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I work part time at Advance Auto, i've seen a lot of the "new" water pumps not machined right and at times the mounting area is warped too. I always steer people toward the "reman" units as they are better quality. BUT alas, most people look at the screen when i bring up the parts lists and say...

My '93 Dually was called the "valdez" 'cause the tranny leaked like crazy. But that's fixed now, but the name stuck. lol Don

I swapped out my Gm-3 on my '93 3500 with a GM-8. I noticed that it built boost quicker and seemed to have more power than the -3 i was running. The GM-3 and GM-4 are very similar, both have a restrictive "bend" in them. When i changed mine out, it was a direct bolt-in deal. Only thing i had to...

My '93 has the cold advance relay, it's ran through a "switch" in the coolant crossover. The switch turns off the cold advance at 140F, high idle as well. Don

WOW $50 for that from the stealer? I ordered one from Carl Black Buick/GMC/Hummer last year and paid $18+tax. The dealers vary a lot in price in my experience, you just have to find one that actually likes to sell parts lol. Don

The '92 and '93 6.5's are the 4911 mechanical IP engines, a little different from the '94 up trucks. Don

The '93 was the R12 stuff, i've got 2 of them and converted both to 134a. I usually exac and fill with exact amounts of 134, one of my trucks leaks a tiny bit and i have to top it off every 3 years or so. What i do with that, is put the engine at 2000rpm steady, lookup the temp/pressure/humidity...

On the '93 there are 4 bolts that connect the bottom plate to the firewall, 2 that connect the upper to the lower dash, and the slip joint bolt/nut. Then the ele connector, fairly easy swap. Don

The Dorman balancer / pulley is a china mfg POS, bought one for my '93 and it lasted 4 months before spewing out rubber out. Got a ACDelco and it's been fine for 2 1/2 years. Don

On the '93 there is very little the ECM actually scans and controls, last of the mechanical ip 4911 trucks. The ECM is there for the auto transmission, with the ECT, TPS and cold-start solinoid being the only sensors/solinoids on the engine - rest of the ECM is tranny control/monitor. Since you...

I was having cooling issues here in GA last year when it got to around 100F. What i did was clean the crap out of the radiator, A/C & other coolers. kept the single-stat like Heath reccomends and use a robertshaw 180F thermostat. Installed an HO water pump with the 4 bolts, and got a SSD dmax/HD...

Johnson controls supplies the batteries for Sears, AutoZone and Advance Auto. Also re-branded for Delphi & Bosch batteries in the US. I work part time at Advance so i get to talk with the factory people every now & then. IIRC there are 2 US mfg of batteries, can't remember the second - I'm...

Mine's got 215K miles, still on the original 599 engine, 2nd transmission. Runs fine after an IP at 205k, which replaced the original. It bit the dust for the infamous 4911 hot-start issue. lol Don

LOL Sounds like me, i've got 16 total with 11 tags/insurance. Wife thinks ive lost it. ):h Don

Worst case you could pull the engine with the torque converter still attached, leave the tranny in the truck, and pop off the oil pan & main caps and pull it with what's left of the crank if it's seized. A little more headache but i'd lot rather do that than fight with the upper converter bolts...

I had a similar thing happen to me a few years back in my '84 Monte Carlo SS. Driving along not really going fast maybe 40mph, and BANG then sounded like rocks in a can and it quit. Thing made a god-awfull racket and wouldn't run more than a few seconds, so i figured the engine had grenaded - it...

Well Missy you sound just as bad about old vehicles as i do. ):h I have a few "project" cars i'm working on when i have time, trying to get a '69 RS camaro finished up for about a year. Total frame-off re-do. But about 4 months ago i ran upon a original '76 Camaro, 350/T350 one owner car with...

I put the bilstien's on my 3500 last year, i'm very happy with them and the ride has improved so much you'd think it's a different truck. :thumbsup: Don

When i got my '93 i cleaned out the radiator, A/C and other coolers really good. Very important to do that. Also i use a 180F thermostat robertshaw i think and that works well. The other addition to cooling is i use a HD fan clutch and a d-max fan blade setup which made a huge difference in...

Very very nice Bobbie, that dosen't look like the same engine we loaded into your truck a couple of months ago!! Lots of good info for when i get out GEP #2 and start on it in the fall. Don