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JJBswth replied to the thread Brakes won’t bleed, help!!!.When you empty the master cyl, you need to bench-bleed it before trying to bleed the rest of the system, otherwise you will never get it...
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JI don't know why,it's a luck of the draw thing,I've only had one mess with me,and it was in my 86C10,maybe a batch of the truck...
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JDid you empty the master cylinder reservoirs while you were doing your repairs. If the reservoirs ran empty you will need to bench bleed...
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JJBswth reacted to Dale A's post in the thread Truck starts when motor is cool, when warm it’s hit or miss. with
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Had similar problem. check the coil, when cold the windings are making contact when it gets hot it expands and something inside breaks... -
JStock fan? New stock Reverse rotation fan or original rotation? After looking at our serpentine trucks, looks like you might have the...
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JNo thermostat. Running, look in the radiator, make sure water is circulating. Replace tstat after engine breakin. I hope you are keeping...
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JJBswth reacted to Chevy 88's post in the thread Pretty sure I blew a head gasket this morning.... with Like.
I think that based on all of the info so far, I would suggest this: Remove the thermostat. Run the engine with the radiator cap off...
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JJBswth replied to the thread Are these modern carburetors a big improvement?.One guy got a super-rare 58 DeSoto FI Adventurer. He reverse-engineered that FI and realized that the transisters, etc. just couldn't...
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JJBswth reacted to PhotonFanatic's post in the thread Are these modern carburetors a big improvement? with Like.
It sounds as though the carb is fundamentally pretty darn limited and fuel injection should be used for greater accuracy and elimination...
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JJBswth reacted to Ricko1966's post in the thread Are these modern carburetors a big improvement? with Like.
AI stuff you gotta dig deeper. A lot of the decrease in cylinder wear is better metallurgy,low tension rings,better understanding of rod...
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JJBswth replied to the thread Are these modern carburetors a big improvement?.If they succeed in shutting CARB down, that will change.
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JJBswth reacted to Finkaire's post in the thread Are these modern carburetors a big improvement? with Like.
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JJBswth reacted to Rustisbest's post in the thread Are these modern carburetors a big improvement? with Like.
Unless you have a stock engine with the carb that came on it from the factory they all have to be tuned for the application. They only...
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JJBswth reacted to TotalyHucked's post in the thread Are these modern carburetors a big improvement? with Like.
I'd agree with Spencer on this one. A carb is a carb, period. There's not much to improve upon vs years ago. My dad has spent time with...
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JJBswth reacted to legopnuematic's post in the thread Are these modern carburetors a big improvement? with Like.
In my opinion, no they are not. A carburetor in its fundamental sense is using the same principles regardless of if it says Holley...
