What did you do to your truck today??

[Second Series]

Troubleshooting a no spark issue. After 2 1/2 years body swap I'm ready to fire it up. It isn't starting, but the engine turns over. I checked the fuel pump, that works. Put a neon bulb on one spark plug wire and nothing. Checked under the distributor cap and found this mess...

[Boog]

Yeah, that one is a little bit rougher inside than my 91 was and I ended up replacing the whole distributor just to start fresh.

[special-K]

Looks like some sort of moisture issue

[Second Series]

The ignition coil ohmed out good, the Pickup coil tested bad. I put in a new distributor and the ’88 k2500 came to life. The truck was in a paint/body shop for awhile. They liked to remove paint with a disk and didn’t cover anything up. I suspect the magnet attracted the metal dust and with some humidity the rusting was accelerated. Ran fine when parked…

[Just call me Sean]

Originally Posted by Second Series

Ran fine when parked…

Lol!

[special-K]

x2

[DeadheadNM]

Added a locking gas cap

[special-K]

Sign of the times. Not a bad idea. I think I'll get one in case I need to leave mine parked somewhere

[Boog]

A locking cap is a good idea. But there are some thieves actually drilling holes in the bottom of the fuel tanks to get your gas. I guess there is no stopping a sufficiently experienced thief.

[DeadheadNM]

Originally Posted by Boog

A locking cap is a good idea. But there are some thieves actually drilling holes in the bottom of the fuel tanks to get your gas. I guess there is no stopping a sufficiently experienced thief.

Yep. The skid plate offers decent deterrence but I suppose an idiot with a long drill bit could get toward the top of the tank. Back in NM it seemed to be vehicles with plastic gas tanks that were more common targets but I don’t have any stats to back that up.

[hatzie]

Originally Posted by Boog

A locking cap is a good idea. But there are some thieves actually drilling holes in the bottom of the fuel tanks to get your gas. I guess there is no stopping a sufficiently experienced thief.

Depends on how motivated you are.

I worked swing shift for 40 years so I'm up all night. I work on radios and old test gear in my "lab" among other things.
You should've seen the look of terror I got when I came out the door fully dressed and wide awake at 4AM when the driveway light came on and I heard some noise.
I figured it was a black bear and I went out the door armed to deal with one of them.
I like the reputation as "The crazy old guy that's awake all night."

[Just call me Sean]

So I went back and checked, this thread is how I remember what I did to the trucks and when. I got just over four months out of that starter I just put on. It clicked several times this morning before making a crunch sound and then stuck cranking without engaging the flywheel. I had to disconnect the battery. So I dragged the truck away from the trailer with the van so I could use the 99 for work today. I exchanged the starter earlier and put it on.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Just call me Sean

So I went back and checked, this thread is how I remember what I did to the trucks and when. I got just over four months out of that starter I just put on. It clicked several times this morning before making a crunch sound and then stuck cranking without engaging the flywheel. I had to disconnect the battery. So I dragged the truck away from the trailer with the van so I could use the 99 for work today. I exchanged the starter earlier and put it on.

No fun servicing the same part within four months. At least this thread is good for record keeping.

I guess I should report I replaced the washer pump last weekend, even though I started a thread about the genuine part designed for another vehicle. At least the connectors were the same. I'll see about getting a new piece of neoprene hose so I can route that properly

[Just call me Sean]

Today I noticed my tailpipe is about six inches off the ground, so tomorrow I'm bringing a coat hanger to work. The rear hanger snapped, I think there's also another broken one I never bothered to fix. Maybe I'll weld them this weekend.

[special-K]

My washer pump stopped working. Time to look into the cause of that. Never seems like just a simple part replacement

[Just call me Sean]

You just changed that right? I guess it's the switch?

I took a picture of my exhaust before I coat hangered it. Yes, two broken hangers.

[special-K]

Rubber bungees work great. Rubber mount!!

The washer pump switch would be in the multi-function switch I just replaced

[Just call me Sean]

I welded up the two broken hangers.

[special-K]

I need exhaust on my suburban. I had dual tailpipes made up when I bought it. Everywhere they welded to the rod hangers it burned out/rusted through. This next exhaust will use the clamp type w/rubber mount. I want to run true duals this time, too.

But in the meantime, you fixed your exhaust and I'm still talking about wanting new exhaust

[Just call me Sean]

I need another new muffler. I've exploded two now, but this one is only mildly exploded.

[special-K]

I put a used Flowmaster dual outlet on mine when I bought it. The original exhaust was hanging down and ratty sounding. It's back to just that Flowmaster after the duals disintegrated. That thing still sounds fine but the outlets are too munged up to run pipe anymore. I wrapped sheet metal and clamped it over a hole right in front of the muffler. Before I fixed that, when a donut gasket was leaking, it would backfire real easy. Took a "driving technique". But that muffler made it through. I fixed the donut gasket right away. Yep, new exhaust is on the list

[special-K]

It rained on my way home today and I got dried road spray on my windshield. Hit the washer and it worked. maybe I imaged they didn't work the one time.

[Just call me Sean]

This happened on my way home. It's my oldest tire, 2015. Still has nice tread. I think it might be the one I got from the junkyard. I didn't buy the tire, I bought a rim and the tire was on it. Who knows how long it sat in the yard. I guess the wife's truck will get another new tire and I'll take one from hers.

[Just call me Sean]

Here's a better picture.

[special-K]

The quality of materials used in tires these days is deplorable, even criminal.