Actually it's common with the half tons. Highway gears, lighter weight, and, on the civy trucks, OD gear = good gas mileage.
CK5
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6.2 Diesel
- Thread starter hammermachine
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Sure, my school bus has a lever I pull out to stop the engine. One morning I was sitting in the office when a full-time driver pulled up wanting to switch busses because hers had no lights or signals or nothing. I was told to take the kids already on to the school by the back way, and halfway, there, the alternator suddenly kicked in and all the electrical accesories started working. Bus ran fine with no juice. The alternators on these old things don't always start charging in the cold.Just to nitpick, that isn't entirely true. The IP has a fuel shutoff solenoid that requires constant power to allow fuel to flow. If it loses power it will shut off the fuel and the engine will stop. That said, it is a fairly low-draw solenoid so the battery alone will keep it engaged for many hours.
I wonder if it is possible to replace the shut off solenoid with a mechanical shut-off? Then, as long as the mechanical fuel pump is retained the engine would truly require no electricity to operate
MaxPF
1/2 ton status
Yup. They can say all they want about the new common-rail electronic injection, but the ability to run with no electricity at all is what I call state of the art 
My pick-up gets 25-26 mpg on the highway...but more impressive to me is the 18.6 mpg it pulls down running around town and in traffic.
The Jimmy gets about 15 in town, no idea on highway mileage with the NV4500 yet though. I'm guessing 21-22 though...on 40's.
Rene
over 48" what????
im on 8" lift and 40" hawgs... (38.8" on 16.5x12 rims)
oh tilt test....
that is georgesblazah... he went with me...
He ever SAS his S10 Blazer?
errr nope....
he swamped it good once.... mud inside and all.. killed his electric power driver seat
Whoops. Not wheeling it any more I take it?
