3/4 Ton of fun - ‘95 Sierra

Sounds like a stand up company, at least the one tech you were able to connect with. Any chance borgeson will refund you the box, or portion of it? Maybe sell it used to recoup some of your loss.

Yep, that's similar to my experience with them. The rare company that talks to people and actually wants to help them.

I still say Borgeson advertising that box for a 2500 is disingenuous since most 2500’s use the large bore 80mm and the Light Duty 2500’s using the smaller 70mm. If that was pointed out in their description, how many with 8600 gvwr 2500’s would buy that box?

Caman96 said:

I still say Borgeson advertising that box for a 2500 is disingenuous since most 2500’s use the large bore 80mm and the Light Duty 2500’s using the smaller 70mm. If that was pointed out in their description, how many with 8600 gvwr 2500’s would buy that box?

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@Caman96, really really appreciate you sharing your deep dive on all the different
flavor GMT400 PS boxes. I was unaware of these different configurations, and quite possibly
would have ended up with a mismatched mess if/when I need to refresh my own PS setup.
This is exactly the kind of detailed info that attracted me to this forum in the first place. (!)

@fancyTBI, appreciate your willingness to share both the good & bad concerning your truck
build. No one likes to air the dirty laundry of their faithful traveling companion, but I have no
doubt that you will get this sorted out to a new/better than new driving experience. My 8-lugger
gives the driver a solid 'feel' & tracks well without needing constant corrections by the driver,
and I don't want to lose any of this across any corrective maintenance requiring parts replacement. (!)

I found an OEM PS pump on eBay for $80 shipped. Even has the bracket that fastens to the manifold.

A pump rebuild is about $200 from Turn One. The box will be about $400. So for $600 + shipping I can have two quality rebuilt parts. The Borgeson was $500 + shipping.

fancyTBI said:

I found an OEM PS pump on eBay for $80 shipped. Even has the bracket that fastens to the manifold.

A pump rebuild is about $200 from Turn One. The box will be about $400. So for $600 + shipping I can have two quality rebuilt parts. The Borgeson was $500 + shipping.

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I was considering a new edelman box for mine. That rebuild cost isn't much more, that might be a better option seeing all you've been through even with a new box. Reviews on redhead haven't been great lately either.

I might do the same, send them my pump an box, replace the lines an hydroboost while it's apart an have all that fresh too.

I’ll do the same, eventually.

I’ve got a noisy lifter I think. Cold starts there’s a slight tick for about 10 seconds then goes away. Before the next oil change I’m going to try ATF or some seafoam.

Exhaust is done today. I have to go back because I think the tail pipes should be higher over the axle. Walt (fella who owns the shop) said no problem and he’d fix it for me; said bring it back and he’d adjust anything I wanted.

BUT… the tailpipes are really nice. Too nice to give up. I’m thinking we can both win here. He’ll make new pipes for the GMC and I’ll pay for them. I’ll keep the “old” set for the K2500 as they would be perfect for the stock height of that truck. Win win I think. He gets a bit of cash ahead of time, saves time on the K2500 and I’m not really out anything extra besides reducing some cash flow now.

Oh, pictures.