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    Door Hinge Shims

    I'd actually never decoded the VIN till just now. It was built right here at Lakewood
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    Body repair panels

    Hey Robert, I work for AMD so I can shed some light. Generally, the "premium" panels were developed in recent years and feature newer, crisper tooling. The non-premium panels are usually what we refer to as "crash parts", or what's been available to bodyshops for the last 30+ years as cheap...
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    Door Hinge Shims

    Also, just be aware you're only going to get the A-pillar gap so good. They were junk from the factory and varied WILDLY. Here's my blue '85 and our gold '76 shop truck for example. Round eye trucks are especially bad/wide there
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    LS regasket question

    Then the last step is checking the alignment of the back of the pan to the back of the block. I used the same 12" straight edge for this and held it at an angle out to the bellhousing mounting surface to get them flush. This is something I have not done in the past and I think this is why my oil...
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    LS regasket question

    I JUST did this on my daily's 5.3 (2005 LM7, same thing). I've done them in the past but I bought a book about rebuilding an LS because a simple regasket and cam job turned into a full ring and bearing. The book wants you to do the rear main plate first, then the front cover, then the oil pan...
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    Hood Adjustment - Front Needs to go Down

    Nice! Glad you got that figured out
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    Auto wiper lifters to save edge

    Lol what? You know you can take the arms off and adjust them up 1 spline or so to keep them off the gasket, right?
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    Front suspension mystery drone

    I have zero 4x4 experience but don't rule out bearings inside the diff going bad. Could be a pinion or differential bearing. I'd put it on jackstands and run it with a helper in the cab while you listen with a stethoscope or extension to your ear VERY CAREFULLY
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    What would you pay for this truck?

    That's my plan when it's time for a rig for the GF, buy a ticket and go up to the NW for a good 4x4 crewcab/'burb/K5 that's not insanely expensive
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    1991 Suburban 3/4 ton: TBI to Holley Sniper conversion - stupid, or worth it?

    The TBI is not a bad system as others have said. However, if you have plans to keep improving upon the truck, the Holley could be beneficial later on. My buddy put a Holley Sniper in his '86 454 crewcab longbed and loves it. He plans to do heads/cam/headers in the next couple years. He also...
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    What would you pay for this truck?

    Rust repair is PITA, period. I just now saw you're in Florida. If traveling is an option, I'd be looking in South Ga/Alabama for some cleaner stuff. Some of our R&D rigs here came from Florida and let me tell you, that's a different kind of rust. They rust in weird places cuz of all the salt in...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Unfortunately it seems ignition modules are hit or miss these days, no matter the brand. Sadly enough
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Was gonna say, I'd probably at least wait a few days if not a week. I'm no bodyman but it needs to be decently hard before sanding
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    What would you pay for this truck?

    I work in the sheetmetal/restoration business and wouldn't wanna tackle that amount of rust lol
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Tried it both ways with no luck. Wacked it as hard as I dared lol. Gonna take it back to Orielly's and hope it's still under warranty
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    What would you pay for this truck?

    I know everybody has a different budget but it would be well worth saving a few more pennies to start with a better truck. That's a $500 truck on a good day. You'll get alot more enjoyment out of something in the $4-7k range and it'll cost less in the long run. You'd be $10k deep in this truck...
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    Huck's daily - 2005 Z71 crewcab

    Thankfully I have learned when to walk away over the years. I've screwed many a thing up trying to push through after I got mad. It's not worth it
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    Door Hinge Shims

    Yeah there shouldn't be any shims or washers under the hinge, either at the cab side or the door side. All your adjustment is in the hinge, if you need more, open up the holes on the hinge. Those washers being there lessens the contact patch quite a bit and could cause cracking over time...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Really? I've done that plenty of times with a starter, never with an alternator. Running or not running? Lol
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    whats every body using.. looking for a new stereo head unit

    My truck had a Custom Autosound unit in it when I bought it. Hated that thing, the display light was the brightest damn Christine style green and wouldn't dim at all at night. Literally blinding. Plus it didn't have bluetooth so I had the annoying cord run up to my phone Debated for a couple...
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    How do you all get 6.2s to 300K miles?

    As stated, a good set of gauges so you can monitor things and just keep up on maintenance. Pretty much any engine/vehicle will last 300K+ with proper care. Also, find something else to drive if you're only going 2-4 miles a trip. Diesels don't like short trips, they need heat in them. A gas...
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    Hood Adjustment - Front Needs to go Down

    Throw some pictures up showing your hinges and spring/hinges. Something must be wrong there. Have you tried unbolting the spring arms and just having it shut on the hinges alone? Are you sure it's not hitting the latch up front and the latch needs to be adjusted?
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    Who sells the best replacement gas tank

    AMD makes really nice tanks as well, got one in my truck
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    Outer Roof Skin - Sound Deadening/Proofing

    I would use a rust inhibitor paint and then maybe just put enough Kilmat to match what the factory had. Like Mason said, I'd wanna keep some air gap in there
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Drove it to lunch yesterday and it was fine. Got in it to go home last night and the gauges were flashing "18V" and "Check engine". Pulled it back in the shop, hooked up the multimeter and sure enough, it was sending 19+ volts into the battery. Shut if off and unhooked the battery, I'll go get...

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