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Old 08-04-2005, 06:05 PM   #16
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The prestone cleaner is pretty good stuff. It's what I use. It is the same stuff that the Chevy dealer uses, except they use a slighty stronger powder version.
I'm glad to here that everything is going smoothly. I guess you're better at cooling system repair than transmission servicing.
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Old 08-04-2005, 09:56 PM   #17
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Hey now! I did manage to fix the tranny! Dadgum thing was put together like a Chinese puzzle box. Just a matter of figuring out what to shift, what to pry, what to support and what to finesse. My mechanic was happy to stand by and *watch* me work. He walked away and did some work on some other fellow's car for a while, leaving me alone. But...back on target:

She's fixed. Plain and simple. No leaks, drips, seeps, etc. etc. etc. I got her all back together and let her idle on the ramps with the rad cap off until she was hot enough to pop open the T-stat. All the while I was gathering up the wrappers, plastic bags, cleaning and picking up my tools, etc. I got back and she sucked down some more water and I topped her off. Let it idle with the heater running full blast for 20 minutes. Checked for leaks, drips, and all the places I touched...nada. Dry as a bone. I buttoned her up, rolled her off the ramps and took her for a spin. I was so dry I had to stop at a local stop-n-rob to pick up some Gatorade and a snack.

Came back outside, and except for the usual A/C drip behind the passenger side tire, she's just happily rumbling and still holding water tight. A fellow loading up pallettes of soda came up and said, "Gee Mister, she sounds great! That's no stock Blazer is it?" I think that was the greatest compliment any one of us could be paid. I told him I spent the better part of 6 hours slaving over her today, and I was just happy that it runs. A quick jaunt down the highway and back for three exits pretty much made sure that she was good and hot. Stopped at a stoplight, the temp only rose straight up at 210 degrees, then dropped off to a tick left of center as soon as the throttle was touched. Took her home on a back street and parked her. No temperature spikes! I popped the hood, now getting dark outside and looked at everything I touched with a flashlight. Having been shut off so soon after a run, I could still hear the gentle "bwip" of bubbles blowing out of the radiator through the coolant recovery tank. She is still water-tight and not a single drop of fluid *anywhere*. What I though was a mild valve cover leak for the past 4 months quickly dried up! The usual spot of what looked like oil on the pavement after parking or idling in one place for 5 minutes is GONE. I guess that was my water-pump's weep hole kicking coolant out for all that time. *shrug* I am going to go outside and get a look at her again, then hook up the pressure tester and close the hood on it, leaving it overnight. It's almost safe to say that I can declare this job done, and working well! Thanks guys, and I hope that all our future jobs around the truck go this smoothly!
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Old 08-04-2005, 10:01 PM   #18
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now drink some beer and enjoy your truck !


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Hey now! I did manage to fix the tranny! Dadgum thing was put together like a Chinese puzzle box. Just a matter of figuring out what to shift, what to pry, what to support and what to finesse. My mechanic was happy to stand by and *watch* me work. He walked away and did some work on some other fellow's car for a while, leaving me alone. But...back on target:

She's fixed. Plain and simple. No leaks, drips, seeps, etc. etc. etc. I got her all back together and let her idle on the ramps with the rad cap off until she was hot enough to pop open the T-stat. All the while I was gathering up the wrappers, plastic bags, cleaning and picking up my tools, etc. I got back and she sucked down some more water and I topped her off. Let it idle with the heater running full blast for 20 minutes. Checked for leaks, drips, and all the places I touched...nada. Dry as a bone. I buttoned her up, rolled her off the ramps and took her for a spin. I was so dry I had to stop at a local stop-n-rob to pick up some Gatorade and a snack.

Came back outside, and except for the usual A/C drip behind the passenger side tire, she's just happily rumbling and still holding water tight. A fellow loading up pallettes of soda came up and said, "Gee Mister, she sounds great! That's no stock Blazer is it?" I think that was the greatest compliment any one of us could be paid. I told him I spent the better part of 6 hours slaving over her today, and I was just happy that it runs. A quick jaunt down the highway and back for three exits pretty much made sure that she was good and hot. Stopped at a stoplight, the temp only rose straight up at 210 degrees, then dropped off to a tick left of center as soon as the throttle was touched. Took her home on a back street and parked her. No temperature spikes! I popped the hood, now getting dark outside and looked at everything I touched with a flashlight. Having been shut off so soon after a run, I could still hear the gentle "bwip" of bubbles blowing out of the radiator through the coolant recovery tank. She is still water-tight and not a single drop of fluid *anywhere*. What I though was a mild valve cover leak for the past 4 months quickly dried up! The usual spot of what looked like oil on the pavement after parking or idling in one place for 5 minutes is GONE. I guess that was my water-pump's weep hole kicking coolant out for all that time. *shrug* I am going to go outside and get a look at her again, then hook up the pressure tester and close the hood on it, leaving it overnight. It's almost safe to say that I can declare this job done, and working well! Thanks guys, and I hope that all our future jobs around the truck go this smoothly!
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Old 08-04-2005, 10:42 PM   #19
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Nawwww, I'm hispanic, and it's hot outside. Beer? BEER?! Man, if you lived in the area and showed up right now - you will find me freshly de-greasing my hands before I lifted a glass of light-n-dark rum blended Pina Colada! I think I will make Mojito's over the weekend if she stays good and sealed tight. It's time to fiesta my friend!
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Im with ya on the Pina Colada !

What's a Mojito?

Here in Kentucky its bourbon with a capital B all the way! Workin on a sip right now ...



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Nawwww, I'm hispanic, and it's hot outside. Beer? BEER?! Man, if you lived in the area and showed up right now - you will find me freshly de-greasing my hands before I lifted a glass of light-n-dark rum blended Pina Colada! I think I will make Mojito's over the weekend if she stays good and sealed tight. It's time to fiesta my friend!
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Old 08-04-2005, 11:12 PM   #21
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I can dig it, kickin' it back with a little Southern style. It's not how you party, only that you do! A Mojito is a rather delicious beverage. Into a tall rocks glass, you toss in 5-7 mint leaves. Then you throw in a thin, half-slice of lime. You then throw in a jigger (1.5 Oz.) of *light* rum. B*cardi Select wil do handsomely. (Edited for non-commercial content) Then using a "bat", really a small, blunt wooden implement, you mash and pound the mixture until the lime, rum and mint leaves are crushed to a paste. You then add 2 TBSP. of simple syrup, or 4 tsp of sugar (Simple syrup is made by filling, say, a 12 Oz. beer or spritzer bottle halfway with sugar, filling with water to the top of the label and shaking vigorously. The water level will drop when it mixes, fill it up to the bottom of the neck again and shake to mix.) After you have "muddled" this mix, add several ice cubes and top off with club soda; stirring it thoroughly and then garnishing with lime wedge and tossing in a few unmolested mint leaves. Find a place to sit, relax, throw some tunes on the MP3 player and enjoy. It's the stuff that my networks were built on.
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I can dig it, kickin' it back with a little Southern style. It's not how you party, only that you do! A Mojito is a rather delicious beverage. Into a tall rocks glass, you toss in 5-7 mint leaves. Then you throw in a thin, half-slice of lime. You then throw in a jigger (1.5 Oz.) of *light* rum. B*cardi Select wil do handsomely. (Edited for non-commercial content) Then using a "bat", really a small, blunt wooden implement, you mash and pound the mixture until the lime, rum and mint leaves are crushed to a paste. You then add 2 TBSP. of simple syrup, or 4 tsp of sugar (Simple syrup is made by filling, say, a 12 Oz. beer or spritzer bottle halfway with sugar, filling with water to the top of the label and shaking vigorously. The water level will drop when it mixes, fill it up to the bottom of the neck again and shake to mix.) After you have "muddled" this mix, add several ice cubes and top off with club soda; stirring it thoroughly and then garnishing with lime wedge and tossing in a few unmolested mint leaves. Find a place to sit, relax, throw some tunes on the MP3 player and enjoy. It's the stuff that my networks were built on.
That's too complicated for me. I try to keep drinks to 2 ingredients...rum and coke, vodka and OJ, tequila and lime sherbert.....

Back in my younger days, I would mix up some hunch punch and have parties that lasted all weekend. Start with a 10 gallon jug like the one below. Throw in some Hawaiian punch, orange juice, pineapple juice, etc.... Chop up different fruits and throw in there.....then dump in tons of alcohol, Rum, Vodka, Whiskey.... It was some pretty good shit.

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But those are truly examples of simplicity being the best. Some could argue that a beer bottle and a bottle opener are a mixed drink because it required the use of two items. Egads, that was a strange night, now that I reflect on it a little. I am going to have to rob you on that tequilla and lime sherbert idea, that does sound goooood. :9 BTW, the truck's still leakproof and still burping air, but I guess that is all of the dissolved gasses amongst other things that are in our tap water out here in Arkansas. The pressure test/leakdown overnight passed with flying colors. I will keep you all posted on how it all goes down here in a few more days. I figure at least 3-4 flushes with tap water to completely clear the system out (Idling for 20 minutes at a go with the heater on) and then filling up with distilled water and Havoline long-life "GM Dexcool approved" fluid should do the trick. The concentrate, BTW, is available on Walmart shelves in my area for $9.75 a gallon. Mix with Distailled water to make 2 gallons of "Dexcool" compatible fluid. Unless I am mistaken, the Havoline product should just about be the same as the factory fill, yes? Didn't Texaco-Havoline originally make the Dexcool formulation for GM in the past? If not, I can just return the unopened bottles with receipt, no big deal.
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Well, cooling system issues have been resolved. She is running on a full belly of Dexcool and distilled water and run long enough to build pressure to check for leaks. All is well there. In the process of getting my air intake off however, so I could reach the radiator drain cock, I tore the boot that holds the IAT sensor that leads into the upper plenum intake bore. So the search is on while the truck sits AGAIN for that boot in a junkyard or *gasp* the dealership. Same Sh*t, Different Day with this truck. Can't wait to catch up with all of the breakdown parts.

EDIT: You're NOT going to believe this one. Some bonehead in all of the junkyards I called said he had the part for $20. What he meant to say is that he had TRUCKS in his possession. Since my truck's stranded without the intake boot, I have to pay out of pocket to borrow the company truck to zoom 45 miles to the middle of NOWHERE to find that NONE of his s-10's and jimmy's had the boot. Well, that's unfair - the ONE Jimmy he had in the lot was the same age as my truck, and when attempting to remove the boot from the intake, it tore too! So down and out of cash to roll the company truck for personal use - I pull into a GMC Truck dealership out of sheer desperation.

I had it in my hands the next day, overnight order for $11.60 + tax.

Score a big one for the dealership there! Anyway, truck's up and running, and onto the next problem...

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