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  1. Laqota

    A/C but no heat

    Make sure your HVAC ball is hooked up to a vacuum source. It should be on the passenger side next to the A/C box. Ignore anything anyone says about a check valve for it, ricko for example, it has one built in. It's what comes through the firewall, to the vacuum splitter (Controlled by the...
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    Just curious.

    Ok grandpa. I can confirm, to deny, to this statement and I will not be letting some old dirtbag give me false information. I'll be taking information from people I know who are smart, in real life, instead of some old guy playing solitaire on their phone and typing on an online forum all day...
  3. Laqota

    Just curious.

    If your above the age of 30, I hope your kids are alright. This is a self repair. Ive been learning for about a year from mutiple mechanic neighbors. the EFE and EGR tvs valves are Plunger Acuated Valves. It doesn't pull air from the intake or thermostat, it redirects it based on conditions. It...
  4. Laqota

    Just curious.

    I knew what I was doing, I've been reading "Haynes Repair Manual" which shows almost everything in my truck. The only things I've kept hooked up to Vacuum is my HVAC, My Brake Booster, my transmission and Vacuum Advance and sensors (except my EGR Bleed) 1. I unhooked my EFE, and plugged the EFE...
  5. Laqota

    Just curious.

    Visual Illusion from using my Wide angle camera and the amazing amount of surface rust on one side. I measured, they're the same size in each cylinder (Possibly rebuilt before badly? It looks freshly honed) This was my my grandfathers truck, it was in a used car lot, probably around 60000 miles...
  6. Laqota

    Just curious.

    I got my heads off, and a bit disappointed but it's going to be a personnel vehicle so I'm not too worried. Pistons got some clearance for the walls a bit, you can see about a cm of the compression rings. There is rust on my head and block where it's leaking in but the mechanics I live near said...
  7. Laqota

    Just curious.

    I'm not really afraid pulling my heads. I live on a street of mechanics and they have recommended me to pull my heads, even if it was an intake just because of how old it is. Just ripped my intake off and drained my coolant, ready to take out my rocker arms n stuff. My intake gasket is bowed...
  8. Laqota

    Just curious.

    I was loosing oil in the past (quickly) but it was my Valve Cover gaskets. It doesn't lose any oil now, haven't had to fill it up in a bit. It's just my coolant I have to keep filling up every 100 miles.
  9. Laqota

    Just curious.

    Yeah, it's like a really sweet smell and is still there but the smoke isn't as thick as it was. It's probably not a gasket problem, but I have some spare intake gaskets because I did a head gasket test that came back negative (if those are accurate) so I might just do it anyways. I have a lot of...
  10. Laqota

    Just curious.

    I just did a head gasket tester on my coolant, came back negative. This kind of sweet and potent smell, accompanied with white smoke, has been blowing out my exhaust. It turned out that one of my spark plug wires didn't click all the way and wasn't firing. Can a spark plug not sparking cause a...
  11. Laqota

    (Advice) PCV Valve strange issue.

    The weird thing is I'm getting coolant blowing out of the side of my block on the passenger side, and coolant in my combustion (since the exhaust smells sweet, and is blowing white smoke). But currently, my engine oil still has not been affected. I was thinking it was my intake gasket (believe...
  12. Laqota

    (Advice) PCV Valve strange issue.

    I replaced the PCV valve and it stopped drinking oil from the PCV. I did had a baffle, but for some reason the other one was just having enough suction to suck oil up. Nothing was replaced on this truck since 1983. It was not taken care of very well. I still have the ongoing issue of coolant and...
  13. Laqota

    (Advice) PCV Valve strange issue.

    I ran it about 10 minutes or so. I think what I was looking at was the hole the PCV goes in. Is that the baffle? If your talking about something in the valve cover I'll have to take it off tomorrow and check. I'll need to rent a compression tester unless i got one. Honestly. Could I just use a...
  14. Laqota

    (Advice) PCV Valve strange issue.

    Oh yeah. The Baffle is there. I didn't know what you meant lol. I ran the truck with the vacuum tube from the Carb > PCV off and plugged the carb with my finger (to stop vacuum leak while running). Nothing comes out of PCV it's only when it's got suction from the carbuerator that it sucks oil...
  15. Laqota

    (Advice) PCV Valve strange issue.

    1. What is a baffle. 2. I'm not sure how to test excessive blow by.
  16. Laqota

    (Advice) PCV Valve strange issue.

    So I have an 1983 Chevy C10 I bought from my grandpa. QUICK READ IN BOLD This recently started happening but the thing started vaping. I had to send it to its room and stuff and ground it for 3 months. My oil pressure would drop when I ran the engine. I would take, wipe, and check my...
  17. Laqota

    83 C10 Vacuum System [HELP]

    Hey man. Don't really worry about vacuum on c10's. I can see by your profile that you live in Kansas City, which doesn't have heat/smog emission laws. So almost all of that you can pretty much delete. The things that are important to have vacuum is your Vacuum Advance (IMG_5428 Vacuum on...

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