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    Cab mounts repaired and new polly bushings installed

    One thing that I didn't mention. The shop that did the work said that they normally just tighten them down "until they squish a bit". I made sure that they were torqued to 55 ft/lbs with blue locktight, just like the manufacturer recommend. That could play a roll in ride quality too.
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    Cab mounts repaired and new polly bushings installed

    Correct. I found the same. I deliberately hit a few pot holes, no shortage of them here, and was pleasantly surprised at how well it felt.
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    Cab mounts repaired and new polly bushings installed

    It was a little more involved than I first thought, but the truck is solid once more. I knew that at least a couple of mounts were bad, but when we got it into the shop and looked, three cab mounts were bad, two were worse than I thought, and both core support mounts were bad. One quite bad. The...
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    Thermostatic valves for the TBI Intake

    A couple summers ago I was making a dump run and an OPP going the other way pulled a u-turn and came flying up behind the line of traffic I was in and when we all pulled to the shoulder, he came right up behind me and got out. He didn't even ask for my ID, he just started going over my truck. He...
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    #1 cylinder damage from exhaust valve question

    I can't see any way that the valve is not bent. If the head is still off, you can tip that port up and pour some alcohol in it. Even if the valve is just bent a little and you can't see it, the alcohol will run out around the valve if it's not seated.
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    Anti-squeak washers for cab mounts?

    It is. The first owner worked at a rustproofing shop and the whole truck is solid. Not sure why the left rear cab mount rusted, but my new mounts will be here today and it will hopefully go in next week and have the cab mount(s) fixed. The shop plasma cuts a plate for the top and welds it on...
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    Anti-squeak washers for cab mounts?

    I looked around here for OEM, but they were about $350 as compared to $129. for the Energy Suspension ones. My truck makes about 3 trips to the lumber yard and a couple to the dump each year. The truck is almost 35 years old and it's just turned 190,00 kilometers,(118,000 miles), so I'm not...
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    Anti-squeak washers for cab mounts?

    LOL Found them too. I'm going to use them with my polly mounts.
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    Anti-squeak washers for cab mounts?

    Looks like these are called "Body insulators" and were used on the newer trucks. They're still going on mine though. Can't hurt anything. https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-parts/gm-body-insulator-15053229
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    Anti-squeak washers for cab mounts?

    They could have been used in the 2000s. I was there until '09.
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    Anti-squeak washers for cab mounts?

    Now that I think about it, it's possible that these, not only helped against squeaks, they might have been used to hold the bolts in place before assembly. At first, we had operators in the marriage station who would load a bolt and washer into the gun and drive them into place. Later, it became...
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    Anti-squeak washers for cab mounts?

    If you read my post, I said that they were installed in the factory and I remember them being installed, I'm assuming the year because that's when I worked right beside cab drop.
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    Anti-squeak washers for cab mounts?

    Yes. I worked in the truck plant from 83 - 2009 and was beside the marriage station from 86-2006, so I'm assuming that they were used somewhere in that time frame.
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    Anti-squeak washers for cab mounts?

    I found these while looking through my bins. They were factory installed on GM pickups, but I don't remember what years. I'm going to use them with my new mounts, just because I have them.
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    I got lucky? 34 year old Canadian Cab Mount Bolts

    https://teamenergysuspension.com/product/energy-suspension-3-4123g-pickup-2-4-wd-body-mounts/
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