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Wrenching Weekend

Big T

Big T

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Between the rain squalls on Saturday and a beautiful Sunday, got the following done on my son's '95 Suburban:

- New plugs (reman by Badger Diesel)
- New glows(AC Delco 60 G)
- New front brakes and rotors (NAPA)
- New CPS (AC Delco).

Engine runs great with the new rebuilt injectors. Discovered the front brakes to be down to the metal, so dove into that job. The wires to the old CPS broke and I was able to pry it out some with a screwdriver and then grab it with some vice grips. New CPS only went in one way ):h. Got a lot done, now I'm off on 2 weeks of business travel.

Notice I got all this done without a single post in desperation?

BTW I feel for those of you who work on these trucks that live in the rust/snow belt.
 
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Yeah the brakes caught me by surprise as I never heard anything. The driver side had hit the metal. Passenger side had not but was right there. I think it was only 40K on this set, but I pull boats and I was having periodic trailer brake problems, which is a fact of life when you dunk a boat in the salt. Never have remover the rotors on this truck. The last set was done by a shop.

Have some additional work to do as the passenger side brake line developed a leak. Also, the ball joint on the driver's side steering rod has the rubber cracked open. Never ends on a truck this old.

Yes the son is getting a good education on the wrench work. Seems as though the old man still needs to come through on the items that require the heavy strength. There were some injectors he could not wrench out and the axle nuts were all mine.
 
this aint a gas vehicle itsa diesel it has injectors. i still have no idea how you guys do injectors without taking the turbo off. its a mystery to me.
 
buddy said:
By plugs you meant injectors I assume. Good work, did you pull the turbo to get it done?
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Yeah I pulled the turbo. I was following Heath's instructions which call for pulling the turbo. Used a 30mm deep socket from AZ. A flex joint plus extensions worked well on the passenger rear and the driver's side. Truck runs sweet, but still some work to do.

Thinking about the leaky brake line, my son removed the brake line to bleed that side instead of using the bleeder. He's notorious for not torqing things down and I never touched it. He saw smoke coming from that brake at the Post Office on the test drive. He got under then while I stepped on the brakes and got squirted in the eye. I'm pretty certain he did not fully torque that down. I sent him an e-mail to remind him of that. Truck is in my backyard.
 
That kind of stuff is why I always take a pair of chanellocks with me on test drives, anything that was missed and needs tightend while your out you can usually get tight enough with the chanelocks to get home. Good work on the sub, I hate doing work on all of my trucks every thing is allways rusted and seized together with all the salt and calcium cloride that they put on the roads around here. I have brake lines on my truck that I put on last spring and they are allready rusted out. Your lucky you dont have to deal with that out there in Cali!

Justin
 
540s10 said:
did he lose one of the copper sealing washers?
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I didn't do that work, nor did I check it. Only time I remove the brake lines is to replace the caliper. I'll mention the washer to him. After I e-mailed him about the brake line not being torques, he agreed with my assessment.! Fathers just know.
 
Sounds like a productive weekend.

He'll learn to torque things better one day. When I was younger I used to over tighten things and would strip or break them. So I learned to under tighten them. Dad hates that. :lol: But i'm where I should be now after a few smacks on the side of the head.
 
ya the rust in the midwest really blows. i replace the breaks and wheel cylinders on my 88 gasburner yesterday and wouldnt you know a brake line twisted off! surprise surpise i went into it expexting that to i hapen i was really surprised that the other side didnt. prolly should have just replaced them both but what the heck
 
88gmctruck said:
Sounds like a productive weekend.

He'll learn to torque things better one day. When I was younger I used to over tighten things and would strip or break them. So I learned to under tighten them. Dad hates that. :lol: But i'm where I should be now after a few smacks on the side of the head.
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iv had the problem as well when i was younger i was always breaking bolts off
 
chevyCowboy said:
iv had the problem as well when i was younger i was always breaking bolts off
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He's gone through the phase where he'd over torque and shear off bolts right in front of me. He did break the wires to the CPS as I watched from underneath, but I was able to get that out.

Bottom clamp on the connecting hose to the turbo oil return line was not tight, explaining the leakage I had there.

Next job is replacing that optic sensor plug, Feed The Beast and maybe cutting/opening up the intake, if that is worthwhile. Also need to change out that ball joint on the driver's side steering arm. He'd like an ATT and a chip, but he's short of cash and does not anticipate much towing. I told him I'd cover up to injectors, FTB and the optic plug.
 
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