If you read the summary of my newest vehicle (About the Chevy K2500), you’ll see that I ran into a smell issue. Mice and ants had made their homes in the truck during its two year sabbatical in the field. I thought the smell might go away if I removed the ants’ dirt from the […]
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GM OBDI Trouble Codes
OBDI trouble codes for 1988 – 1990 GM vehicles. 13 – Oxygen sensor voltage stays between 0.35 and 0.55 volts for 60 seconds. 14 – Coolant temperature sensor signal indicates a temperature of over 275° F for 2 seconds. 15 – Coolant temperature sensor signal indicates a temperature colder than -27° F for 30 seconds […]
Rebuilding a GM 4.3 Liter V6 Part 1
As I talked about in my previous post, The The New Project: 1991 C1500, I need to rebuild the engine in the truck I recently bought. It’s a 4.3 liter V6 with TBI. I’ve been interested in learning to rebuild an engine since I bought my 1990 K2500, but I did a little research first to make […]
The New Project – 1991 C1500
Year: 1991 Engine: 4.3 liter TBI 262 cubic inches Horsepower: 160 Torque: 235 lb-ft Trim: Sport 2-wheel drive Tires: Cooper Cobra GT All-Season Tire – 235/70R15 102T Wheels: Stock 1991 GM 1500 2wd wheels, 5×5 lug, 15 inch x 7 inch Miles when purchased: ~140k (Aug 2017) It has been just over a year since […]
Installing Headliner Insulation in a Truck
It’s getting hot here in July and my 1990 Chevy truck’s AC hasn’t been converted to R134a refrigerant yet. And it’s out of refrigerant. So I’m noticing all the ways in which the interior gets heated up. The other day I was sitting in the sun waiting for someone and I realized heat was radiating […]
New Seats in the 1990 Chevy Truck
I finally got some “new” seats. These came out of a salvaged 1994 Chevy truck, but they were originally from a 1990 model. Either year would have fit. It took me about 6 months of watching and waiting to find some decent condition, blue seats for the truck. Before installing the seats, I thoroughly cleaned […]
New Exhaust on the 1990 Chevy Truck
I finally took the plunge and got the exhaust replaced on my 1990 Chevy truck. I went with a simple one-in, one-out magnaflow muffler with a turned down outlet pipe. It sounds great, but the star of the show is the custom Y-pipe I asked my exhaust guy to make. It looks like the one […]
The TBI Air Flow Enhancer, a.k.a. the Salad Bowl
I just installed the TBI Air Flow Enhancer from Jegs. I had read mixed reports of the effect these bowls have on performance. Some say it doesn’t do anything and some say you can definitely feel an increase in power. The tipping point for me to buy one was an old hotrod.com: 1993 GMC 350 Pickup – Project […]
The Magic of Polishing Compound
I had washed this bumper with soap and water multiple times over the last few months and that texture had never come off. I thought I was stuck with it or would have to get a new bumper. I tried Turtle Wax Polishing Compound and it completely removed the texture. I just used a paper shop towel […]
Painting the air intake on the 1990 Chevy Truck
I used Rust-Oleum Automotive Rust Reformer Spray as a base and then sprayed over that with a cheap black spray paint. I sprayed over the rust reformer because it didn’t seem very easy to clean without damaging it, as I found out in my post about Painting Vehicle Floor Boards. I don’t have any good before photos except […]