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I towed the camper with the Sub locally, power-wise it is great, easily accelerates as well as the 3500 did. And this thing is bone-stock, stock exhaust with soot trap and all. 3:73s are amazing. What I didn't like was the tires, which turned out to be P series, not LTs after I bought them. Oh...

All I know is the truck is all original (well, the motors a dealer replacement) th400/np205 combo. The truck actually has an early version of auto locking hubs, which thrills me to no end, so I am not going to change anything that would cause me to lose that. I don't know if the transfer case...

well hey there stranger! found this thread while doing a search for th400 to nv4500 swap. I am really enjoying my new project truck, but i hate the th400 and need more gears. I've investigated built 700r4s, 4l80e with a stand-alone computer, nothing seems like a simple, straightforward swap...

I actually have a set of nice 235/85s, currently on my dually. Been looking for 19.5s or some 9.00-16 tires for it, and was going to throw the 235/85s on the Sub. But, ran across a decent set of 265/75s for $50 and couldn't pass it up. I see lots of people running 285s and towing things, so I...

hate how these diesels with 4 speed overdrive transmissions seem to be so negatively affected by slight changes in tire size. I had a bunch of gassers with 3 speeds and I always lifted them and ran 35s or 36s. Never had any complaints, except the truck with 3.08s and 36-14.50s. Always had plenty...

Bison, I wish I had you're kind of experience with towing that weight. In my case my 3500 hated dragging that much when it was stock. With not much done other than exhaust, my 11k gvw travel trailer towed fine at 55 mph on flat ground, but throw any kind of hill in front of it and it fell on...

Just as a testimonial, I'd like to say I put a Diamondeye 4 inch on my 97 dually a couple years back. I heard some good things about it, but the price was the deciding factor. Paid $295 shipped from some shop on ebay. I found it to be very easy to install, and as for the sound? I simply cannot...

OK, latest update. I got called and told not to come down, mechanic thought he had it figured it out. So I didnt go, but the guy didnt figure it out. My friend went on a business trip, his wife calls the shop and says look, if you cant fix it or dont want to figure it out, just tell me. So he...

Yup, and I already painted it black, but the tires near bald so I just need to get it switched over. The pics dont do it justice, it really looks great to me now. I added pics of the silver wheels when I first bought it, and they dont look bad in the pic either but they were. They were all rusty...

Cant afford new tires for my PYO wheels right now, so I spent $5 on a rattle can paint job, a little chrome polish and elbow grease and it looks ten times better than the old rusty gray wheels did. These will probably end up being my winter rims, if I put some nice 265 or 285s on the PYOs. Still...

OK, update, just got off the phone and did some more investigating. Belt was not in fact changed, nor did it come off. Apparently when the truck died it made a pop sound, his wife described it as sounding like the belt broke. But it's intact. As near as I can tell, the mechanic changed the lower...

not sure how or when the belt broke, I think he said she came out of the supermarket and the truck wouldnt start. So it must have broken just before she got there? How far can you go without a belt? Maybe it snapped when she tried starting it.

Ak, I asked about the harmonic balancer but he didnt know. Cant imagine the mechanic was that bad that he would change the bottom pulley to get rid of a squeak and not at least inspect the harmonic balancer.

I'll see if I can get word to him to check that. Last I knew the PMD had an extension harness and no cooler, it was sitting on the fr***ing inner fender. I told him when I gave him the new dipaco to get a dam cooler and mount it properly, and if he didnt I would get one and do it for him. Wish...

Friend of mines got a 98 k3500, just had work some done to it. Had a noise in the front so his mechanic changed a lower pulley and put a new belt on. That was yesterday, today his wife takes it and gets stranded, brand new serpentine belt broke. Towed back to the shop, new belt put...

Wow. Maybe someone should do some networking with our neighbors to the south, learn a little bit about alternative border crossing. If they can smuggle thousands of people into this country, it shouldn't be too hard to get a box full of exhaust pipe out of the country. Seriously though, that is...

I wouldnt give a dime for that pickup. Not a n/a fan to begin with, and I wouldn't spen the money to convert that truck to a turbo. You're talking a lot of money, probably more than the truck is worth. I've seen trucks likethat sell for under a grand. The miles are too high for a truck built on...

great looking truck. Ive heard of that code before, cant remember what it is right now, but Im sure someone will pipe up, it is a common one. Those switches look like ones my 97 had, they go to an aftermarket remote starter I bet. Which is the single best mod I ever added to my truck. Cant...

Still following this thread, thought I'd interject here, because of the talk about wheel weights damaging the rims. I am a firm believer in internal balancing. I ran dynabeads for years in a set of Interco mud tires, I know I wouldn't have gotten half the mileage I did with regular weights. My...

I'm really glad they said the wheel hub assemblies were still good, I figured I'd be replacing those at $250 a whack. I've gone through so many with my 97, it's definitely the weak link in these frontends. At least it is when you carry a 950lb snowplow.