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    please help with new truck !!!

    uhh..... yupp but im gonna grab some gaskets at oreillys tomorrow so hopefuly thatll be the end of that
  2. M

    please help with new truck !!!

    this truck is definitely bringing me to my limits on troubleshooting now if it was a wiring problem I could have anything running as far as the intake its what looks to be a aluminum edelbrock intake and as far as the gaskets not quite sure on the color because of the massive amounts of...
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    please help with new truck !!!

    ok hooked up the vacuum gauge today to the tube under the carb and after I adjusted it the highest I could I can only get the vacuum to 10 and that's with the mixture screws screwed out a pretty good ways to where there almost wobbly it will drive fine down the road but if you floor it now it...
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    please help with new truck !!!

    sorry for not being back on here for a few days I had a Honda come in with some body work needing done and I need the $500 extra cash soo ive been tied up with that so I got to looking for a vacuum gauge and don't call me stupid but it seems like every parts store I go to doesn't have one or...
  5. M

    please help with new truck !!!

    What's doing the slight loss of power/bogg in 3rd when I'm getting on it the rear float not being adjusted right? And I'll see what I can adjust with a vacuum gauge imma drop by and grab one today thanks for all the support soo far everyone :)
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    please help with new truck !!!

    I'll see what I can't get my hands on tomorrow after I get a vacuum gauge I hook it in under the carb and do some adjusting from there I think I read something about adjust the mixture screws 1-1/4 out then adjust them out for the best gauge vacuum correct
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    please help with new truck !!!

    Well think I'm might be getting somewhere moved the fuel pump about 4 inches from the tank and wired it up then dialed my fuel regulator in to between 5 and 6 psi backed the air mix screws on each side out 1 and 1/2 turns and adjusted the front fuel bowl today to a slight trickle out the side...
  8. M

    please help with new truck !!!

    another long night at work and pouring rain all day but tomorrow im off :) picked up my fuel pressure regulator today on the way home and all set for a day off to hopefully get my problem fixed
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    please help with new truck !!!

    sorry got in from work late tonight and didn't get to oreillys today to get a fuel pressure regulator but ill have one itm and by the way the block suffix code behind the altenator is ( CHJ144919 ) looked through the codes online and its either a 307 or 350 and if I was a betting man I would say...
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    please help with new truck !!!

    From the castings of the heads and diagrams on line there the 283 power pack heads and it's a holley 1850 I think it said just had it gone through and rebuilt by a friend that works in nascar soo I know the carbs good to go besides adjusting and I'm gonna move the fuel pump to the closest place...
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    please help with new truck !!!

    my dad just recently bought a 74 custom10 truck. it has a 12 bolt rear and is automatic and he paid up for the truck because it was one like he had when he was young anyways story short he bought it before trying it out down the road (from a shiesty mechanic) with a supposed rebuilt 350 bored...
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