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Re: "Buckeye" - '95 G2500 StarCraft Conversion
ah64pilot #782172 September 14th 2021 3:30 pm
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Ah. The brake rod clip.
Does the brake light switch mount to the pin on the pedal? Royal PITA!!!
My '94 was that way and I swapped the switch for (IIRC) a '78 Camaro switch because the old slide-in mount was still in place. Works great but I don't have cruise on the "94. Chevy changed the pedal lever for '95. Next time you get a chance measure the distance between the brake pedal and the side of the doghouse. The '95 and up have an extra inch because GM decided a manual w/clutch would no longer be offered and so there would be room to move the brake pedal 1 inch to the left. (a little nickel knowledge there laugh )

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Re: "Buckeye" - '95 G2500 StarCraft Conversion
ah64pilot #782174 September 14th 2021 3:45 pm
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Take heart. Your preponderance of perplexing pulley pulling problems could have been worse.

This happened to me on our old Ford a few years back..

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Re: "Buckeye" - '95 G2500 StarCraft Conversion
ah64pilot #782184 September 14th 2021 10:42 pm
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Gotta love frustrating junk tools. The kiddo loosing the spring in the street is hilarious though. Not to laugh at your misfortune, glad you found it, just funny because I have totally been in similar situations with mine many times. Good times man.


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Re: "Buckeye" - '95 G2500 StarCraft Conversion
Rusty Pancelode #782195 September 15th 2021 1:49 am
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Originally Posted by Rusty Pancelode
Wow.
That tool sucks!
I bought one about 100 years ago at Harbor Freight...
It's worked fine every time (and it came with a case).
Just goes to show you never can tell about tools.
Yeah I have a buddy with one like that. He swears by it. This one barely took the pulley off let alone put it back on. Crappy material.

Re: "Buckeye" - '95 G2500 StarCraft Conversion
CatFish #782197 September 15th 2021 1:52 am
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Originally Posted by CatFish
Ah. The brake rod clip.
Does the brake light switch mount to the pin on the pedal? Royal PITA!!!
My '94 was that way and I swapped the switch for (IIRC) a '78 Camaro switch because the old slide-in mount was still in place. Works great but I don't have cruise on the "94. Chevy changed the pedal lever for '95. Next time you get a chance measure the distance between the brake pedal and the side of the doghouse. The '95 and up have an extra inch because GM decided a manual w/clutch would no longer be offered and so there would be room to move the brake pedal 1 inch to the left. (a little nickel knowledge there laugh )
Yep, light switch mounted to the rod. It's those damn tangs on the sides that get you. Warren I reinstalled it today I broke those off so that next time it'll be a one screwdriver type of deal.

This one has cruise so I'm gonna keep the switch where it is. And I guess it's dumb luck that I ended up in a '95... Good thing with my leg and all. At 6'2" I need all the extra leg room I can get.

Re: "Buckeye" - '95 G2500 StarCraft Conversion
CatFish #782199 September 15th 2021 1:54 am
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Originally Posted by CatFish
Take heart. Your preponderance of perplexing pulley pulling problems could have been worse.

This happened to me on our old Ford a few years back..

[Linked Image from live.staticflickr.com]

mad
shocked OMG! That would suck...

Re: "Buckeye" - '95 G2500 StarCraft Conversion
ah64pilot #782204 September 15th 2021 2:10 am
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Nice van . So many nice upgrades in such a short time.

Re: "Buckeye" - '95 G2500 StarCraft Conversion
SDMickey #782216 September 15th 2021 10:28 am
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Originally Posted by SDMickey
Nice van . So many nice upgrades in such a short time.
Thank you! It's hard to draw the line at what should and shouldn't get fixed / improved so I generally redo entire systems at one time. In this case it was brakes and front suspension. Looking forward to enjoying it for a while after this is done.

Re: "Buckeye" - '95 G2500 StarCraft Conversion
ah64pilot #782221 September 15th 2021 4:46 pm
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Originally Posted by ah64pilot
Originally Posted by SDMickey
Nice van . So many nice upgrades in such a short time.
Thank you! It's hard to draw the line at what should and shouldn't get fixed / improved so I generally redo entire systems at one time. In this case it was brakes and front suspension. Looking forward to enjoying it for a while after this is done.

I hear that...
I get lost in the fun of it sometimes.
I bought a cheap Subaru to tinker with at the first of the year.
I pulled the front wheels off to check the brake pads, and by the time the wheels went back on, it had Brembo drilled rotors, Brembo pads, and sandblasted and painted caliper brackets.
Oh, and the wheels that went back on were new Sparcos.
lol


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