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  1. Iamthewalrus

    Hello from Portland, OR

    Love that truck man! Welcome welcome. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Question about backfire on throttle release

    Thanks @1987 GMC Jimmy, I'll have to try it out tomorrow. I'll be back with the results :hmm:
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    Question about backfire on throttle release

    @1987 GMC Jimmy I don't know exactly what you mean by pinging, but I don't hear anything else other than the lifter that I already needed to adjust.
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    Question about backfire on throttle release

    So I timed it about 8* BTDC with advance off, and voila no more popping. But I have lost the improved acceleration that I had before. Even playing with the carb it it slower, maybe a little more “boggy” on the get go. But other than that it’s running good. I wonder where I’m losing that low end...
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    Question about backfire on throttle release

    Here in a little while when I get the chance I'll hook up the light and mess with my timing a bit and see if I can get anything figured out. How far advanced are we talking here? If that doesn't work, I'll be back!
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    Replacing rubber brake lines, i'm about to lose it

    I tried every tool I had every which way I could think of. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Question about backfire on throttle release

    So I've rebuilt my carb, installed new rotor, distrib cap, ignition coil, plugs, installed new header gaskets and collector gaskets. Things were running fine, but a little weak on acceleration and a rough first to second gear shift. After a lot of reading I decided to change out the vacuum...
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    Replacing rubber brake lines, i'm about to lose it

    Well thanks for all the replies everyone. I did manage to get the pin out and get them loose, but still could not get the nut to come off connecting the hard line to the rubbers. I have been jacking with this shit for three weeks and just gave in and took it to a brake place. The guy had a set...
  9. Iamthewalrus

    Replacing rubber brake lines, i'm about to lose it

    Great I will definitely be trying to remove the clip and pushing it through. Hopefully I can get it off of there! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Replacing rubber brake lines, i'm about to lose it

    @Frankenchevy Yeah i've tried both directions actually from different angles up in there and can't get it moving. I guess i'm going to end up doing the hard lines as well...
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    Replacing rubber brake lines, i'm about to lose it

    @legopnuematic The crazy thing is, i started with one of those and its so tight that it turns on the nut. So now it's already a bit rounded. I've been trying with a small vice grip that I can fit up in there and with it as tight as I can possibly get it, it still spins on the nut. I will try...
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    Replacing rubber brake lines, i'm about to lose it

    @K201979 Yeah that's my last resort. I really just didn't want to have to replace those too as they seem to be in good shape.
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    Replacing rubber brake lines, i'm about to lose it

    I did my rotors/calipers/pads the other day. I want to do the rubber lines as well but I cannot for the LIFE of me get the hard line screw to unscrew from the rubber line where it penetrates the frame. I have tried for days with Blaster letting them soak and I've gotten nowhere. It's like...
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    Question about vacuum line for Charcoal Canister

    I have just gotten my truck tuned and timed correctly, and I've noticed that there's a line just hanging open in there that I figured out is from the intake manifold to the charcoal canister, which is no longer present. When I fully plug the line I idle lower and sounds a bit better, but it...
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    Question about pulling to left while braking.

    I'll try to get everyone's questions answered here. @dvdswan Tire pressure is good. Yes there are worn steering parts, as I haven't made it to replacing any components belonging to the suspension/steering yet at all, so I know there could most definitely be problems there. @Blue Ox...
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    Question about pulling to left while braking.

    So I just replaced bearings, rotors, calipers and pads on my front axle. I was having an issue of a pretty decent pull to the left on hard braking before I did the brakes, but they were in bad shape so I assumed that was my issue. After what I've now done, I still have the same problem. What in...
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    Not sure if I want to do brakes on my own, what's a decent price?

    Yeah so someone told me I oughtta take it somewhere to make sure it’s done right since I’m really learning all this for the first time and kind of scared me off. But I’m in the middle of doing them myself right now and glad I did. Buying lots of tools I’ll use a lot. Learning that it’s not that...
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    Not sure if I want to do brakes on my own, what's a decent price?

    Maybe I'll just do them myself then. I had a coworker telling me I might should just take them cause I'm new to this, but maybe he was talking about the drums. I guess discs are pretty easy to do even if it's everything? How hard is it to convert the back axle to disc as well? I'd like to not...
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    Not sure if I want to do brakes on my own, what's a decent price?

    Like I said, I'm not sure that I want to do the brakes on my 83 c20 ony my own. Also I haven't had the wheels off to take a look yet, but they're making a shitload of noise and i'm kind of preparing for the worst. If I need to do a full pads/calipers/rotors replacement on my front axle, anyone...
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    Messed up somewhere installing new distributor cap/rotor and cables. Need some guidance.

    So let me just make sure I understand. All I need to do is use the finger method to find my compression stroke on #1, get it as close to TDC as I can (which should be close enough?), note rotor location at my TDC, start cap wire for #1 at that location and go with my normal firing order from...
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    Messed up somewhere installing new distributor cap/rotor and cables. Need some guidance.

    I did not replace the distributor, just the distributor cap and rotor and wires. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Messed up somewhere installing new distributor cap/rotor and cables. Need some guidance.

    So theoretically couldn’t I change my #1 location on the cap all the way around until I find where it was? I wasn’t smart enough to mark that before. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Messed up somewhere installing new distributor cap/rotor and cables. Need some guidance.

    ‘83 Chevy C20 with 350. So yesterday I did the swap out mentioned in the title. I did not set up the cables to distributor cap in the same way it was already set up, because I noticed it was set up in some weird order. I set it up based on the photo in this post taken from my Haynes manual. With...
  24. Iamthewalrus

    I pulled the trigger on the truck. Now a newbie is looking for guidance!

    Hello all! For those that saw my post earlier this week, I bought the truck! Got a '83 C20 with a 350 and turbo 400 transmission. Truck is running, though not smoothly at idle. Like I said before, I have a very basic knowledge of what i'm doing here. But one of my goals of buying this...
  25. Iamthewalrus

    New to old trucks, just joined. Questions about a probable purchase.

    https://share.icloud.com/photos/0NyW1_E3b9WsVhoTLdEgZbatw#Austin_-_Highland Here's the link to the video I took of the truck yesterday.

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