Welcome to the forum Lars.
First item, or next item to do an uprated component on is the harmonic balancer.
If You can not afford a fluiddampener then go for a new GM Original.
The belt drive pulley is also a suspect item.
Either of those gets out of whack and it can bust crankshafts, and or...
And a happy fathers day to You guys too.
And the clan of the entire truck stop.
And now I ask, @Paveltolz whats that emblem on front fender of Your truck ?
The body shop has the doors done.
Their person thats a front end specialist has not had a chance to look over the front end for what caused the steering to get tough then pop and free up again.
My guess it is the drag link.
Just avoid the parts stores Dex 6 fluid.
IDK about the amsoil regular transmixer fluid, if its all the 6 variety, or, if they too have two different grades of Dexron.
Yeah so what @ak diesel driver said, either rebuild Your transmission yourself or have a very, very, reliable shop rebuild Yours.
Be very careful the shop You choose.
Some shops are very warm on warranty work, even after enough times to make the transmission right, to shops that are effe you on...
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Do a search in this forum about the transmissions, or go to the transmissions portion and start reading.
Just since I have been a member of this forum, there are enumerable threads about people that made the purchase of a reman transmission from some parts...
A friend over here has some kind of a chevy, sort of a blazer looking thing.
Inline engine, 2005 IIRC.
It had a misfire, chevy dealer worked it over, its fixed, well it was for a phew days then started in again.
He read on some innernet blog where some mechanically inclined guy got his not very...
Be careful on
the pump shown in that link will not fit Your 6.2.
The one You need will have a flange instead of a pulley and that flange will have bolt holes drilled and tapped for You V belt pulley to bolt to.
Leroy all out of time keeper sets.
I seen they was OOS on his we site so sent him a email.
He said He most likely wont be ordering more of those in as it takes about two years to sell his 200 count minimum order.
Oh yeah, took the truck to the body shop, getting the new window motor assemblies installed, new window opening seals and new drivers and passenger side window, new switches and a new inside door handle on the passenger side.
Thats about all for now.
I checked and I think there is about 300 miles on My oil change, after the big dilemma.
I will be leaving for Ohio on the 18th and dont really want to have to change oil out along the highway so just not sure what I should do.
Maybe make a drive to Billings this weekend, that would put it at...