Recent Content by Bunchgrass

Is that manual available online?

Yeah --- It looks like that plastic trim piece has pronged feet that grab onto something when you pop it back in place. At least one of them appears to have broken off. Youtube has some good videos of people taking the seatbelts apart as they seem to get jammed up in these Gen2s. There's some...

Thanks! I'm not even sure what sequence they used to assemble this thing. I was looking at a few 2nd gen rigs on some junkyard sites near me and saw a pretty nice tailgate and even an 8' bed. Called. The guy says those parts are already spoken for before they ever arrive on site. Oh brother.

No -- 2nd VP44 and trying to avoid a 3rd.

Damn seat belt retainer (or whatever the piece that BRILLIANTLY guides it through the seat is called) has broken loose and is an incredible PITA everytime you go to buckle up. I can't see a way to fix it short of finding another seatback w/ belt attached. Tell me there's some simple fix I'm...

Thanks for the advice (everyone). What warranty did you have that covered you at 87,000? Mine was 70,000 as I recall and I lost my transmission at 74,000 (NV5600). Supposedly had no oil left in it yet no sign of drips anywhere. That one hurt. Like 4k hurt. My only concerns with frame...

I know I'm not diagnosing anything. I'm trying to do some preventative maintenance so I don't end up losing another VP44 like I did last time since the last repair was just replace with the same stock products.

Remember -- this is a 20 yr old pickup w/ 280K and I'm planning on keeping it. I lost my LP/VP44 at about 180K so it did survive a long time. The underside of this rig is pretty corroded (not rusted per se) from mud, manure, road chemical deicer etc so I'm not too excited about trying to drop...

I'm not dissatisfied with the current performance but don't want to eat another VP44 due to stock LP failure number 2.

I've got an '00 with 280K on it and lost the lift pump/VP about 100K back and was replaced with same (as I recall). I'm starting to see some harder starts (it doesn't just fire right up after the first few revolutions) and am concerned that I'm losing the LP again. So I began looking for...