Naw , I know which engine I need...I mean PO replaced the LIM (Lower intake manifold) with one from a year that had an EGR valve, whereas my 2002 originally did not have one...

Anyways , enough clarification.. Off to do some more vacuum lines....

 

Pulled the radio and replaced the light bulbs on the front face. Reinstalled the radio and also installed the remote radio controls. Now all my little lights work again.

 

Christine , that sounds quite enlightening...

I managed to replace 2 old rotten vacuum lines and install the missing one..4HI and all HVAC controls are now back to working..

Now on to the fun stuff , like radiator , engine , etc....

 

Yes, with all of those bulbs replaced, I'm sure to get much better mileage too! LOL

Glad to hear you got the HVAC and 4Hi working. I love fixes that are easy like replacing those vacuum hoses.

 

Honestly, I didn't even drive the 'ol girl all weekend...

yes, I'm ashamed of myself...

but she'll forgive me and still get me to and from work reliably all next week, because that's just how she is

 

Hopefully she doesn't get all hot headed like she did a few weeks back and start smokin... lol...

 

lmao, funny thing, my left headlight decided to not come on this morning at 6am, so guess what I'm doing when I get home from work

 

Attempted to replace coolant temperature sensor. Realized I was going to have to go through fender well with wheel removed to access it. Looped connector for it out of the way for now and drove to work sans temp guage.
It never ran so good.

 

Well I got home and proceeded to fix my headlight. Verified it wasn't working, turned the headlights on, still no left headlight.


So I pulled the light out, popped out the bulb (HID), took it over to the test bench with a spare ballast, applied power, and the bulb lit up. So I figured it was a bad ballast. Brought a spare bulb over to the truck where the ballast was still attached, plug it in and turned the headlights on, and it lit up...


WTF...


So I put the original bulb BACK into the headlight and plugged everything in, turned on the headlights, and low and behold it all works just fine... Must have just been a bad connection somewhere... I unplugged everything, reapplied some new dielectric grease, and even wrapped the ballast power plug to the truck's headlight plug up with some electrical tape for good measure, and all is well now.


I think the truck was just lonely over the weekend and wanted me to touch it

 

Intalled new coolant temperature sensor, radiator cap, and thermostat. All AC Delco.
Washed it, filled it up after successful test drive.
Am happy.
But still, if I could just have 5 minutes alone with a GM designer.....👹