Re: 87 V20 D/D and Road trip Burb
While I wait to fix my Burb.... I have been driving my wife's secondary truck. It is a 91 V1500 Burb. The tbi 350 has every bolt on mod, minus headers, and heads. 700r4 has a funky no engine braking in any gear issue, but other wise works great.
We only use this Burb a few times a yr. It sits alot. My wife decided she wanted to take the Burb to a b-day party for a friends 4 yr old. She wanted to to take a few friends and their kids. Full load. 8 bodies, full tank of fuel.
A few hours later she gets back and mentions that she took the steep mountain roads to our friends house and overheated the brakes 3 times and stopped to let them cool. She said it was smoking bad, but never lost brakes completely.
Scary.
Today the caliper started leaking and pulling. The truck has been converted to 8 lug outers in the front end with 1/2 calipers,1/2 ton master cylinder, 14bff.
I got a bunch of goodies today. Great price too.
Looks like since the kids got sick. No thanksgiving travels. I predict a Burb on jackstands tomorrow.
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