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    Suburban Project- Need Help!

    Thanks all for the replies! I've been trying to wrench on it for a couple hours every other day...gotta say my forearms are feeling it! That and my upper thighs from bending over the fenders. Neighbors probably aren't thrilled as this is going down in the driveway as my garage is packed with...
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    Suburban Project- Need Help!

    It's a pretty sad state of affairs really...our kids are not in school, no sports...all based on "compiled data" the governor readily says he is not going to release..bullshit... ironically the word "liberal" in the dictionary is the complete opposite of their mentality: relating to or...
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    Suburban Project- Need Help!

    Haha..so true Dingo! I'm optimistic at this point..coming from a pessimist
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    Suburban Project- Need Help!

    Thanks for the reassurance! Yeah I'm going to hit Harbor Freight and get a cherry picker this afternoon...
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    Can it be saved

    Hey B, Here is the thread I started https://www.gmsquarebody.com/threads/suburban-project-need-help.32391/#post-648657
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    Suburban Project- Need Help!

    Monster suburban! Haha...problem with that is in California I would have to go and get all the smog equipment that came originally on the BBC...come to think of it, I thought I heard somewhere that the BBC options didn't have all the smog stuff on it..here is the excerpt from the Bureau of...
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    Suburban Project- Need Help!

    Hey All, I want to apologize to B1075 for hijacking his thread inadvertantly! My story...picked up a 1981 K1500 Suburban from a widow in Bakersfield who's husband died and this was their ranch vehicle. It was said to run when parked about 5 years ago.. I tried getting it to turn manually...
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    Can it be saved

    Appreciate my man! I will start a new thread and post the link here. I have to tell you that your ride reminds me of a comment a good friend of mine said when I told him I was going to pick up a square Suburban to replace the current situation..."Your going to make all the soccer moms grab...
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    Wondering if I could get some honest opinions

    All day long here...you can't really even find them...I just saw a guy sell a '77 2WD relatively clean/original for $4500... interesting to see the ranges across the different regions
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    Can it be saved

    Yeah..sorry my friends.. got a little carried away!
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    Can it be saved

    I'd love to...however in the great state of California it seems like I would literally need to have another Suburban sitting right next to it for donor parts and then deal with smog refs, etc... I'm working with some space issues as is, haha
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    Can it be saved

    So I pulled the passenger side head off..looks relatively normal except for a bit of sludge in #2? Although the penetrating oil didn't drain in the others? I think don't think I'll have enough time to get the driver's side off today...it will be tomorrow's workout!
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    Can it be saved

    If it was 2 months ago I'd offer to buy the gas for the road trip! I'm not sure what it's doing in the rest of the country but with all the tax increases we are hit with, regular unleaded in Socal is over $3.50 per gal now! I figure at this point the only thing holding me back from yanking the...
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    Can it be saved

    That was another one of my thoughts but I've scoured through Craigslist ads from here to Los Angeles and can't find anything other than rebuilds...maybe I should expand my search..haha
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    Can it be saved

    Thanks for the replies gents! Yeah, I'm definitely in pergatory... I bought it to replace a 2003 Suburban that has over 250k miles on it, flaking paint and engine codes...I absolutely need the space of a Suburban for hauling people/gear back and forth to the beach etc.. My thought was a...
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    Can it be saved

    Yeah, I'm committed at this point! Quick question though, I don't see how pulling the heads off would help in getting the lifters unstuck?
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    Can it be saved

    Ok...so I pulled the manifold off..or should I say I spent 2 hours unhooking all the smog stuff and then took the manifold off and I don't think it looks too bad? The lifters are NOT moving so I soaked them in Deep Creep...should I try tapping on them to break them loose?
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    Can it be saved

    SWEET! Love the flame job!
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    Can it be saved

    Hahaha...strength in numbers at that point! I'm going to yank the intake tomorrow and see what it gives me....I would think at that point if nothing looked terrible, I could douse the valley with lube and try rotating it again?
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    Can it be saved

    However, I don't think anything got into the cylinders as I went out and got a handheld inspection camera and ran it down each cylinder.. nothing was staring back at me, no skeletons. There was some carbon build up on #7 ..#5 seemed to be TDC but I could see a VERY small space between the top of...
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    Can it be saved

    Haha! Well put! There was some mice debris on the intake almost exactly where the rust was occurring on the rockers. The gloves need to come off it sounds like!
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    Can it be saved

    I was going to loosen the rockers to relieve the some resistance but ended up just pulling them off and taking out the pushrods to see if there was any rust on the lower parts..and it didn't look too bad, none bent..I will pull the manifold tomorrow/sat... So basically if the oil pan isn't a...
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    Can it be saved

    I would concur with that...how much force would it take to do that? I got it moving about 2-3 degrees before I took the valve covers off... The story made sense at the time it was parked perfectly by the front door of the house... I guess if I pulled the heads and see some swaying palm trees...
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    Can it be saved

    It was like that when I took it off....your thinking mass casualties eh? I thought I broke it free a couple minutes ago...alas it was just the breaker bar snapping off at the socket...I'm at the point I think I just need to pull manifold/heads to see exactly what is happening? Probably would...
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    Can it be saved

    I did drain the oil ad didn't see any metal bits in there..it was BLACK and smelled like turpentine. I popped the valve covers about a week into it and didn't see anything moving while I was rocking it. However 3-4 of the rockers on each side had some rust on them

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