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    Truck Not Starting

    Hey guys! My truck has died. :( I was driving one day bring home a bunch of lumber from the hardware store. I pulled over to tighten the tow straps and then the truck wouldn't start! It didn't even make a noise, no dash lights either. After 3 hours of scratching my head, i ended up...
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    Hoop Steps

    I want to add hoop steps to my truck. I was looking at my LMC Truck catalog and it said that you can't mount hoop steps on an 85 Chevy that has side mounted gas tanks (which mine does). Anyone know if this is true? And if it is how can I mount steps on the truck then?! Do I have to move my gas...
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    New Engine Coolant Leak, Hi Temp.

    So I took the truck to a shop to get a coolant system pressure test and I just got a call from the mechanic. He said that the water pump AND the radiator both have leaks. DAMN! Not what I wanted to hear. The shop wanted around $1,000 to fix everything. SCREW THAT. Hopefully I can figure out how...
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    New Engine Coolant Leak, Hi Temp.

    I can try and "burp" the system as well. Take the radiator cap off, jack the truck up, and start the engine to get the bubbles out. That might help. Hopefully the weep hole isn't too hard to get at so I can check that as well. Thanks guys.
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    New Engine Coolant Leak, Hi Temp.

    Hey guys, it's been a while. Let me catch you up... My Uncle (who is a mechanic) and I messed around with my engine for at least a month and couldn't get it working right. And I needed my truck working very soon with all the construction happening at my house. So I bought a new engine. This...
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    Need Advice on Engine

    ok, i'll put that stuff on my list of things to pick up.
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    Need Advice on Engine

    Tried working on my truck again today. Took me a while to get it started, I had to stomp on the gas a lot until it finally turned over. It started up and it was squealing like crazy so I tightened the alternator and that went away. (Small Victory!) It was running pretty rough so I twisted the...
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    Need Advice on Engine

    Thanks Skweegle89!
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    Need Advice on Engine

    I forgot to mention.... There's also been this strange popping noise that happens on occasion. It's not the engine back firing. It comes from the back driver side of the engine. Seems to stop when the engine runs for a bit.
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    Need Advice on Engine

    Setting the timing would be a good thing for sure, Honestly the whole garage smelled like gas because of what we were doing. There's so much oil on everything under the engine. There's a leak somewhere... And oil is covered on everything from the oil pan till the rear transfer case. It's...
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    Need Advice on Engine

    #3 one if the belt drives has 2 yellow markings on it,to we would "tap" the engine until those two lines would line up so we could tell when the engine was lined up.
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    Need Advice on Engine

    Man, the compression test was crazy. I didn't know how to do it so I let my uncle do it. We took the Valve covers off and I started the engine and my uncle used a wrench to adjust the valves a quarter turn at a time. We only adjusted the bad valves. I know you said to not do it with the engine...
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    Need Advice on Engine

    Hey guys, I FINALLY got around to doing a valve adjustment with my uncle. We also replaced the oil sending unit and the valve cover gaskets, as well as adjusting the distributor position. I went for a test drive and everything seemed to improve! Better acceleration and it started right up on...
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    Need Advice on Engine

    Thanks for all the advice guys! I'm still driving the truck on a weekly basis. I'm hoping to at least have the valve adjustment done by the new year. My uncle, who is a mechanic has agreed to help me. My plan is to try and follow all your steps here and he can make sure I don't destroy...
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    Need Advice on Engine

    Hey guys, It's been a while. I've been super busy with other projects around the house to get to my truck. I'm thinking of just taking the truck back to the shop where I got the compression test and getting the valves adjusted there to get it done. Today I did finally call the mechanic and he...
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