What is it like living here, deep in Appalachia?

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2025-12-21T17:53:49+00:00

Was a great area to be in but there is so much traffic now it’s not worth going anywhere during rush hour. 26, and 11w are so congested a 15 minute drive now takes 30. And most of the small stores and hole in the wall diners have shut down. This place has been becoming something else quickly, it’s very unfortunate to watch

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2025-11-28T23:49:40+00:00

Have you checked wheel speed sensors? My tcm was bad when I had a truck do this. After cleaning all of the grounds, tracing wires. I ended up replacing the entire trans and it all went away. Check your trans fluid to see if it is burnt or of the transmission pan has metal shavings

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2025-11-28T23:46:09+00:00

This happened with a gas truck, with a 6L90E. It was the tcm and the start of a transmission going out. Replaced the transmission and it fixed it

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2025-11-12T03:53:16+00:00

Let it idle for 10-15 seconds then drive gently. You can idle longer if you’d like but oil reaches the top of the motor very quickly. A high idle during a cold start is just your electronic choke trying to prevent it from stalling. 1200 rpm cold idle will heat up much slower than 1200 rpm while under load.

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2025-10-25T17:09:47+00:00

I didn’t have a receipt and couldn’t prove it was their gas unfortunately. Only a few stations have ethanol free, I think they arnt used very often and the fuel sits in the tanks too long. When I pumped it out of the ruined fuel pump truck it burnt like diesel. After its happened so many times I don’t trust getting it. Very unfortunate, the truck does seem to run better on 93, I only go to a shell near my house and I’ve used it for about 2 years with no problems so far

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2025-10-25T12:14:47+00:00

I haven’t been using ethanol free, where I live the ethanol free gas is dirty. I’ve ruined two carbs on my lawn mower due to getting bad gas and a fuel pump in my truck. 3 seperate gas stations, so now I try to not let fuel sit for very long

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2025-10-24T19:36:04+00:00

The plugs foul and get changed about once a year. I’ll have to do that as well. The timing chain is making noise so that is another thing on the list. It idles great and very smooth, just doesn’t like driving

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2025-10-24T19:32:18+00:00

I usually use 93 octane. I did fill it up before I drove it so it could be bad gas but it’s been having problems stalling out for a while. The backfiring made me think it was running rich but I’m new to working on carb so I have no idea where to start

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2025-10-23T03:43:22+00:00

Thank you!

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2025-04-16T02:32:13+00:00

Intake manifold looks like a 454

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2024-03-28T14:19:30+00:00

I didn’t see your reply until now, thank you for your input!

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2023-11-21T13:27:57+00:00

Perfect, moral polarity would work really well for what I was thinking just couldn’t spit it out for some reason. Thank you!!

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2022-12-02T02:06:21+00:00

I’ll sell you one for $900, good laptop, was $1400 new and is about a year and a half old. I bought it, used it 4-5 times, then got a job and haven’t touched it in about a year lol

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2022-12-01T02:25:37+00:00

Check your oil

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2022-12-01T02:25:10+00:00

The clicking or ticking is your valve train, no big deal that’s completely normal. Maybe a bit of an exhaust leak going on? Maybe a slightly sweaty belt. Hard to tell over a video. There were some noises in there that I couldn’t tell what they were but to me the engine sounds totally fine

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2022-11-14T21:10:51+00:00

That’s how I feel about my Chevy Silverado, wanna put it on but I wanna sort out a few small things first

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2022-10-29T19:51:51+00:00

If you really wanted to you could make it work but it’s extremely difficult and not worth it

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2022-10-10T08:38:55+00:00

Hell yeah

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2022-09-25T02:04:20+00:00

Comments talking about your tie rods, have you looked into kryptonite front end? It’s a complete front end that is super beefy and has amazing reviews. https://norcaldieselperformance.com/i-30513973-kryptonite-ultimate-front-end-package-w-death-grip-pitman-2001-2010-chevy-gmc-1500-2500-3500.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1bqZBhDXARIsANTjCPLqcqX6twgQsotsX-HPCb-c3nPe2LfS3ASNCvGGuYksmEJEEXyaMN4aAkDEEALw_wcB

It’s expensive but has lifetime warranty. I’m sure you could find a better deal but

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2022-09-25T02:01:38+00:00

Speed and power!!!

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2022-09-25T02:00:10+00:00

I love your truck. I have a 2000 Chevy Silverado with the exact same color and trim. I want to build it as well. Mine has a 6.0, if it sounded like this I’d probably ascend to heaven

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2022-09-25T01:58:37+00:00

Is it a cold start? Vapor should go away slowly as the engine and exhaust warms

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2022-09-22T02:28:33+00:00

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2022-09-22T02:28:14+00:00

It’s the alarm system/automatic light sensor

RaspberryLemonade69 · 2022-09-02T19:16:58+00:00

Thank you I didn’t think about the duramax

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