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  1. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    Only one in stock is a high volume or standard volume standard pressure, I already have a bigger pan on there. Does the melling high volume pump come with a new plastic coupling usually?
  2. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    Oil pan is leaking pretty bad. I’m dropping the pan to put in a new 1 piece gasket, and I’m going to put a high volume pump in and run a lighter oil. Can I use the drive shaft that is already in there on the new pump or do I need to get one of the melling performance ones?
  3. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    So a little bit of play rocking the wheel back and forth cold is normal? I’ll go back those nuts off one hole on the lock washer. Will it do any damage if I use it for another day as is?
  4. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    I torqued the nut down to seat the bearings while spinning it, backed it off as much as I could to where there was no play and the pin would line up for the lock washer. Then torqued the outer nut to around 100 ft lbs, shot some more grease in there after that to make sure there was plenty. It’s...
  5. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    I ran it with the line loosened to purge the air out. It looks like it’s only doing it when it’s cold. Now I’m having issues with my hubs getting to be 170 degrees after a highway drive in 105 degree weather going 75. Not sure why, I just cleaned and packed the bearings recently.
  6. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    When it’s hot and the pressure goes down to 11 psi at idle the gauge doesn’t flutter. What would cause it to flutter like that?
  7. 84prspctr

    Jegs Wiring harness versus Painless Wiring Harness

    I got a harness from speedway, it was easy to install with good directions and came with all the connectors and switches. Was very high quality
  8. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    I just replaced the old plastic pressure line for the gauge, it was getting brittle. The pressure always “fluttered” a little at idle but not enough to really notice it. Now with the new line the gauge is fluttering a little at idle. Is this normal? I have a video but the quality is too low to...
  9. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    I went on this forum because it has a gm engine, Gm transmission, Gm steering, and a square body wiring harness
  10. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    The radiator is on the small side because it is in an old jeep truck. I don’t have a fan shroud either. I’m running 50/50 coolant in it too. Next summer I will put an aluminum radiator in it and electric fans. I have 20w50 in there because that is what was recommended by a lot of the shops...
  11. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    Here’s an update on the oil pressure after pretty much daily driving decent distances in 107-110 degree weather. Water temp never goes above 215, even in a parade. Oil pressure after running hard on the freeway will be at about 25 psi for 2400 rpm and about 30 psi at 3000 rpm at 210 degrees. At...
  12. 84prspctr

    China wall leak

    It isn’t dripping any oil, just puffing a little bit of blow by out and misting the engine with fine oil. I can’t tell a difference in performance, it still runs a little rich too. Sits at its 600 rpm idle with no stumbling or anything
  13. 84prspctr

    China wall leak

    I have been driving it like this for a few months, just so happened I found out that was the cause. I’ll clean it up and smear some rtv on the face like you guys said. Thanks
  14. 84prspctr

    China wall leak

    The wall on the front of the engine where the intake mates to the block where your supposed to run a bead of rtv
  15. 84prspctr

    China wall leak

    I finally stumbled across the cause for the front of my engine/intake being misted with oil. I happened to have it running with the hood open and the sun was shining perfectly to where I could see small puffs of blow by or gasses coming through the China wall up front. The engine isn’t loosing...
  16. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    I am going to put a 160 in or a 180 in when it starts getting cooler out. It is running really well right now with the 1” retractor plate stays right around 180 degrees to 190 never above no matter how hot the outdoor temp. Hoses pressurize just fine. As for the 20w50, a lot of the people I have...
  17. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    Gauge is messed up. Sometimes works sometimes doesn’t. Checked with multimeter and it’s got 14.3 volts. Gas gauge reads backwards and bounces also because it is the wrong ohm rating. I might as well replace all those gauges with the same type as the new oil pressure gauge
  18. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    Trucks doing good. Sitting in stopped traffic in 100 degree weather for 30 min pressure never dropped below that
  19. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    Yep. I will see what the pressure does after a 45 minute highway drive in 105 degree heat tomorrow
  20. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    New gauge, way more pressure.
  21. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    New gauge is coming today. I will post if there is any difference with the new gauge. If it’s not the gauge should I move on to buy a new pump and pickup?
  22. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    Took the thermostat out, punched out the thermostat valve in the middle so it was just a disk. Cut it out until there was an opening of 1” in the middle, basically making a restrictor plate out of it so that the system will still pressurize unlike running with nothing in the thermostat area...
  23. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    here’s a video of it running now
  24. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    I was going to put a old Stewart Warner gauge that was on my ford 2n but it’s the wrong size for the line that is already in the dash. I will get a Bosch full sweep gauge or something tomorrow for cheap to double check. The engine doesn’t sound like it has any clattering knocking or rattling...
  25. 84prspctr

    Oil pressure help

    And what is the minimum safe hot 500 rpm in gear idle oil pressure?

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