Well, I brought it home this afternoon.
It still drives like the brakes are dragging. Maybe this is normal. Maybe they just need to wear in. We'll see. They were a bit hotter than I expected, when I got home.
1600 RPM at 65 MPH! That is great!
The old truck with a C-6 was at 3400 RPM, by 50 MPH!!!
Hope to see a lot better fuel mileage on this one.
Brake light. (Dash) Comes on at ~40mph. And stays on, the rest of the time the truck is running. Park it and turn it off, the light goes out again. And comes on again at ~40mph. Later rinse repeat. It has a brand new, and correctly adjusted brake switch. Any idea why this is happening?
And does the torque converter not lock up, if the brake light is on?
OD light started flashing... ONLY when I got home, and put it into 4WD, and backed it up the driveway. Before taking it to the shop, that light was always coming on. Now, only with 4wd. Tomorrow I will hook up my new obd1 scanner and find out what codes were stored when that started flashing...
They replaced the entire brake system minus the steel lines, and the rear rubber line. EVERYTHING else was replaced. Pads, shoes rotors drums, calipers, wheel cylinders, adjusters, hardware, etc. MC and vacuum booster. All of it replaced. (Still seems like something is dragging.)
They replaced the transmission.
Replaced the rear tank and sending/pickup unit.
They had to send away the pickup/sending unit to have a new one specially built, for the front plastic tank. They'll put the tank and unit back in, when they get back here.
They also replaced the fuel water separator, and cleaned or replaced all the fuel and return lines.
They replaced the alternator, the wiper motor, the shift indicator, and a bunch of smaller items.
The engine is in as good a shape as they could have done, so they pretty much left it alone. They did replace the belt tensioner.
I am now going to be looking for someone close to me that knows how to time these things. They didn't mention anything about timing...
Now I need to put in the headlight relays.
Put the electric fuel pump onto a "hot in run" power source.
Use that toggle switch instead, for the GP switch.
Do something about the rear license plate light.
Put the dash back together.
Install some gauges.
Put a step on it.
Start looking for a cheap or free canopy.