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    A weird minor problem....

    I don't know exactly what catagory to put this in, but it is certainly engine related: Engine is a 1989 454, TBI and stock manifolds (no headers). Pulling the dipstick to check the oil is straightforward, but putting it back in has become very very difficult. Difficult to the point I am...
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    5.7 Vortec and TBI

    I throw this out as a "needs further research" option, but I have been told (without being able to confirm) that the intake manifolds on the 1987-1991 big block trucks that came with TBI are actually a standard spreadbore manifold with a TBI adaptor/riser (with water passage) set between the...
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    Need help with part number/name 1987 V3500 7.4L N TBI

    On my 1989 TBI 7.4L that is a coolant tempt switch that is wired over to a relay on the driver side inner fender. The relay controls the factory electric secondary fan mounted in front of the radiator. Unfortunately mine is also somewhat broken (it still works but you have to just jury-rig the...
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    88 Suburban Barn Door Alignment

    I used the LMC weatherstripping on my doors and they do close/latch, but I do get a small drip right at the top center when it rains and I don't seem to have enough adjustment on the body side of the latching mechanism to pull them in all the way, and sometimes I get a slight rattle which makes...
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    Engine oil lines.

    My 1989 big block has the factory oil cooler hoses attaching to fittings on the filter assembly not directly into the block, but the correct lines are metal with a properly rated rubber section in the middle (hard lines all the way end to end would be prone to fatigue/breaking). The factory oil...
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    Parting 85 GMC

    Do you still have the under-hood components for the cruise control (possibly not if it was engine swapped). I have all the under-dash and brake pedal attachments but I am missing the vacuum actuator with its electronic components and pretty much everything that belongs on the engine side of the...
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    87 chev tbi, Vacuum canister? Timing advance?

    Its one of the things I am missing!!! Ricko is right, it is part of the cruise control system - its a vacuum actuator that (when working correctly) moves the throttle linkage.
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    Update on my Ignition Module failure!

    I grabbed an old Sears tach/dwell/voltage tester from a thrift store last year for the whopping sum of $4.00. Some wires were chewed up but new wire and clips on the end and it works great.
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    Gas in Oil!?

    Can you get just a generic metal can filter with a simple barb on each end? My current British project has the glass filter (and currently only gets run from a boat tank). I want to swap it with a metal filter. Without knowing an "application specific" part number finding just a generic has...
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    Gas in Oil!?

    I experienced this twice - once on a large GM 4 door car and once on a Jeep with a 2.5L GM engine. In both cases, the diaphram on the mechanical fuel pump had ruptured, so as the engine was turning the pump was cheerfully filling the crankcase with fuel. Not fun, definately check it before...
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    Black wire connected to indicator lamp

    If it is actuallly a black copper wire and not the optical lead mentioned above, good chance it is a ground (possibly for all the cluster bulbs?)
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    headlight/seat belt buzzer

    I get irritated by the old-school seat belt buzzers because sometimes I just want to sit in the truck with the heat or AC on and not be "reminded" (because I'm not actuallly moving). My newer vehicles don't start hitting the buckle-up nag until you are moving between 5 and 10 MPH which is fine...
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    Whats your opinion these welders?

    I have both a Hobart MIG and a PrimeWeld for TIG. I'm not real good with the TIG at this point, but have had very limited opportunity to practice with it yet (have only had the machine for a few months and the 1st 3 months of the year are my "zero free time" period). It is a nicely made...
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    Grounding an Ignition control module!

    I thought I had a problem with my ignition module ground - I put a small ring terminal on a length of wire, put that under one of the distributor cap screws (mine has the type of cap that screws down not just half turn) after confirming the continuity of grounding to that point, and then put the...
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    Changing brake fluid

    I may start doing this on my Suburban if/when it comes back from the shop. It got a pretty solid front brake system flush when I did the whole front brake replace last year, but the rear system did not get touched at that time and frankly I'm afraid to mess with it because the version of 14...
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    Stolen!

    When I had to drive my British convertible to work in a less-than-steller area of the city I lived in at the time, I would disconnect the fuel pump power (was easy to access inside the car) but never locked the doors. The cost of the damage they would do cutting thru the convertible top would...
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    Proportioning Valve and Bleeding

    I have never been able to successfully vacuum-bleed anything on any vehicle. Gravity bleeding has worked sometimes if you can get it started and orient the bleed valve straight up, but I almost always end up with the whole find-some-to-push-the-pedal routine which is never easy when you live...
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    AFR GAUGE addition?

    Now I want to know more about this MGB race car........
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    Review: Simple, stand alone GPS tracker

    I suppose a well hidden Apple Airtag type device would work as well if the stolen vehicle moved through a populated enough area for the airtags to work/communicate. I don't have that kind of phone or working service where I live so it wouldn't help me, but there are lots of people who it would...
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    Whip antenna for CB on a Suburban

    I used to use CB's a lot when I did more road travel, and when I lived in Virginia and had a boat on the bay. It was (and still is) illegal to use a marine VHF radio on land without a license (but legal to use on the water), so I always had both a CB and a marine VHF on board so I could...
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    Stolen!

    After reading these posts yesterday I went out this morning and carefully did a couple minor but invisible things on the big blue Suburban which means it won't start until they are undone.
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    New project owner

    Nice! I'd be more worried about the paperwork side of things - if it had a large collection of outstanding fines, will you be even able to get a title for the truck and will you be responsible for clearing those fines?
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    No crank. No power at all 1885gmc 2500

    If you have no power anywhere, I'd start with the basics - put a meter on your battery and make sure you have power (yes I know you ran it just a while ago but I have seen batteries develop an open while driving and be absolutely dead..happened to a co worker with their Pontiac a couple years ago).
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    87 tbi 350 popping at idle and running rich

    Ahh thanks for clarifying!!! Now I won't end up spend a day searching for it....
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    87 tbi 350 popping at idle and running rich

    I may have to look at this myself. I keep getting lean code error and can't find it, and the spray patterns "seem" nice and even. How hard was it to swap the injectors (based on the way my wiring was butchered when I got the truck I'm assuming someone did this once before). Someone also...

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