georg

Isn't that the parking brake cable and not the hydraulic brake line?

The mounting flange where the clutch m/c mounts cracked once on me already, necessitating a tow. I don't want this to happen again, so I fabricated a steel mounting flange. I used a 2 inch long piece of the common sch40 steel pipe and welded 1/8 in thick steel plates on both ends. I used a carbide burr on a die grinder to shape the mounting hole. I cut off the snout of the pedal assembly and bolted the steel piece on. Works very well and I am no longer concerned about losing clutch actuation and getting stranded. Makes me like the truck even more. While I was at it I replaced the m/c with GM 24242325, the one with the longer pushrod. I no longer have to force the gear shift. My synchros are definitely liking it.

Does any one know where this relay is located on my truck? It is not in the underhood fuse panel, nor is it on the fuse panel by the side of the cluster which has the flasher relay mounted on it. I can turn the relay on and off with the Tech2. After listening to the clicking the best I can tell is that the clicking seems to be coming from the vicinity of the BCM, perhaps this relay is inside the BCM. The only item on my truck powered by this relay seems to be the cargo light illuminating the bed. That light goes off when I turn the relay off with the Tech2.

I change the oil when the OLM gets down to about 10% and it usually works out to about every seven months. UOA shows some life left in the oil at this 10%. It uses about a litre in the 9k km oil change interval, so I never have to top up the oil between oil changes. When I change the oil I put in 4.3 l which brings the oil level to Max on the dipstick and at the end of the oil change interval, the level is down to Min on the dipstick. I plan on keeping the truck for a total of between 17 and 20 years. I don't expect to ever have to work on the engine.The 4.3 is pretty bullet proof, which is more than one can say of some of its larger brethren with AFM or the Castech heads.

A bit late in posting but here goes. Hub centric wheels use lug nuts with a flat washer and the washer applies the clamp load to the rim. The GM rims are lug centric, not hub centric even though they appear to be hub centric because of the snug fit of the hub in the rim bore. Look at a box truck, like a Ryder rental. You will see the flat washers on the lug nuts.