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    Factory bumper hitch?

    http://imgur.com/gallery/LsYETRL Is this bumper hitch factory? I didn't know they would tow so much. I purchased a Reese class 3 hitch today and I looked at my truck to see the holes the instructions mentioned using. I noticed that there are already 2 brackets in those locations. What are they...
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    Does my engine have a chance of living?

    I've been running the truck since I got it back up and running Thursday night. I drove it the 1 hour and 45 minutes to work on Friday just to give it a real test. Besides a small antifreeze leak from the thermostat housing gasket and a decent oil leak from the oil gauge fitting I installed it...
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    Cup Holders?

    You can remove the plastic insert, then the cup holder will hold any sized cup. I have the one from LMC truck and that's what I do.
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    Cup Holders?

    I have the thing that LMC truck sells. Why don't you like it? I haven't had any trouble out if it so far.
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    Does my engine have a chance of living?

    Wow, that thread was all over the place. But, the general consensus seemed to be mobile 1 full synthetic 15w-50. Does that sound right to you?
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    Does my engine have a chance of living?

    How can I tell if it's stuck open or closed? The efe system is unhooked and probably has been for many years. Eventually I'm pulling the exhaust manifolds completely and installing headers when I put a new exhaust I'm.
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    Does my engine have a chance of living?

    You know... I kinda needed to hear this. I was freaked out about finding all that crap in the top of the motor. The truck is back together now and running better than it ever has in its life. I changed the oil and used 1 quart of marvel mystery oil. I will change the oil again in about a month...
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    Engine dieseling after shutting off

    I fixed the dieseling problem. It was probably that I had it idling way too fast. Ever since I idled it down I haven't had this problem.
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    Does my engine have a chance of living?

    Can I put the bypass spring back in after I weld it?
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    Engine dieseling after shutting off

    There's so little room to check the timing on this engine. Every YouTube video makes it seem so simple, but with the water pump and pulleys it's very hard to see the harmonic balancer.
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    Engine dieseling after shutting off

    I'm borrowing a timing light tomorrow. The truck is running so much better. I got it back together and drove it to town. I've got a bad exhaust leak that I'm going to have looked at as soon as possible.
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    Engine dieseling after shutting off

    My truck is a 84 Chevy K10 with a 305. I just put in an Edelbrock performer intake and 1406 carb. I finished putting my engine back together and after some adjustments it finally started running pretty smoothly. When I shut off the key, the engine kept running, but very badly. I've heard of it...
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    Does my engine have a chance of living?

    I am going to get the melling normal flow oil pump and a new pickup tube. Do I need anything else? I don't need a bushing or anything for the new pump and tube do I? I've seen where people say to tack weld them I'm place so the pickup won't fall out. I have a flux core wire welder, but can I...
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    Does my engine have a chance of living?

    Will do. I looked on the reviews on Amazon for the high flow pump and a lot of people are saying it caused problems on a stock engine.
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    Does my engine have a chance of living?

    Thanks a lot for showing me these oil filters! How long would you recommend these oil change intervals be? I don't drive the truck very much, but I could make sure to drive it a decent amount just to clean out the engine. Also would you recommend dropping the oil pan before or after doing this?
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    84 Chevy 305 intake and carb swap

    I finally got everything back together tonight and I'm about to rebuild my carb so I can install it. My stock bracket actually bolted straight back onto the Edelbrock manifold. Under one of the intake bolts and another bolt hole behind the carb. It looks like the bracket is a little far to the...
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    Does my engine have a chance of living?

    How do you know it's pennzoil? Because you're both right. I use pennzoil platinum full synthetic in all my engines, except this one. But I was planning on filling it back up with Pennzoil as it's always been changed with pennzoil. Should I not use pennzoil anymore? What should I use instead...
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    Does my engine have a chance of living?

    The valve covers were not full of oil thankfully. Just a couple small puddles where there weren't any drains. I've almost got the engine reassembled. If I drop the oil pan, which I plan on doing, I will probably replace the oil pump and screen because I never want to have to drop the pan again...
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    Does my engine have a chance of living?

    I had already put the intake on. I studied the photos I have a little closer and they do seem to be at different heights. Maybe it's just the angle. I'm hoping they're okay.
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    Distributor pull and replace questions

    I got my distributor back in. I ended up having to use a long screwdriver to rotate the oil pump shaft. It's facing a little closer to the center of the engine that cylinder #1, but I looked at the marking on the harmonic balancer and it's rotated slightly past the TDC mark, so it should be good.
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    Does my engine have a chance of living?

    The valves were actually fairly clean.
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    Distributor pull and replace questions

    I want to thank everybody for their help. I think I've got this now.
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    Distributor pull and replace questions

    Is the rotor supposed to be pointing at #1 cylinder after it's installed?
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    Distributor pull and replace questions

    I tried reinstalling the distributor exactly as I had removed it, but to make it slot in with the pump it ended up being further clockwise than it was when I had removed it. I don't know what caused this to happen as I haven't moved the truck since yesterday. So I gave up trying to do it that...
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    Does my engine have a chance of living?

    I plan on pulling the oil pan and possibly replacing the oil pump and screen just to make sure.

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