the sheet metal is rough but $400. going to get the starter hooked back up and just crank it over and see what the engine sounds like
already have a L31 core i will be rebuilding using 2 rods from a 305 i also have laying around and trading the 305 crank to a roundy round racer for a stock l31...
been a wile sense i last posted some one actually offered me money for the tahoe way more then i paid so i let it go but i am not with out a gmt400
just not a suv
got a 98 1500 for $400 unlike the tahoe it has a frame also unlike the tahoe the interior is rough and the engine needs to be...
well did not do much as weather and work but today i finally cleaned all the pine needles and tree junk from it. blowing out the fenders ect.
redid the door weather strip as i noticed it been leaking at the back of the doors the top weather strip was full of needles and also slid forward on...
my tahoe is a 95 the transition year so TBI but the rounded interior every thing i look up says it should have a start relay... i have not found said start relay. so is it wired like a 88-94 where it just sends the ignition switch wire right to the S terminal on the starter?
fighting a no...
not any time soon as i have a vortec 350 with a bad crank i was going to steal the heads and rollery cam parts off of for the TBI 350
just because i do not want to mess with OBD1 it will get a carb and HEI if i do the swap so when the 4l60 goes out i can use any year and an aftermarket...
yup i have had a brand new rotor just fall a part less then a year. now i have gotten into the habit of checking new parts first just do to the recent quality hit even on GM parts
new brake lines came in and decided to just get a new bypass valve as rock auto has actual GM ones figure the old one lasted 28 years
for the hoses i am just going to cut the metal crimps off and just hose and clamp new lines
the plugs where carbon fouled with one plug wire not even connected runs a lot smoother now
it did start leaking form the heater valve. undecided if i am going to replace it or just remove it
started also looking at the rpo codes pretty standard G80 locker 3.73 gearing Z71 with the trailer...
well grandpa has a mini starter just hanging around so going to install that in the tahoe.
so far all my tests are pointing at a intermittent bad solenoid
starter benches fine but in the truck some times it will just not crank and i just hear it engage the flywheel. engine is grounded even...
there are in and out left to right adjustments
for the up and down gap you will have to bend the mounting hinge of gate or put in body shims. from them factory they did not use shims so i am assuming all the adjustment was in the hinge it's self over time when people open them to fast they can...
well today finally got it to fire the fuel spray pattern on the injectors are god awful but i also think it has no gas so will try and put in 5 gallons tomorrow see if that improves if not i will add in and adapter to check fuel pressure
does nto help it has been sitting for 5 years
putting a conclusion to this
tested the pick up coil resistance got 800ohm witch is with in spec so then took a test light to manually trigger the module by attaching one end to power and grounding the other end on where the pi ck up coil plugs into on the module and nothing. already confirmed...
funny enough in the past i tend to be more GM biased this is just what i currently have LOL
maybe i will make a post listing all 40+ of my past vehicles
i got the merc back at peak pandemic as the trade in deal i got for it they ended up giving me 1200 on top of the car as they where doing a...
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