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"Good to go" then! Doubt you'll have any more issues with it.

It ain't th' Brooklyn Bridge. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif
 
I bought one too, and was standing there telling the guy how much I hated them while I paid him. The American car versions are even worse, anything beyond changing the spark plugs and all they tell you is to take it to a 'professional'. If I wanted to pay someone else to fix my car I wouldn't have bought the book in the first place. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
 
I have a Haynes manual for my '92 Sonoma...instructions for pulling the motor..."first remove cab from frame"....when I asked the dealer about that, he said to romove the front cab bolts & jack up the front of the body to put a 2x4 between it & frame so there's enough clearance....lots of difference in that & "remove cab from the frame" (same instructions for replacing fuel sending unit: "remove bed")
 
Actually Kenny, most of the British Manuals I have ( BMC ) for instance state that "installation is the reverse of removal".

I do not hate Haynes manuals. Like I said, sometimes you need quick procedural information.

I have a 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass CSM ( Chassis Service Manual ). It's thick. It's official! It's GMC, even.

It also takes ten minutes to find the oil capacity of a small block Olds engine using it. Takes about 1 minute to find the same info in the Haynes manual.

...And like I said earlier, if anyone hates their Haynes manual so much that they want to ditch it, feel free to mail it to me.
 
Tony, when I was working at the GM Proving Grounds, I always pulled the cab for an engine change, or the bed to do a sender swap. However, most people don't have a bridge crane in their garages, even dealers.
Jeff
 
Jeff - then I need to change the title of my post from "Stupid Haynes" to "Stupid GMC"!!
 
Tony, I don't think it was a service manual procedure. We just did it because it was the easiest method with the tools at hand. Frame swaps were routine for us in development, so a cab removal was no big deal. I could do a frame swap on a full sized pickup by myself in 8 hours. Drive it in at midnight, and drive it out at 0800.
Jeff
 
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