Originally posted by 68scott385
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superbright leds dot com had 2 of the 194, they are 7 years old now. I simply stole them from my subaru, to gain all lights up front. (I had two blown corner lights.)
the other ten 194 LED and the 1157 should be here within a week.
I also noticed this trucks sockets up front can do the "68 smd" (tall 1157 LED), and beyond guessing it should not need the ep29 electronic flasher to stop hyperflash. Hooking up a trailer with LED lights verified my theory...something regulates in this gmc, as all vehicles should since the middle 80s, and even older.
Not sure where the hyperflash errors invade anybody..must be stuck coils in old relays or something...those rigs would have needed a flasher for other reasons soon anyway.
21 below last night, truck sitting for a couple of days.
Started right up. The oil pressure with the billet filter is gaining some old nitrates random, it shreds the particles. I loved that event on my old subaru when it got the billet for the first time. That needed some real oil filter indeed. I am so very familiar with this routine and the oiling..not just for this gmc. Engines with the nitrate seals do not do synthetic. Now would be the time to check for leaks on the two piece seal engines of old, after the big oil flow change. This one is ready to go...as the 96 is one piece, I am sure that helped this subject. 40psi nominal (full warm running down the road).
Took a ride to the nearest town, where the school was, and every memory seemed to be a bad one..as if I bit my tongue and joined a war if it meant dying to get out of here. All the vehicles sucked... my school level was way off the wavelength, my social skills being that of a new yorker more than a lumberjack. The ride to school on that damn buckboard yellow bus in the cold like today. 7f and snowing, I feel I conquered something on this one ride. I used to come flying through with my monte carlo SS in the 90s.. but winter is something I seemed to have avoided during those years... only to visit grandma (rip).
The heater is excellent. The 20 below needed a 15minute warmup, to be sure of heat moving correct, and no thermostat getting confused. That is a battle that can still happen today. The wall of cold up front is so contrasted, the engine tries to be aircooled for too long, battles the thermostat. The american stuff knows how to keep feeding the heater as a priority. Very glad I got this truck. Made a record breaking cold seem simple. A little more aggression on the brake pulling back in, and found how cold the tires are...a slight bouncy wiggle of a mud truck, but still very good. The 16 inch tire, and sidewall is great for going down the road, snow etc.. but on brakes in the cold..the 17 inch or bigger would be better. I do want more highway superstar on the 5 speed 3.73 combo, and will keep an eye out for the next generation chevy wheels. Exact fit, and correct.
The 96 is still impressive in the steps of evolution for the complaints that lingered for decades... I have no problems at all, just adding extras in this extreme place. This year of truck onward could have decades to go, and be surreal at it...every situation maine has to offer.
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