Recent content by PIP

You are welcome to email through the website and I can help troubleshoot. Just as a preliminary, check if the windows speed back up with the engine running. If so it could be a battery issue.

I said nothing about what Slee was doing? I think you're making a connection that is not there. Look- I shared my experience from the business side AND the mechanic side because I've lived both. I looked into assembling 80 series brake hose kits in house about 20 years ago and it was a $30k...

Where did I say that?

As a machinist and the owner of a product based manufacturing business I know bad parts happen no matter how well you inspect/control the process/etc. I also know it's absolutely impossible to know what the problem was/is if it isn't documented and the parts are installed. There are also...

Retired drivetrain ME friend of mine puts it well- "If you can visualize a double cardan driveshaft running in your head you wouldn't run one".

Can you link the BaT auction? Not to defend BaT, but I've seen some real junk on BaT, just like on Marketplace or anywhere else vehicles are sold. There's usually 500 pictures to look through though and you have plenty of time to determine if things are being hidden or misrepresented. If you do...

I've sold on BAT and really have no complaints. I regularly talk on the phone with the buyer (who is still thrilled with his purchase). We did nothing through BAT. I called him after the auction and we hammered out all the details together. It was pretty easy even though it was a cross-country...

I use wire racks for lighter, smaller stuff. For heavy stuff I just use 2x lumber solid across the entire shelf. I actually prefer the 2x lumber to the wire racks for everything, but it's so much time to cut hundreds of boards.

If those are 5 or 6" crossbeams you can put 3 fully dressed 1HZ's on each shelf no sweat. I have a section of 3" square upright 30" teardrop racking with 5" double wrapped beams currently carrying four complete 5.9 and 6.7 24 valve Cummins engines, a 6.0 Powerstroke and a 6.7 Powerstroke on two...

Looks great! You can't have too much pallet racking! HD teardrop racking like that is the best there is. You could fill all those shelves with heavy crates and they won't care.

They have an oil pump belt plus a timing chain.

It's important to consider the value of the dollar in this discussion. Your dollar is worth about half what it was 10 years ago. 80 series are unique vehicles with a strong following and nice examples should sell for above average money for a 30+ year old vehicle.

I thought it was pretty relevant, especially to anyone considering following your lead. There will undoubtedly be many who refuse to pay for a $10k timing chain fix and dump their 3.0's for cheap. Isn't that a good thing for you if you're selling swap parts?

I guess I can't link to a Facebook video from here. The video showed the 3.0 timing chains failing at low mileage and how the body must be removed, most of the engine disassembled and $850 in special tools are required to replace the chain.

Been hearing a lot about these issues. On the good side I bet many 3.0 Duramax owners will elect not to fix thier engines leading to very cheap parts rigs in the future.