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easiest thing to do would be to add the manual glow plug conversion to the truck, it will leave the stock system intact and you can just glow the plugs a little when needed.
to test that, pull the plug from the temp switch next time it wont start, and put a paper clip in to bridge the connection. that will make the engine think its cold and the plugs will glow.
you just need to get a set of spacers for a dually, be sure its for an EARLY chevy. in later years they went to a metric bolt.
get a set of 2" spacers, I bought mine on ebay 2years ago. just be sure to retorque them after the first 100, 500 and 1000 miles.
my starter doesnt have a hole where yours cracked, that is major bad luck dude.
be sure to buy new starter bolts from the chevy dealer (get them from the dealer, not autozone) when you put the new helicoil in.
also do you have the support bracket on the front of the starter installed, its...
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cranetruck, the cucv lights are not sealed (they have a sealing o-ring) you have to remove the front half of the light housing to get the grill off of the truck, unless you want to pull the grill guard off ( and that would involve removing the bumper as well)
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