Yeah, Matt, I'm with you on the plow. I'm hoping the fan mod will do the trick this year for driving with the plow on.
And that's where control of the electric would be nice to kick on the minute I pull out of a lot. I can plow all night with no heat issues, but on the road, it's touch...
Your gonna hate me now. I think I've got a pair of bare knuckles laying around somewhere from a frame swap on my 99. (resurrected from a drunk hitting a tree)
Nobby, not to get too far off topic here, but enlighten us on alternator upgrades. My stock unit barely holds up during plow season on my 99 Sub. I tend to not let others drive it, as I know to avoid what I have learned to refer to as 'happy hands', also avoid needless lights, etc.
I've...
The only problem with the ones in the ebay link is that the factory fittings are often so oxidized, they are difficult to separate without destroying the other side, specifically the male fitting off the rear evaporator.
Jeff, the napa line is 3.99/foot, plus the fittings I mentioned above. I...
IIRC, each fitting is 15-20 bucks, so, max, fittings would be 80. Then hose is a per foot price, I can't recall how much, but it wasn't bad. Even if it was $5/ft, I don't think you'ld have more than 20-25 feet total, for both lines, so I'd guess $200 or less. I've got some business at Napa...
I don't believe a short bed dually was ever offered from GM. Late offerings in the GMT 400 platform did include a 4dr short bed, I think in 99 and 2000 only, so they are rare.
Should work. I've got a copper fitting up to the rear evap, off who-knows-what, as I had to slice off the frozen nut with a cut-off wheel on the original fitting.
Getting the fittings to match up if you go all the way to the evap would be the issue. So you may have to cut short of that...
On a quiet evening, after giving mine a shot of refrigerant, I could hear it. Squirt bottle and dish soap verified bubbles. You can also look for tracking of oil on the lines, but like I said earlier, it's probably leaking where the lines are covered with plastic. I'd cut the whole line out.
The one I fixed was over 2 years ago, no problems. It has a crimped steel fitting over the rubber, then has a compression fitting to slide over the existing line. It is a/c barrier hose from NAPA