its a 2bbl 305 with iron heads.
I didnt check them for cracks, I could see where the old head gasket failed and where the previous owner had used the head gasket sealer quick fix it bottle and it sealed for a while, so I was assuming it wasnt cracked.
I did check and they were flat within spec...
Anybody ever have problems with these fancy new type gaskets?
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=447180&cc=1030723&pt=5412
I had a blown head gasket and replaced it with these new MLS looking severe duty head gaskets
Truck ran great a few times. Then when I was changing the...
Anybody ever use these? Any long term opinions?
They seem pretty cool, like they would work good for an older engine that just needed head gaskets
thanks
I'm gonna try to keep this thing running, it's my budget beater
I have some dye pen and a uv light, but good idea with the pencil, that can check for flatness too
It's how hard the pencil is, softer the darker/thicker lines, harder the thinner but lighter lines
Nope it was running really...
So I finally sorted my electrical, gauges, brakes and suspension
Was warming it up and topping off fluid to go for a ride when i looked up and see white smoke all down my block...
After i let it cool down sure enough my radiator was low
Pulled the engine apart and think it was #6 leaking on me
Really really REALLY frustrated right now by the previous owner of my truck
I was doing the bearings because one side was toast, pulled the rotor got the bearing part numbers, measured the rotor and ordered the light duty parts. Parts came in, got one side done
Today I go to finish the job...
thanks for the feedback
I had tested the sending unit as you had described, which is why I started digging into the cluster, thats when I found that the resistor on the back was dead.
When I run the engine and rev it, the resistance does move the way I think. I put on 1 twist of teflon tape...
Been reading a lot of other threads about these factory oil gauges and had some questions for you electrical gurus
My original sender was leaking, so I replaced it with a 60psi unit from Rock Auto
I replaced it, but gauge does not respond to the engine rev'ing, stays low at like 10-15psi...
Question for you all,
So the previous owner of my truck torched the stock springs, and now every corner sits at a different height, Im trying to figure out where it should be and get an idea of what the stock height is.
I measured from the centerline of the tire/wheels up to the fender arch...
heck yeah, hopefully I can get you part or hopefully all the way there
it is funny though to see the difference in design of these seats
the new seats are super beefy and use giant bearing surfaces on the screws
the old seats are pretty thin gauge brackets and 6 smallish (5/16?) screws