89 gmc suburban, 350tbi, 08 silverado dash, dakota digital gauges, bagged and bodied w/new custom 2x4 box tubing frame, steering column from 92 silverado.
it ran a month and a half ago, just long enough to drive it from the backyard to the front of the house and back again, my buddy tried it 3 days later, it wouldn't start and hasn't since then. We've replaced the coil and bypassed the oil pressure sending unit (to see if it would catch). Getting erratic spark, erratic fuel (sometimes it trickles, sometimes it pours), fuel filter is new, got gas in the tank (that's how it ran last time, lol). He's burned up 2 starters. What could it possibly be? I just want this dad gum thing to run, it was at a shop 14 months and i finally picked it up because i was tired of waiting on the dude to finish it, i towed back a pile of parts that doesn't run. I'm about 3 millimeters from just dragging it into the backyard and setting fire to it. I really don't want to do that because i have $12,500 invested IN THIS ONE!! Someone please give me a miracle solution!! From what i hear, the plug on the steering column is jacked up, and there are wires behind the dash that spark when my buddy tries to test them, what's the solution? Do i take it to a mechanic and hope he can un-screw it? Do i do a motor swap (either to another tbi or carb)? Do i do a carb conversion? Do i scrap it? Someone please make this decision for me before i shoot the sub or myself and put at least one of us out of our misery
03-19-2011, 11:01 PM
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