look,,, your saying that belt is too long? Hell's bell's,, it was a biotch to get that one on! I'll check the tach versus the GMTD scan readings on the laptop Sunday. I got the plow bracket on today, and the wiring almost done. More Sunday.
  18. Pruittx2

    There's a bird under my hood!

    Ok here is a pic, of a few things,, 1 the idler tension lines,, then the CS144 140amp alt I installed last week. The required the bracket on the back of the idler pulley tensioner to be flipped,, then a 1 in spacer fabbed out of a ceiling fan extension tube, then for a new rear bracket a turn...
  19. Pruittx2

    There's a bird under my hood!

    I'll be out in garage tomorrow, to finish plow bracket install, putting rear bumper back on,, from the rocker bed liner install from last week end,, and then to track down a, new yesterday, rapid left turn signal, that appears to be bad circuit board in tail lamp assem. I'll do the test's...
  20. Pruittx2

    There's a bird under my hood!

    This is a new unit sold by O O O Orieliey's. but the sound is deff coming from compressor area. pry bar to the thumb, held to ear, touching alt, idler, ac, and it is deff coming from pass side. That's why I was questioning the ac bearings, and if those were replaceable with out doing the whole...
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