Maddogg20

Hey guys, My master cylinder went out on friday and I cant FOR THE LIFE of me find a replacement one that fits. I have tried up and down 2 years, with discs, or drums, etc and I cant find one. The truck is an 05 silverado Vortec max wit the 6.0 and rear drums. The master cylinder has a total length just over 7.25 inches but everytime they try and look it up they come back with one thats about 9 inches long. i need my truck for work tomorrow. ANY info would be greatly appreciated. ALso, when napa looks up the VIN number it comes back as a truck having rear discs but they sure arent discs. Andy

Hey guys, My master cylinder went out on friday and I cant FOR THE LIFE of me find a replacement one that fits. I have tried up and down 2 years, with discs, or drums, etc and I cant find one. The truck is an 05 silverado Vortec max wit the 6.0 and rear drums. The master cylinder has a total length just over 7.25 inches but everytime they try and look it up they come back with one thats about 9 inches long. i need my truck for work tomorrow. ANY info would be greatly appreciated. ALso, when napa looks up the VIN number it comes back as a truck having rear discs but they sure arent discs. Andy

Hey guys quick question, I have an 05 silverado SS and yesterday I pulled the rear drum brakes apart to replace the shoes. My question is... On the brake self adjuster assembly, you have the end that has the adjuster gear closest to it, and on the other end ( the fork end that goes on the rear shoe) it has a long tooth and a short one, which side does the long tooth go on? the outer side towards the drum, or the inner side closer to the differential. When I took it apart it had the shorter side on the drum side and the long side towards the differential but for some reason I dont think this is correct because the self adjuster never seemed to work correctly, and I know that they have been done a few times since the truck was new. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Andy

anybody know?

HAHAHA, the problems written right there on the label, you need a belt, not a "BANDA" hahaha J/K. My truck used to do that constantly, but I got a goodyear gatorback belt from autozone and it fixed the prob. They are a little more expensive but hey, ive had it on there for the last 50k and its been good :-) Andy

I know im probably beating a dead horse, but when I went to lunch after the truck had time to cool, and the engine temp was at about 25% on the temo gauge, I stood on it, and it was able to achieve 60+ lbs of oil pressure at about 4500 rpms. I know that the sender is located after the oil pump, filter, and cooler, so I am getting ample pressure to the rotating assy, but im starting to wonder if the oil weight im using could be having an effect on it. Im running 10w30 regular non synthetic with a crappy fram filter lol. I didnt wanna waste a k&n when i put this oil in to flush the motor out. Any thoughts? btw, my stepper motors should be here in a few days :-) :-) :-)

i know its hard to rate tranny's but I do know that mine feels 100% different, and alot stronger. I had an 8000 lb boat hooked to it and it pulled it like it was nothing. Before it would shift strange and what not.

I had this same dilemma back in july. My 4l65 went out, and youd be suprised bro. I yanked it out and took it to one of the local tranny shops that I have heard good stuff about and for 1600 bux he rebuilt the entire thing, but put in a billet sunshell, and billet input shaft along with upgraded clutches and bands and a reprogrammed upgraded valve body. He also gave me the option to go with a furnace brazed torque converter for 100 bux more so I eagerly did that. They guy was really cool to the point where he even gave me some cans of cooler line flush from his own stock and didnt charge me a dime for it. From my experience, some of the small mom and pop shops can be a diamond in the rough. Andy

weird thing is that there arent any weird pinging, clicking, rattling, or tapping noises. It sounds perfectly normal through all the rpm's, but maybe thats because it hasnt ground apart completely yet, lol who knows.

yea :-( im really starting to doubt that its a bad stepper motor, but I already bought a few so ill install one and see what happens.

Heres mine :-D

the $hitty thing is that while i was replacing everything else I went ahead and replaced the sending unit. I noticed a strange thing today while I was driving. Ill be doing like 80mph at 2100 rpms and the gauge will be reading about 30, and when I let off the gas to coast itll jump up to about 40 and sit there and then drop back down when the rpms come down, but I have NEVER seen a gauge increase when you let off the gas. I REALLLYYY hope the motor doesnt have an internal issue.

I have gone up against a new tundra, I got him pretty good, but what I think is funny is theres a guy who lives by me who has this hideous maroon titan. Everytime he sees me he lines up next to me and gets his ass handed to him, lol the funniest was last time he tried he has one of those truck bed sized water tanks used for pesticide spraying in the back of his truck completely FULL, and he still thought he had a chance. Needless to say that made my day alot better when we stopped after I beat him and I saw his truck lunge foreward into the crosswalk after he had stopped because of the water sloshing. :-)

hey guys, Dumb question but can the truck be driven without the cluster? I know i wont have any indication of what the trucks doing and all that but can it be driven without it or not? Just wondering because I have a bad ass soldering station at work, but I cant sit in the parking lot and take my dash apart lol.

Hey guys, Quick question. Has anyone ever had issues with their digital display that shows which gear you are currently in? The other day I noticed that mine wasn't as bright as it used to be and it steadily got worse to the point where now sometimes it wont light up at all or itll be soo dim that you can't see it unless its dark. I know this will sound funny but if you tap on the cluster itll usually get bright again so Im suspecting a bad solder joint or something of that nature. If anyone has info on this issue it would be greatly appreciated. Andy

I bought a few stepper motors off of ebay, and ill install em once they arrive lol. Now if that doesnt fix the problem then i have no clue what ill do lol.

heres the weird thing. if i accelerate to 80 and about 2000 rpms the pressure drops to about 30, now if i let off the gas itll go up to about 40. Hmmmm i do wonder if it could be a cluster issue because recently i noticed that my shift indiactor is really dim and sometimes doesnt light up at all. Regarding the stepper motor... where can i get one? the dealer said that they dont replace individual components in the cluster and they want about $347.00 for a new one.

hey guys, well i got a new pump installed, removed some aluminum shavings from the pickup screen, and installed a new sender unit, and she came back to life but the gauge still dances a bit. Im pretty much at my witts end. The bounce isnt as bad as it was but it still has me worried that at 4500 rpms im only seeing 40 psi with 10w30 and a cheap fram filter. Could it be possible that some debris got wedged in the oil filter bypass assy in the pan or would that not affect pressure? everything was put back together with the correct torque and cleaned while it was apart? I dunno what do do at this point lol trading her in is looking better and better by the minute. Andy

thanks guys, i took the 3 jaw puller apart and assembled it together again once the jaws were in the pulley holes, lol what a PITA!!.

hey guys, after having oiling probs this week i decided to change the oil pump. I got the balancer bolt out but i cant for the LIFE of me gett the harmonic balancer off. i removed the bolt, and tried using the 3 jaw puller on the inside and the outside but when i use it on the inside it just slips off the flat spots and the outside wont line up. im literally at my wits end here and if i cant get it offim probably just gonna put it back together and trade the damn thing in. I love the truck but like i said i dont have time to dick with this and need to either get it off or get rid of the truck because i need my truck for work monday. ANY help would be appreciated. Andy

damn thing has me worried lol

hey guys, I installed the line assy from the dealer that i got today and still, the oil pressures dancing. Im prolly gonna replace the pump this weekend but im wondering if thats even the issue. i took a video with my digi cam so lemme know what you think. Thanks.... Andy

hey, stupid question but... what vehicles came with an LS2? I called the dealer and they looked it up by my truck and they want 45.99 for the cam sprocket and 59.99 for the chain, lol i was like huh????