Recent content by 88gmcfrakentruck

I don’t think it supposed to be missing in the middle. It looks as if it had broken out. Possibly when I hammered down on the throttle.

Okay so check this out. I stripped the intake and throttle body to clean it all up. When I took the throttle body apart from the little riser I found the probable cause of the skip and labor knocking.

I am that guy 90%. Nonchalant, ignore most stupidity. It was just one of them days the way he was driving began to infuriate me.

Yes. I managed to blow a head gasket one morning on the way to work. Had a young man, high school age, riding my ass and no matter what I did he wouldn’t back off. So when he finally decided to try and pass I hammered down and the result of that I developed a skip. Kept driving the truck with it...

Do you have any recommendations for me on buying a new engine wiring harness? This one has been chopped, screwed, spliced and rigged into a headache…

It crossed my mind to that😂 thank you for that info. Definitely an easy fix relocating the filter. I just pulled the heads in record time, for me anyway. 3hrs.

Nothing on this truck is original. It was put together from other vehicles. Thank you for your input. Is that adapter something I can pick up at a parts house or is something more likely to be ordered offline

The oil filter nearly touches the front yolk. If the shaft and u-joint w/bolts were there it would hit.

The truck is on a 4x4 chassis equipped with transfer case, front differential, and a brand new complete front end suspension. When I bought the truck the guy said the front drive shaft for the four wheel drive needed a new U-joint and he had taken it out. After crawling under the truck I...

Alright guys I’m here for ideas, advice, and knowledge I may be lacking in. I have a 1988 GMC short wheelbase pickup. I bought it from a guy who said “it’s one we put together”… it has the 305cid 5.0L TBI bolted to a THM700-R4 transmission bolted to a four wheel drive transfer case. The title...