What caliber for a Pickup?

[evan price]

So you are complaining because your 20 year old GM 4x4 truck which has otherwise been very reliable had a few minor problems? A glow plug controller? Sheesh, start it on ether or WD40 and forget the glowplugs. As far as the solenoid cap goes, you turned the entire stud when you tried to remove the nut holding the positive battery cable on the solenoid didn't you? There is a second nut under the cable, on old GM's you should hold it with a pliers or second wrench. And you can get the solenoid out without removing the starter and not need to drop the front driveline...
And batteries, shoot them, not the truck, if you are using AutoZone batteries...


However, it's your truck, do with it what you will.

 

[thumper723]

This gets funnier.

Yesterday, I drive to west marine to get some parts for my boat. No probs. My father FedEx'd me a good used glow plug controller, so I no longer had to jump the terminals with a screwdriver.

Go to start. No crankie. Brushes had melted in the starter. Call wife. Wife locates nearest parts store. 4.5 miles away. (Mind you, I am in the freakin city limits here, I was about as far as you could get from a store)

Call store. They have one on the shelf. I was very specific that this was a Diesel, not a Gas motor. They put hands on and put it aside. Walk to store. It is about 90 out and humid as a mofo. Takes about 1.5 hours including a quick stop at a 7-11 for H2O.

Get there. Guy shows me the starter. It is a gas starter. I tell him it is the wrong one. He says it will bolt up. I say, yes, BUT IT WILL NOT CRANK THE MOTOR. Gas 350, 9:1 compression ratio. Diesel 19.5:1.

Walk 2 miles kind of on the way back to check another store.

No Joy.

Walk 3 miles back to truck. Get picked up, along with broken starter. Drive home in defeat in friends truck.

Next morning, put 40+ lb starter and tools in backpack, ride to truck. Fix. Load bike in truck (creative use of tailgate as a ramp).

Truck starts easier than it ever has.

But I still want to shoot it, but I have to get my $350 out of it now.

 

[thumper723]

Evan, if you can get the solenoid out without dropping the starter, you are a better man than me. (the bolts broke anyways, so it became a D&T job).

Yeah, I broke the cap taking the cable off. I tried the thin wrench behind job, but the cap was really brittle.

 

[mrmeval]

The 30-06 with some armor piercing if you can get some and it's safe to fire in that rifle.

 

[MarshallDodge]

Drop a 4BT Cummins in it or shoot it with everthing you've got then burn it.

 

[evan price]

Well, you got to love the 6.2 anyways, underpowered as it may be I see them with 200,000 miles on them nonetheless.

I use an air ratchet with two ujoints on it with extensions, 1/4" drive, to remove the two 5/16" socket size bolts, then you have to juggle around to rotate the solenoid and then pull it out. Not easy. Not fun. Dooable. Barely. But not enough room to use a regular hand ratchet, you need air tools.
What was the parts guy thinking? A Diesel starter nosecone is made of cast iron not aluminum, if you somehow got it to mount it would shatter the nosecone if it tried to turn the diesel over. Plus the bolts go in differently anyway so its a moot point. Shop at a different parts place!

 

[Stainless Chili]

M1A.

Borrow the rifle, and start at 200 yards.
Three or four hundred rounds should make your point.

 

[Rock45]

As soon as I started reading this I thought No No No! Don't shoot the truck!
I would take it off your hands and reimburse your recent losses...then I looked out the back door and saw why that should NOT happen, It would look crowded out there with the 85 GMC lwb and the 76 K5 Blazer!

Good luck!

Oh, and I would go with the 30-06!

Bryan

 

[Hal Romberg]

44mm solid steel shot from of a cast bronze swivel cannon.

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

Well, you got to love the 6.2 anyways, underpowered as it may be I see them with 200,000 miles on them nonetheless.

200k? The last 6.2 we had as the "farm truck" was one of our ex-parts delivery trucks. 400k on the odometer, never been rebuilt. It was gutless and smoked if you idled it for a while (that's a lot of miles on a set of rings!) but it still got the job done. We put it out to pasture and got a gas 4wd with 200k on the ticker. The parts guys drive the you-know-what out of the trucks but they have been impressive.

 

[Wes Janson]

You sure did one heck of a lot of walking! If you get that truck fixed, I suggest investing in a bicycle and sticking it in the back of the truck.

 

[Hogfan1911]

My bad

Oops. Just read the headline & skimmed over the meat of the post. Put her down with class. The Garand.

 

[doughboy]

Save your ammo....you could beat it to death with the Garand.

 

[bruss01]

Guys, guys!

C'mon, a 30-06 would be fine for a GAS pickup, this is a DIESEL!

My suggestion: 45-70. Hey, it works on moose and bison...