Recent Content by DDawkins

TBurow, I am interested in your 3-piece ats exhaust manifold. Thanks, Don 512-517-3034

Well, It has been a couple of weeks and all is still well. It is such a relief not having that hop/shudder everytime you hit the brakes with any force at all. Don Dawkins 1998 12v 2500 2wd clubcab

I want to thank everyone for their support and ideas on my issues. I pulled my front left caliper last week and removed the piston for a look. There was a rubber shaving such as from the o-ring that seals the piston. The bore looked pretty pitted but clean. There was a wear pattern developing on...

I am having issues with both front and rear breaks. This has been an on going issue for a while. I just made the 250k milestone and truck continues to run great. As far as brakes, my initial issue seemed to be brake hop (which is new to me). The rear shoe linings on both sides were cracked in...

mbdickey, How do you rate your Blackbirds custom conversion? Did everything go together statisfactorily? Did you have to change out or remove proportioning valve? Was there a major performance difference over the drums? Their kit looks very reasonably priced.

Well, it looks like problem is solved. I did not find a problem with the vacuum lines and was not able to duplicate the problem moving the steering column tilt. Shortly after though, the tach started to tic. I then noticed that cruise drops out when tach made a hick-up. I started tracing the...

I have tried doing a search on Cruise Control and unfortunatley it looks like I'm in good company. I will definately start with the vacuum line. My a/c/heater vacuum line went this past winter due to brittle line. It is a 12V. Don

I have a 98 with almost 250K and this past weekend the cruise started acting up. I have not started looking into it yet but am asking for suggestions on where to start. When cruise cuts out, resume does not work. I have read about brake switch issues. I tried holding brake pedal up with my foot...