88gmctruck
02GMCtruck
Well, here is the latest on the truck's front.
Bought new hitch, it's a drawtite 16k forged 6" drop.
Fixed a bunch of small things that I've put off, and gave the truck a full wash, wax, vac and upholstery cleaning. First time since around November! Not bad for 24 years.
I then got the quads in the truck, trailer loaded and everything hooked together.
Truck ran great. It pulls, so much torque. I had no problem keeping speed everywhere.... At least for the first two hours. At some point it started hesitating, coughing and would give me no power.... So I pulled over and swapped back to the last chip. It ran fine a few more miles then again did was running poorly. Pulled off, multimetered a few sensors, checked connections etc, and hooked the laptop up. Ran fine a few miles, then again it started acting up. So, over on the side of the road again. After a bit of a cooldown period (for me) the data was looked at and it looked as if the oxygen sensor (which was new) was reading high voltage, above the norm which indicated it was likely failing, and making the truck think it was running rich, thus cutting fuel. being it was now about 11PM, I was in the middle of BFE and had 4+ hours of driving left, I unplugged the sensor and ran with the base fuel map and the SES light on. Truck ran without major issue after, unfortunately netting me about 5.5MPG...... But I made it. Next morning a stop at Napa and a new sensor was installed and it ran great after.
Here is the sand camp. All my toys in one spot!
Next to my buddy's 89 K5
Few shots out in the sand. This thing hauls out there. 454 sounds nice revved up around 5-6k.
Packed up, heading home. Running properly, I netted about 8.1MPG doing about 70MPH most of the way.
Bought new hitch, it's a drawtite 16k forged 6" drop.
Fixed a bunch of small things that I've put off, and gave the truck a full wash, wax, vac and upholstery cleaning. First time since around November! Not bad for 24 years.
I then got the quads in the truck, trailer loaded and everything hooked together.
Truck ran great. It pulls, so much torque. I had no problem keeping speed everywhere.... At least for the first two hours. At some point it started hesitating, coughing and would give me no power.... So I pulled over and swapped back to the last chip. It ran fine a few more miles then again did was running poorly. Pulled off, multimetered a few sensors, checked connections etc, and hooked the laptop up. Ran fine a few miles, then again it started acting up. So, over on the side of the road again. After a bit of a cooldown period (for me) the data was looked at and it looked as if the oxygen sensor (which was new) was reading high voltage, above the norm which indicated it was likely failing, and making the truck think it was running rich, thus cutting fuel. being it was now about 11PM, I was in the middle of BFE and had 4+ hours of driving left, I unplugged the sensor and ran with the base fuel map and the SES light on. Truck ran without major issue after, unfortunately netting me about 5.5MPG...... But I made it. Next morning a stop at Napa and a new sensor was installed and it ran great after.
Here is the sand camp. All my toys in one spot!
Next to my buddy's 89 K5
Few shots out in the sand. This thing hauls out there. 454 sounds nice revved up around 5-6k.
Packed up, heading home. Running properly, I netted about 8.1MPG doing about 70MPH most of the way.
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