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I agree with Paul, I did body work for years and to tell you the truth If you came to my shop with that I'd hit you with such a high price you'd run away screaming ! Thats a lot of work and there's no way a reputable shop wants that kind've work, it's a loser all the way around for everyone. No...

Any drive shaft shop could cut that yoke off and replace it with a new one. If you go with a junk yard shaft check it carefully for dents and bends! That happens when they pick them up with a fork lift.

I painted mine a gloss tan for two reasons, that flat paint made it so hot I couldn't stand it day in day out and the snow grease dirt and bird crap stuck to it looked like crap. Now it just looks like desert tan until I wash it , then it shines! I figure if you don't like it then don't look at it!

That's why old time body men had shrinking hammers and shrinking dollies, and of course a torch. Now most guys under 40 or so have no idea how to shrink stretched metal and with labor rates it might not be worthwhile. should be lots of used doors kicking around down there.

To put it simply, when the BO lights are active ALL the other lights are locked out. That means no head lights,tail,brake,turn,back up,and I believe dash lights.

The plug mentioned in post #8 is a great idea as are some of the others but will they stay in place driving back home? I can tell you one thing that will, my son does a lot of demolition derbies and ran a Chevy Blazer one year. Only two wheel drive trucks were allowed so that meant a drive shaft...

I pulled a tractor trailer a few feet and I pulled my tractor about a 100 feet in the snow. I've carried enough that it sagged in the back and I broke one spring clamp but never broke anything else on this one nor gotten it stuck...yet.

Take along a couple of 2"x8" as long as the trailer, that would 'lift' the truck 1.5" if you need the extra height. Good luck and chain it down well!

You either love a 6.2 or hate it. If you want tire spinning, head snapping power then your looking in the wrong place. If ya want a great truck for off road hauling,dragging,camping at a modest price then get a 6.2 and leave it alone! I saw a set of headers for a 6.2 once, at $400 (used) I just...

Wanna bet who gets a better price? I worked at Keystone after 20 yrs doing body work. I still get an amazing discount! Also as these trucks get older the parts on the shelf move slower, so they (Keystone and others) may be willing to offer discounts to move them. Don't be shy, ask. If your...

Are you sure it has a thermostat in place? If it's missing that will keep it from warming up, it could be stuck open too.

To me it sounds like a fuel/timing problem, you seem to be on the right track. One thing that I've noticed is that you can still quite a bit of smoke after a timing/fuel change but in reality it takes a little time to blow the soot out of the pipes. So in a nut shell go out and get on it a few...

My thoughts also! I"d spend a few minutes crawling around and check the starter bolts, fan mounting and belt tension. I'd also give the damper a good looking over.

The first place to start is with the dipstick not the vacum lines. Is the fluid at the correct level , is it pink or dark? Does the fluid smell burned? Is the dipstick even there and appear to be the correct one? (don't laugh it happens) If all appears to be good and after buying it run threw...

I remember those, it looked like one of those claw/cable type pick up tools except the claws turned out ward to grab inside the lifter. If the lifter popped out of the lifter gallery with the head on the I would say it can go back in the same way. work smarter not harder!

I had a set like that years ago and they lasted almost forever! I gotta admit they did take a little more weight to balance them and they had a very stiff side wall so if I ran over a dime I could tell if it was heads or tails. The ones I had were well worth the money and there not made like the...

It seems to me that your looking for a problem that's just not there! Both the old temp and the new are just fine, the difference may just be because of the water flow or some other reason after all you also changed the thermostat and cap. The whole reason radiator caps have a #presure to them...

Still could be a bad GP or just a bad connection, this time of year I'm thinking it's more than just one GP, possibly a wiring issue?

Years ago I put air shocks on the front of one of my trucks to help with the weight of a snowplow. No one listed them for the front so I took a rear set and IIRC had to cut about an 1/8 off where the lower mounting bolt goes thru. It worked fine with the plow but it did stiffen up the front...

Now that you brought it up, My Freightliner has a DD15 in it and the fan really drags it down. When the fan kicks on at an idle the whole cab kinda lurches a little from the torque. Some trucks use the fan to assist in engine braking (think Jake brake)