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    AFM/DoD Delete Advice Needed

    I DID do the lifter release (twice) and oil block, along with busting out the vlom seals to ensure there was no way the AFM lifters could pressurize again. Unfortunately by the time I did that, it was in response to #6 collapsing (ie too late). Had I known about the inner workings of the system...
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    AFM/DoD Delete Advice Needed

    I call it the poor-man-tax. See, from a 10,000 ft level overview with an emergency financial cushion, a retirement account, maybe some stocks, a credit card with a couple grand in it for emergencies... yeah, the obvious answer is "do it right or just replace it". When you're...
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    AFM/DoD Delete Advice Needed

    Explained in terms of "what" to do, but without any "why". "Why" matters. Does the AFM cam have different lift? Different duration? Different ramp? Different separation angle? Different centerlines? And whatever is different, how different is it? Enough to really matter? Based on...
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    AFM/DoD Delete Advice Needed

    Because when folks A-M are saying "of course you have to replace all this stuff, you idiot" and guys M-Z are saying "you don't have to replace any of that, you moron", then the conversations don't really tell anyone anything! LOL It keeps floating back up because, at least everything i can...
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    AFM/DoD Delete Advice Needed

    I think my head hurts, LOL. But that thread is the perfect example of why I posted my question in the first place. There was sooo much confidence in sooo many of those posts, but sooo many of the stated "facts" contradict others given with confidence, but no numbers given on either side to...
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    AFM/DoD Delete Advice Needed

    So are you saying the software tweaks are a firm requirement as well?
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    AFM/DoD Delete Advice Needed

    Thanks for all the replies! So first and foremost, while I've always lived by the moto "if it ain't broke, don't fix it, modify it. If it is broke, fix it, then modify it", this old girl is a tool, not a toy. I'd prefer to keep the stock performance and mileage - well, truth be told, i'd prefer...
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    AFM/DoD Delete Advice Needed

    After a journey from hell, including a new longblock at 200k, an AFM delete dongle, a full software AFM block with the HP Tuner, a lifter release kit with oil passage block-off and valley gasket cutting, and then a repeat attempt at unsticking it, the #6 AFM lifter on my '07 5.3L with 330k miles...
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    Can The Water Pump Pulley Be Replaced?

    LsHart, I genuinely appreciate the offer, but I'm good :). Not because I wouldn't do it, but because the original post was from October of 2024, and if I was still unemployed and the Tahoe was still dead, a water pump would be the least of my concerns, LOL. Don't get me wrong, the last 2 years...
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    Cursed Intake Manifold Bolts?

    For anyone who manages to be as stupid as me (I know, you have better odds of winning the lottery, LOL)... The grommeted bolts are NOT the same as their ugrommetted counterparts. The bolt itself is just about the same length, albeit with less lead-in, but the sleeve is longer with a larger...
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    Need an Engine Wire Harness

    Boy am I glad ya'll talked me off the cliff of stupidity, LOL. I don't have my chicken scratch schematics in front of me, but from memory, the pinks were power feeds for the MAF, B2S1 and B2S2 O2 sensors, and one unknown circuit that I convinced myself to accept process of elimination for after...
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    Need an Engine Wire Harness

    Those are the first pinouts I've seen for the ECU connectors on this truck. Thank you! With those pinouts, process of elimination using what I do know throught the harness and the 10 i can ID on the vehicle side, I bet this will get me to what the remaining 8 are for and which sets go together...
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    Need an Engine Wire Harness

    I wish it were that simple... on all accounts, LOL. Those two ends were not connected. The harness shown on the ground is the "new" harness I got from a salvage yard on Friday. They told me it just had the 2 rear O2 sensors cut off of it, but made no mention of these 18. Unfortunately, in my...
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    Need an Engine Wire Harness

    Fair enough, LOL. I get a D- for effort, but I had to tap out for the night. Just gonna have to resume in the morning. Still got a lot of parts to put back on... Here's the branch coming off the harness, branching off just before the passenger side ignition and injector section: And here's...
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    Need an Engine Wire Harness

    Well, the wire nuts are just to be able to swap them around if something doesn't work. Once everything is working, I'll crimp the pins on and feed them.into the housing(s) with the rest. I just don't want to cook something... else. I THINK the black/whites are both grounds, which I think...
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