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This is my 98 I purchased from local insurance company SGI. I placed a bit in a $705 and originally lost but the other guy ended up ditching and I was the next highest bidder. It's a 98 Z71 Silverado power driver's seat mirrors console 3rd door options go on including a 373 gears 14bolt rear diff with locker. Anyway it was in very bad shape when I first bought him. It now has led park lights ( not shown) I also just put a 14-18 Chevy rear bumper on it. Did a bunch of mechanical work and going for full 3" true dualls with 5" chrome tips on 90s yes full 3" true dualls no cats just H-PIPE and 10 bottles on the 25th. Lots more mods and reconditioning to come. Just did full cab corners rockers looks like factory can't tell they were replaced I did them myself have all the pictures for proof.

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I haven't drove the truck in couple days It won't start. When I hit the key it makes a single click and that's it. I put a brand new starter in it new battery cables new alternator and battery passed a load test and engine is not siezed engine light did appear the day before this happened. WTF ! Ingintion switch?

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2 hours ago, newdude said:

Getting a click?  Could be a dud new starter.  Have you bench tested the starter?  Bumper looks awesome BTW!

No haven't have  bin buisy with harvest. My friend runs a mechanic/tire shop so im letting him tinker with it tomorrow. Im leaning towards to the new AC Delco starter is no good or ignition switch is done or both. I just don't know what else it could be bin through the truck top to bottom can't find nothing else wrong. Im really starting to get fusterated about it. Can't wait for the new 3" duall exhaust.

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2 hours ago, newdude said:

Getting a click?  Could be a dud new starter.  Have you bench tested the starter?  Bumper looks awesome BTW!

Thanks for the coment on the bumper by the way a good friend of mine said he thinks it looks like shit. I like it I smashedh leg in three different places a year ago in a dirtbike accident I like the steps now that l have a bad leg. I was quoted $700 + for a fully dressed new 98 rear bumper I found this mint 18 bumper for $200. I could post pictures of the brackets I had to make to make it fit.

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 wow!!  truck looks great!!!  i LOVE the bumper - your friend is dumb!  ha! ha!  :lol:

 

definitely recheck the new parts - i had issues with my '89 a while ago and took it in to get looked at.  i guess my distributor was going so the mechanic ordered a new one and it was faulty.  ordered another one and it worked great.  i can't remember what my mechanic said, but something about all the cheap crap that comes out of china now!  ha!

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These are the custom brackets I had to build I took the 2018 brackets and the 98 brackets and combined them(2014+2018 frame is almso 3" wider on both sides then the gmt400. I do plan on going back and do some boxing in to make them stupid stong but took all day to rip the old shitty bumper off with siezed bolts i got plans for the future and will do some serious boxing to these brackets ran out of time and got tired.

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