Chevlove
New Member
I effin did it this time last I posted on here I was looking for the frame specs for my 96 c1500 to start a project of a totaled mess that my wife brought home one night... the insurance company gave me a nice chunk of change though being as it was the opposing drivers fault and I don't have time for another project right now so I bought an 04 silverado with a 5.3 and a lot of nice mods including off road suspension, a 4:10 Dana posi, a spectre cold air intake, a six speed auto trans and my least favorite but can sell to make a few bucks a cap. The first catastrophe was the brake booster for the trailer assist module was completely blown, it was creating a vaccum leak in the truck idk how the guy I bought it from made it ok for the time being but I just bypassed it right into the booster that problem is fixed. The jerk also used compression fittings on the lines I guess because of lack of a flaring tool so I can't get it inspected until I put the right unions on. Also any idea of what I can do to fix this next problem?... I went to change the oil and the amount of sludge that came out of the pan was unbelievable I still changed the oil as regular but I know when I go to change it again (probably in a couple weeks) it's still going to be all sludge. Is there anything else I can dump in there with the oil to help the sludge all come out? When I do the unions I am going to have to replace a caliber cuz the bleeder is stripped on the rear passenger side. The tin housings for the plugs were fused to the block, the pcv valve is done but I am going to wait until the sludge is gone to replace that, also the tach doesn't work which I am going to fix myself not send into chevy like the guy suggested but i don't know if I am running hot or not and the hoses running from the overflow get depressed from time to time which to me sounds like the thermostat gets stuck open or maybe the pcv anyone have any idea on that? Something is loose in the drive shaft gotta figure that out and replace and also a regular tune up checklist, fuel filter, air filter, etc. One more question the abs and parking brake light are constantly on and not throwing any codes any idea why that's happening? Thanks to anyone who actually reads all this and responds just needed to yell about the project I bought because I didn't have time for a project [emoji35] and ask a few questions from the knowledgeable truck stop crew.
