Recent content by chuey_316

Yes, I did. They were fairly clean already. I still would've hit them with a bit of sand paper anyway had I not forgotten it at home, but they looked decent.

Installed the new starter yesterday. The 1st couple attempts at cranking it over the starter engaged, but did not turn the flywheel, but I didn't have the key, and was using a jumper wire at the relay, so it may have just not been a good connection. Each attempt after that resulted in a strong...

It was starting fine one day, then barely cranking the next. The cables looked ok at the terminals when I had them disconnected, but I'll check again to be sure. It'll be a few days before I'm able to get back to it. I'm still leaning towards the starter itself, since the replacement starter...

Daughter's 4.2 Envoy wouldn't start. Acted like a dead battery. Since the battery was 7-8 years old, we went ahead and replaced it, but it only went from no crank, to maybe one revolution each try. Pulled the starter and had it tested at Autozone, and all they said is that "it sounded weak"...

A friend of mine called me because he's having a problem installing an aftermarket hu in his 05 with factory Bose, and no steering controls. He's using a GM11 module. The hu powers on fine, but there's no sound. I've installed many many radios, but I've never used a pac module. Anything specific...

I'm in southern Michigan, not far from the Indiana border.

Thanks MRRSM. I'll pricing everything, and look through the album you posted as well. I'm hoping the garage opens up soon, so I can pull it in. If it takes too much longer, I may have to accept the possibility of selling it as a parts or fix deal, and buy another one. I'd love to just buy a 2wd...

My glimmer of hope has dwindled to a flicker. I put on a fresh filter, and refilled with 6qts of 10w30 full synthetic, and 1qt of MMO. Figured I'd drive it a little each day after work, and let the detergents do their thing for a couple hundred miles, or until the pressure no longer rose to an...

That flush tank looks like a plan. If I don't have the parts I need to build a pneumatic washer I'll probably end up ordering one. I dumped around 5gal of diesel through the fill hole, and drained it into another container under the truck, but didn't really see anything come out. I ended up...

Most of the chucks didn't want to come off the strainer to get a good napkin shot but here's a few pics Here's the best shot. You can see all the gunk that's still in the container that didn't make it to the funnel while straining the oil.

Also, how much work am I looking at to remove the valve cover. I've read where people say to took them 13hrs, but that seems very excessive from the look of things. Then again I also see people saying that changing the alt takes a couple hours, and the water pump as well, but after doing a...

Thanks I'll look into it. Just got home with a new gauge, and had a look at the pickup screen, and it was about 50-60% plugged again. I started straining the new oil I drained before leaving, and there was enough crud that the oil had a hard time flowing through my makeshift filter. I also...

Would paint thinner be used as a soak, or a flush?

Well, I drained out the diesel and did an oil/filter change. Let the engine warm up, and made it to the gas station with no issues. I then drove it gently for roughly 2-3 miles, staying within a few blocks of home just in case. The pressure held fine, but over the last few blocks I watched it...

Unfortunately, I apparently purchased all of the chem dip available in my area, so I have 4.5gal of diesel soaking in there atm, and have been rocking the truck here and there to get any loose pieces to detach so they can be drained out. I'll do an oil and filter change after it's set a little...