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Chevy Silverado: Problems & Solutions
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Did ya check that ?
Is it a poss. that both fog light bulbs blew out?
(hot bulbs...cold water ????equals pop????)
I am trying to come up with a simple and inexpensive solution for this. I was told about putting blocks but it seems they will be more trouble and expensive. Can anyone please help me out?
Correction of rubbing won't be made by changing shocks unless you install an air adjustable shock or a lift kit.
In addition your speedometer reading is going to be way off as well as performance and shift points since you have changed the gear ratio effectively by installing such a large tire. You will also have to by a programmer to change settings in computer to compensate for these tires. The dealers can only make limited adjustments for tire sizes above the factory tires.
Ray T.
reprogramming for 20s.
My Hypertech 3 programmer will also only go to 285s.......No 20s either.
I'll tell ya from a friend who installed some 20" 50 series tires on his Colorado that he was not happy with the change for worse in ride quality, with such a small sidewall area guess where the road bumps go to.....your bottom ! :P
Ray T. :shades:
I have a 1999 4.8 liter 4wd silverado. It has 98,000 mi.on it. It is starting to run rough.When do you replace spark plugs on this model? Also service 4 wheel drive light comes on but when I put it in 4 wheel drive it works fine any info on this would also be helpful. I use reg. gas.
Thank you,
Walter
-David
I’m sure there are other things that I've forgotten, but ya'll get the idea, not exactly a trouble free vehicle. But most of that stuff was corrected under warranty, so I just kept my mouth shut and kept on driving.
I now have 107K miles on the truck and the steering is starting to rattle a bit, but since I have to pay for it myself, it's going to have to rattle a lot louder before I have it repaired. Oh, and the front differential cover halves are leaking, so that seal is going to have to be replaced sometime soon.
The truck still runs, so what the heck.
But now, now I'm really ticked off.......all this time I thought the dashboard was solid gray plastic, but I just noticed peeling paint around the passenger grab handle. The dash is black and has been painted with what looks like vinyl paint. That really sucks!
Anybody else heard of this and does anyone know if it can be repaired? Lone Star Chevy here in Houston says they have someone who can repair it by some magical process, but it costs $150 and for that kind of money I would like to try to fix it myself.
Anybody, anybody Ferris?
Strek
-David
Anyone got another idea????? Thanks for any replies...
Thanks
Ray T. :shades:
mrl390, "Chevy C/K Series: Problems & Solutions" #133, 24 Jun 2005 7:50 pm
ugh! Hope the link works!!
kcram - Pickups Host
The internet is a wonderful thing, thank you for your post.
The odometer/gear shift display on my '99 1500 Silverado has been intermittent (and getting worse) for some time now (100K-150K). I've been rapping on the instrument cluster to reveive the display, but that works less and less. Either the plastic or my nuckles are going to bust if I don't fix it 'right'. What should I know before I make it worse by removing the instrument cluster incorrectly? This will by my first instrumentclusterectomy!
-Chris
Got my lines crossed, sorta. That was the year GMC started using Sierra as the full line name instead of as trim names, and Chevy dropped 10/20/30 designations to go to 1500/2500/3500. Further screwing it up was maintaining the 1987-and-earlier design as the R/V series through 1991 alongside the redesigned trucks.
No one ever accused GM of making sense...
kcram - Pickups Host
Truck recently became harder to start, and then quit. I checked the fuel pump relay, made sure it was operating, and contacts were clean. Changed fuel filter, then truck ran for a couple of weeks and quit. I verified spark, and fuel pressure is 45 psi. Back on the internet, I have found many references about minimum fuel pressure, most of them between 50 and 60 psi. So the question is does this truck have an adjustable pressure regulator, or is the fuel pump responsible for the pressure? I've not checked the signal to the injectors, mainly because I can't find them. Are they underneath the intake cowling? Thanks in advance for suggestions.
Great truck otherwise.
Will eventually start when it cools down. This only happens in warm weather. Engine temperature is normal and everything else works as it should including electrical
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
We have a 1991 chevy silvorado with w 1990 4.3 sticker on engine fan blades protector
Yet our regisdtration and title say 1991 model
it needed a throttle position sensor according to codes scan
So ! We went to napa parts store and the parts man sold me a tps for this code 22 problem and that year 1991 truck
I had my husband open the hood and try to install this sensor .....
Just to find out it is not same as what is on the truck
it looks and bolts totally differently
original one looks rounder
this one looks remarkably like a ford style one used on their throttle bodies etc ..
what is the reason for this change ?
And do we indeed have a Truck of 1990 or 1991 ?
I just would like to know what you think would be wise to do as we dont have lots of money to go to a garage to have it fixed
Also I personally know how to tell if this truck is a 1500 thing or whatever the other categories are ...
the original sensor looks rounder if that makes sense I do not know alot about these parts
Thank you for your time and consideration
much appreciated
sincerely JudyGirl
As far as the part goes, I'd take it off and show it to the parts store clerk. That way he/she can pull both the '90 and '91 parts and compare them.
Battery and power are good. Have checked.
Thanks
Thanks
So not to worry..................
You should keep a eye out on the loss of coolant tho. Gm has had
a problem with the intake manifold gasket on late 90s 350 engine
leaking coolant.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.