Recent content by someotherguy

All you'll find in the aftermarket for the externally threaded nuts will be copies of stock. As ak diesel mentioned there are several varieties of the fake "lug" caps for them, though. I discovered when using Astro van center caps on some squarebody Rally wheels, the typical 14mm caps wouldn't...

Strongly suggest you pop the panel loose at the bottom and reach up behind it to pull the socket out of the lamp housing. While you -can- pop the housing out from the front of the panel, it isn't intended to work this way, and what often happens is you end up breaking the lens off the housing...

I think you misunderstood me. I wasn't accusing you of shoddy maintenance practices and not checking your tire pressures. I just meant that maybe you were running them at a less than ideal pressure. One of the most common things that happens with aftermarket tires/wheels is that...

The Michelin LTX AT/2 in 285/55/20 is suggested for the width of rim you're running, in fact a range of 8" to 10" so 9" should be perfect. I'd bet the reason for edges wearing sooner than centers is probably underinflation. As an E load tire its max inflation is 80 psi, doesn't mean it's...

Talking about the weatherstrip piece that runs along the lower part of the window opening, on the outside? Pretty easy on 1995-up; easy on earlier models too. It's held in place by the clamping force of the side view mirror, a little tab at the rear that hooks under the door sheetmetal, and...

I usually start popping the trees at the rear lower corner as there's one right in the corner; that lets you squeeze a finger behind the panel and "feel" for where the rest are so you can try to get the tool right on them instead of to the side where you're more likely to accidentally snap them...

You can kinda see it if you pop the switch panel bezel off, but doubt you can do much about it. The plastic piece behind the switch bezel which holds the interior handle is pop-riveted to the inner door skin with about a half dozen rivets. Pulling the panel is fairly easy, just expect that...

I usually make it much easier on myself by following this advice: "Avoid Duralast (anything)" Richard

Yep, but you're not gonna like it. Whichever mating part gave up the aluminum will need to be replaced. Richard

Yep, the "dumbo ears" mirrors are a direct bolt-on. Richard

I'm wondering if he meant the hard lines, since the GMT800/GMT900 trucks seem to be known for rust-through of these. Inline Tube offers them but so far it seems they only support up to 2006 on the fullsize trucks. Might be some other dealers? And yeah, for the short flex lines, I've used...

You bought a K3500 and it didn't come factory with hydroboost? That's weird. Anyway I'll add to it, be sure you use a quality brand of actual power steering fluid instead of transmission fluid. Believe me, I'm generally the guy that has always used ATF in my power steering systems, but...

Awesome! Sounds like it worked out great; a good friend to have. I've been on Chevytalk longer than FSC and have found that the discussion and membership in general is a lot more well-behaved on Chevytalk. Not pretending I'm some saint, I can easily be an ass if someone steps on my toes, but...

Yep - that was a series of pics I took of disassembling the box to get to the evaporator core (and to show how disgustingly covered in crud they get.) There's no way to take the box apart past the heater core unless it's out of the truck, but getting to the heater core itself is totally do-able...

On 1994 and older models, if you happen to ever go into the column to tighten the tilt knuckle or replace the ignition tumbler, etc. you can simply leave out the contacts for the "key in ignition" circuit. It's that little pair of contacts mounted to a plastic clip that hooks in just over the...