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Oh yeah- those pads are barely in the slides.

Sounds like one of the wires doesn’t have the little tab in place that holds the pin securely in the connector.

Can’t open the links. Can ya show screenshots?

The issues of the 5.7 are known, so hopefully you can get a long life from this one. Is this the DX model? I used to recommend the Bosch 80034 glow plugs for this and the 6.2/6.5. I stopped when a lot of issues started popping up, including when mine snapped an element off when running and...

Excuse me sir, you can’t park there

Swapping the engine, transmission, harness differences, going to have to add a second fuel line it goes to the bottom of the fuel tank for the return line, change the sleep, change the steering column. Are you sure isn’t gonna be better just to sell this truck and buy a different one? Might be...

Make sure if there is ANY play in the hinges : when the door is open, lift up on the end of it and feel for freeplay as it goes up & down. There should be NONE. If there is some, replace the bushings and possibly pins as well. It’s annoying but required. Doing them by yourself, you might...

Can you make a video of it trying to start, post on YouTube and link it? That helps sometimes. Are you getting fuel out the metal injector lines? Do you have the clear tubing on the ip return line?

Start it and watch the fuel pressure & clear line.

THANKS NATE!

Oh, another option to think of- with power steering, ya might not need that large of a steering wheel. Momo, Grant, etc. you have to buy an adapter piece with each.

There’s a company called yearone.com that sells all the components for folks wanting original. I think they are nuts because even when I was skinny the gm bench seat was as uncomfortable as it gets… Squarebody floor is excellent (if not rusted). You can take some 1/4” flat bar that 2” wide...

34/78! That’s the numbers my brain was short circuiting on! Haha.

hilarious Jay- how did I miss that?! Does anyone have a current code?

Do you still have the horrible side post batteries. If so- do the bolt mod for now and plan out getting new larger battery cables (gm is cheap with copper) and get them top post. And obviously the new batteries will be top post. I wanna say group 31/78 but verify that.

Welcome. Yes a fuel leak - or points where air gets into the fuel line will cause hard starting, no starting, running rough, loss of power & mpg, etc. Just patching together or looking for upgrades where available is a primary question. Your fuel line (factory anyways) is 3/8” from tank...

None that I have found. I put it in each of my vehicles. The only one I haven’t is the tahoe we bought at auction and I am about to yank that engine 100% apart anyways. I have two Toyota v6, i had a tiny improvement in mpg on one 0.1 mpg, never measured the other one. I haven’t heard of...

You could do it from metalwork, but the metal will heat up from the engine heat. Imo the solution with the silicone 90°s seems far better to have good airflow and block the heat at the same time.

It’s a coin flip if it will help. There are other things that cause the smoking- over fuel especially like from bad injectors. But getting the mpg you said you did- they aren’t bad. You said the smoke smells like diesel fuel so 8 don’t expect engine oil or coolant either. So low...

Something I haven’t been seeing that surprises me- more guys getting factory air boxes from junkyard on brand new dmax/cummins/powerstroke that are built to flow enough air for 970 pounds of torque & 475hp. Call me silly but that should support 99% of 6.5 alive.