Vintage Musclecar
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- Joined
- Jun 28, 2021
- Posts
- 57
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- Location
- Ohio
- First Name
- Eric
- Truck Year
- 1990
- Truck Model
- Silverado 3500
- Engine Size
- 454
New guy from SW Ohio (near Dayton) saying hi.
Please pardon the seemingly unfitting user name, it's the screen name I go by on all of the car forums I participate on. (I restore parts for classic musclecars for a living, hence the screen name)
I've owned a couple of square bodies over the years, and I've been looking for quite some time for another one, but never could find quite the right deal until earlier this month when I picked up a 1990 3500 3+3 long bed Dually with a 454 and a 400 Turbo (rear gearing unknown at the time).
It had been stored in a barn since roughly 2014, and since that time the avian inhabitants of said barn contributed heavily towards the truck's...shall we say..."patina".
The truck wasn't a runner when I bought it, so I got a reasonably good deal on it. The odometer is rolled over so I'm not 100% certain on the actual mileage, but judging by the overall mechanical condition of the truck I believe it's only got a tick over 110K on it.
I had the truck dropped off at a repair shop after I bought it for them to go over it and figure out what it needed to get it running (time is the issue for me, not mechanical abilities). So far its taken a fresh battery (obviously), a fair amount of underhood wiring repairs thanks to rodents chewing them up, and a new distributor--but they got it running last week. The fuel system is completely toast, so it's getting new tanks and sending units, plus an external electric fuel pump. The truck won't be TBI for long, so installing new in-tank pumps was moot as they wouldn't be capable of supplying sufficient fuel for what's to come.
Since the TBI runs on roughly 12 PSI, I'm using a Holley Blue electric pump which puts out 12-14 PSI unregulated which *should* work with the TBI for now. When the truck is converted to carbureted, it's a simple matter of installing a fuel pressure regulator to work with the carb.
If anyone's interested in the project, I'll start a build thread in the appropriate forum.
Thanks for allowing me on board.
Eric
Please pardon the seemingly unfitting user name, it's the screen name I go by on all of the car forums I participate on. (I restore parts for classic musclecars for a living, hence the screen name)
I've owned a couple of square bodies over the years, and I've been looking for quite some time for another one, but never could find quite the right deal until earlier this month when I picked up a 1990 3500 3+3 long bed Dually with a 454 and a 400 Turbo (rear gearing unknown at the time).
It had been stored in a barn since roughly 2014, and since that time the avian inhabitants of said barn contributed heavily towards the truck's...shall we say..."patina".
The truck wasn't a runner when I bought it, so I got a reasonably good deal on it. The odometer is rolled over so I'm not 100% certain on the actual mileage, but judging by the overall mechanical condition of the truck I believe it's only got a tick over 110K on it.
I had the truck dropped off at a repair shop after I bought it for them to go over it and figure out what it needed to get it running (time is the issue for me, not mechanical abilities). So far its taken a fresh battery (obviously), a fair amount of underhood wiring repairs thanks to rodents chewing them up, and a new distributor--but they got it running last week. The fuel system is completely toast, so it's getting new tanks and sending units, plus an external electric fuel pump. The truck won't be TBI for long, so installing new in-tank pumps was moot as they wouldn't be capable of supplying sufficient fuel for what's to come.
Since the TBI runs on roughly 12 PSI, I'm using a Holley Blue electric pump which puts out 12-14 PSI unregulated which *should* work with the TBI for now. When the truck is converted to carbureted, it's a simple matter of installing a fuel pressure regulator to work with the carb.
If anyone's interested in the project, I'll start a build thread in the appropriate forum.
Thanks for allowing me on board.
Eric
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