Recent content by Barncrawler

I haven’t attempted overdrive so not sure there. It currently won’t do 1st, even with the lever. Park it, turn it off, restart and it’s in first. Once it hits 2nd, seems ok, hits third, light back on, no more 1st.

I did solenoids and harness. Never loosened valve body. Fluid was a bit brown and thick first time we opened it to do a and b. Now that we’ve had it open 3 times, new fluid and filter each time, it looks spotless.

To all who replied thank you. I flip 5or6 cars a year. As a Heating and air contractor, we go in everyone’s garages and back yards and know where all the cool toys are. No I don’t plan a v8 swap, too many other projects. I have heard pleasing noises from duramax’s and I’m not a Honda guy either...

Hello all. I found this site accidentally, searching for help with a Chevy 4.3 liter truck issue. ( I know, that’s not a truck, okay a pickup) And, I’ve already gotten good advice from your members. So, and this is only partially tongue-in-cheek, in the interest of full disclosure, I HATE...

it ohm-Ed out ok. No metal shavings anywhere. This is a 98 but very lo miles and belonged to a 90 year old guy, my wife’s grampa. I can guarantee this truck never even spun its tires.

And, with it off, how would I know?

you lost me. It’s an automatic, how do I put it in first other than by the linkage?

Oh, the rally rims ( I know, a bit old school for a 98) look so much better than the stock steel ones with hubcaps.

So Grampa left us this 98 1500 truck, 4.3, 2wd, only 60k miles. It sat in a field, unused for about 10 years. Something built a nest in the muffler which caught on fore the night we drove it home. This truck had chrome around the wheel wells, black rubber side trim with chrome strips. Rain...