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  1. Carlton Huitt

    Oil pressure but no oil up top

    I’m priming the oil pump with a pump tool on a 73 350. I’m getting about 35 psi while turning it with an electric drill. After several minutes no oil in the valve train. It was working fine before I got my hands on it. Replaced valve seals and intake manifold. Took me a few weeks since I only...
  2. Carlton Huitt

    Bent

    Push rods. This was a 73 350. That was running good with bubblegum and spitwads holding it togoether. I was in the process of replacing valve umbrella covers. I found intake valve pushrod 2 and inyake 8 bent. Does that means death inside that bitch and I need to pull her? Or patch her up and...
  3. Carlton Huitt

    WTF? Intake manifold crud

    I removed my intake manifold and found the last two passages packed in rust. What does this mean?? Do I have to heap the engine? What can I do? This gets fun at some point right?
  4. Carlton Huitt

    73 Park Brake Switch

    My park brake light on the lower left of the instrument cluster is steady on. Does anyone know where the switch is so I can repair? Is it park brake warning or main brakes? Oh boy....:(
  5. Carlton Huitt

    Hanger bearing spacer

    I got a new hanger support bearing for the driveline on my 73 long bed C 10. It came with a spacer ring. Do I need to use it? If so does it go in front or behind the bearing on the shaft?
  6. Carlton Huitt

    Intake Manifold Bold length

    1973 C-10 350 engine, not original previous owners twice removed installed it. I am trying to address leaking oil around the intake manifold bolts at the 3 and 4 position on each side of the manifold. This was a botch job and it looks like they used whatever bolts they had in a coffee...
  7. Carlton Huitt

    New Guy

    Hello. I have a 73 Chevy C-10 fleetside. Just got it a couple of months ago. Running but rotten everything. Trying to get it up to safe beater condition.

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