Recent Content by Bruce Banister

OK - So I used an xacto knife and peeled/scraped the blue Glidecote off the male slip joint splines, deburred the female splines, greased it up with red Lucas EP Lithium and stuffed it back under the truck and went for a ride. The “tunk” just after clutch engagement was gone but there was...

Thanks to all of you who offered insight / experience on my bound up slip joint problem. Several of you asked questions to guide my thinking - responses in order are: I’m the second owner of the truck since 28,000 on its odometer. The truck was used by a business and probably worked hard but...

I have a question regarding how “slippy” the center slip joint in a two-piece drive shaft should be? My 2001.5 3500 (5 speed, RWD, 205,000 miles) has developed a little “tunk” sound / feeling that randomly occurs just after the clutch is fully engaged and the truck is accelerating during a...

I put one on my 2001. 5 in January of this year. It was one of the plastic cased versions as opposed to the original aluminum case designs. Several Internet dealers were "white saleing" them off - I paid $165 including shipping for mine. It's about a 50 HP and I'll guess 120 foot pounds jump...

Ditto what RustyJC posted - I'm located in Austin. Bruce Banister

OrangeCummins, I just replaced a lift pump in my 2001. The symptoms were remarkably like yours. Good pressure at startup then die off to 2 to 6 pounds. Sometimes it would come back up while I was rolling along but mostly 6 with a drop to 2 at WOT. I took it to the ******* to try for a...

I just replaced my LP today. I followed the instructions that TowPro put out in his "change a lift pump in less then 30 min!" post. I have a bleed port located at the end of the grease gun hose I have my pressure gauge plumbed to from the schraeder valve on the VP-44. I just opened that up and...

More bad WallyMart Experiences FWIW I'll pile on too. We haul a 5'er all summer long and 3 or 4 oil changes are necessary along the way. I bring my own filter, tell them to leave the air box closed, don't overtighten the filter/drain plug, etc. I've used WalMart on occasion and have only...

I encountered a problem during the one hour ride from home down to our favorite campground today. Running unloaded at about 65 on cruise I would get an occasional "burp" out of the engine - power drop off for a split second and a huff of blue smoke out the pipe. I checked the codes on arrival...

62. 5K - Intermittent problems began last summer at about 45K – pullout in 2nd gear hit third and it would start to yodel, blow gray & black smoke - pump the pedal and it would steady up and start to pull again. A recalibrate of the APPS has cleared the worst of it but it will still happens on...