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    fast idle/curb idle on Rochester 2GV

    great. be sure your vacuum advance is disconnected when you are setting timing. (not to be condescending...happens all the time).
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    fast idle/curb idle on Rochester 2GV

    Finding the sweet spot to me would be to check and set timing, then set your hot idle and adjust idle mixture (and reset idle to your target in the process), then set high idle with choke engaged. You’d want you use your vacuum gauge for setting mixture. Better men than me can tell you best...
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    fast idle/curb idle on Rochester 2GV

    I don’t know your setup. For instance, in the mid 80s, A stock automatic c10 V8 would idle somewhere around 550-600 rpm in drive. You are reporting 850 warm, which sounds high for a stock motor (a cammed motor needs more idle). Some GM engines were set up so that the solenoid is actually the...
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    fast idle/curb idle on Rochester 2GV

    Is it possible that your choke is working fine but you have a hefty vacuum leak? Like are all vacuum ports plugged? That’s one thing to check when the idle screw can’t get your idle down far enough. Edit: just realized what I’m looking at: the fast idle (or smog/anti diesel) solenoid is...
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    Chevy 14 bolt - gov bomb locker???

    Yeah I see it. The OPs just looks less built up. I see the cone shaped difference now.
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    Chevy 14 bolt - gov bomb locker???

    1981 g80 gov loc 14 b ff dually. I serviced the diff last summer and this is what it looked like. Only pics I have. Look similar to op.
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    Restoring A/C

    Getting A/c to run is a rewarding project. You have a lot of stuff missing. The vacuum lines to the vacuum canister on your passenger side firewall are missing and easy to replace, but you’ll also have to check all your vacuum lines inside the cab. Since you said the heat works well, that...
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    Dana 60 axle play

    Got it done with a new 9/16-18 nylock nut. I also replaced front and back shocks with some kyb monomax shocks. I think the shocks were factory original. The fronts will compress with gravity. Rears too. Totally ragged out.
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    Dana 60 axle play

    Yeah. I think I’m lucky. I sheared the threads off the nut. Bolt looks good. I just ran a thread chaser over it. And yes, I’m sure I screwed up on torque spec. 2wd nut is the retainer for the arm. 4wd the bolt cross locks the arm in via a groove in the steering box output shaft. I’ll just lock...
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    Dana 60 axle play

    Had on my front end checklist to “torque pitman arm.” Torque setting from the interwebs? 180 ftlbs. Sheared off my nut threads. Pitman arm still intact. This is why I can’t have nice things.
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    Dana 60 axle play

    Got the driver side spring in. Good news! The driver side still sits lower. The Chevy lean continues.
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    Dana 60 axle play

    On springs: I got one side done over the past weekend, new shackles, bushings, springs and u bolts. I got a kick out of how the side I fixed sat a full 2 inches higher than the side with the old spring still on. I think the springs were a little tired.
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    87 dually 1 ton brakes

    I bought new from rockauto last year for a 4x4 dually. Shouldn’t be hard to find for a 2wd.
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    I had the truck on the rack to get the parking brake set up properly and I went ahead and serviced the diff. Gears look good. Only a little grime in the bottom of the diff and no water. All good. It has been years now, but I’m pretty sure this truck has 3.31 gears. It was snappy before I...
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    I got out ye olde flap disk and worked on the windshield channel. Some before and after pics on bot sides here. The passenger side was pitted way worse than driver, but I’m gonna throw some evaporust on the remaining pits and just prime from there. For some reason my phone now takes...
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