Recent content by 99Burb454

Valve guides could be worn. Well they ARE worn, sorry, anyway, they may be worn to the point that there is too much clearance between them and the valve stems. Also, if you’ve never replaced the valve stem seals, 345k is a lot on factory seals. Or....your piston rings have finally either...

Hello all, long time since I’ve been on the forum, wish it had been the same amount of time since I’ve had to work on my 7.4l vortec. Lol. I have a question please regarding that engine, I would like to upgrade the valvetrain but there are several to choose from and I’m uncertain of which ones...

I don’t agree with it being shot. It may be as simple as the O-ring on the reverse servo piston causing a leak past situation which is causing the pressure to be too low to engage reverse. It never made any loud bangs or anything like that, reverse started going soft one day and the next it was...

Sorry but I respectfully disagree. Tranny isn’t shot just because you lose reverse or just because it’s acting other than how it’s supposed to normally operate. That’s when you start diagnosing the problem and fix what’s wrong instead of just dumping $2500 at the transmission shop like they all...

So, I just returned home from the auto parts store and tried again, to no avail, to put my transmission in reverse....nothing... so I did as any normal genius would do, I revved the engine a little bit and.... still nothing.... or was it nothing? Wait a minute, put it in neutral, rev the engine...

Gotta love these trusty steeds. Lol. I blew a rear brake line this fall....on the interstate....an hour from home. Ugh. That was fun getting her back home. Only took 3 pints of brake fluid. Lol

Trust me, I know only too well about putting up the cash to keep things operational. Have you ever seen the movie “The Money Pit”? Lol. I bought this truck less than 2 years ago for just under $6k, I’d have to actually sit down and do the math but rough guesstimate, I’ve got almost double that...

There is no big one on the passenger side. The large case connector harness is on the drivers side between input and output speed sensors. I’m thinking it’s something electrical and I’m about to chance driving it to the auto parts store to find out what the codes are. Lol. I’m fed up with the...

I was actually looking at one of them believe it or not. Their prices are actually cheaper than everyone else online and by the time I buy all of the necessary parts for the modded rebuild I’d like to do id almost be in for the amount of a monster trans anyway. Only thing is that it won’t have...

Ah forget it. I’ll just have the one I’ve got sitting in the garage rebuilt. Any recommendations on a TC? I was going to rebuild it myself but who am I kidding, I’ll never have the time for it. I’ll just have to hope the trans shop will do what I ask them to do as far as mods go. I should...

I know I’ll have to pull it if it’s the TC but I’m hoping the tranny is still ok in that case and a new converter will fix the problem. But now I’m not sure if anything again after the update to my post. Smh

There may be some codes but I haven’t chanced driving it to the auto parts store to get them. The CEL isn’t lit because it was always lit because the truck doesn’t have any cats so I removed the offending bulb. Lol. Wanting to get cats put back on it though to fix that problem. The cats were...

Shudder isn’t a big deal probably to most but it sure felt like the truck was going to come apart the couple times that it happened. It was as if the truck was driving one wheel at a time, like the wheels were stepping instead of rolling. Lol. It spooked me pretty good cuz when it happened I had...

***update*** So, after posting the original post I got to thinking, that’s not always a good thing lol, I went outside and put the 4wd fuse back in and reverse tried to engage but there was a grinding noise, like when you try to put a manual in gear but don’t have the clutch fully depressed. So...

Ok guys I’m back again. Lol. I think I may have finally solved my problem but wanted some advice before I started tearing things apart. So my 99 burb k2500 7.4l with 4l80e trans started losing reverse one day, it was slow to engage, then the next day it was completely gone, no feeling whatsoever...