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  1. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    @JBswth, it was the inspection cover, apparently. They pulled the cover to check inside the bell housing area, found nothing of concern, put the cover back, started the engine to use a stethoscope to track the sound, and the sound was gone. The only thing we can think is the cover was put on in...
  2. Disco

    Carb question

    Do you have a picture or two of how this is done? Will I need to purchase a OP switch? I’ve seen a few threads around about converting Q-jet divorced to electric choke. Is that what we’re talking about?
  3. Disco

    Carb question

    And that’s it? There’s nothing else to do converting from divorced to electric?
  4. Disco

    Carb question

    I’m gonna revive this with another question. @Paladin, since you encouraged getting a Holley, maybe you can help. Everyone else, feel free to chime in… I’m replacing the tired slobberjet with a new Holley 4175 Q-jet style unit. It has an electric choke. I need a suggestion of where to look for...
  5. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    I’d love to have some car friends around.
  6. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    She’s home. It was the inspection cover of all things. They went to go scope it. They took off the cover, the noise went away. They put the cover back on and it stayed away. Thank you, everyone, for your suggestions and help!
  7. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    UPDATE: I went to the shop and talked to the owner. He agrees that it’s unusual that a healthy engine suddenly starts making noise after having work done. I found a video of my truck running the last time I had it running and showed him. He said he will personally check it out. Fingers crossed.
  8. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    I’m gonna see how much integrity the shop has. It’s still over there (it’s been a hell of a morning), so I’m gonna talk to the owner about having them double check their work, looking for something hitting the block or bell housing, as previously discussed. If I have it towed home and I discover...
  9. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    Thanks!
  10. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    They replaced the clutch with the same type they pulled out (the odd “heavy duty” one with the coil springs around the outside and the three levers, rather than the typical diaphragm type). I would assume they measured the flywheel and ordered the correct replacement as well… I’m having a...
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    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    That could be… I was wondering about the speed. And valvetrain noise would be even slower, yes? Half the speed of crank speed? I’ll ask them tomorrow. Thinking about it, it does make the sound - quieter, but it’s there - when it’s cranking. If it were a knock, I don’t know that it would do that…
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    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    Ugh. Car forums… I have never replaced a flywheel or clutch in a V8. The only experience I have in that area is from 20 years ago with a 73 VW Bug which has an engine small enough you don’t need a hoist; you can pull it out by hand. It weighs 80 lbs. I wasn’t about to learn how to change a...
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    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    Ok. Thanks, y’all. I’ll have it towed and see what’s what. Hopefully it’s not too expensive and it’s something I can do. A camshaft, for instance, is outside of my capability. I don’t have an engine hoist and cannot afford one.
  14. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    A worn out cam would cause a knock? I would figure a bad cam would result in a no start condition. Is that not the case? Is this even a knock I’m hearing?
  15. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    Yes, she has oil. It’s old oil, but it’s there and it’s full.
  16. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    Ugh. This hurts. So I bought my C10 2 years ago. She had spent 15-20 years sitting in a neighbor’s backyard, slowly sinking into the dirt. The engine rotated over by hand with good compression, so when I bought her, I pulled the plugs and filled the cylinders with a mix of ATF and MMO, then I...
  17. Disco

    Paint name & code

    @Termite_Delight we thought about exchanging the lite blue for white. It’s a tough choice because on one hand, the factory color combo wasn’t bad, but on the other, blue and white is iconic.
  18. Disco

    Paint name & code

    Lol. Regardless, this is to OE color scheme for my Big 10, and I plan to return her one day to her original beauty.
  19. Disco

    Paint name & code

    Sweet. I’ve seen build sheets like that before, but this is the first one that has Hawaiian blue labeled medium in parenthesis. I’ve only seen one or the other. The sample is supposed to be a 75 according to the sales listing, but the target truck (mine) is a 78. These are the colors mine came...
  20. Disco

    Paint name & code

    Does anyone know what colors these are? The darker one I have seen called Hawaiian Blue and Medium Blue. I believe the lighter color is simply Light Blue.
  21. Disco

    What is you headlight setup

    I dunno. A proper LED headlight setup should not dazzle. LEDs that use the same light pattern as halogens and that are aimed correctly should not have much more effect on opposing travel than halogens. Most of the issues with LED lights are units aimed too far up or too far into traffic, or they...
  22. Disco

    What did you pay for a square

    I’ve been told my truck is a bit of an odd, rare bird. I don’t know how accurate that is, but I haven’t seen many like it.
  23. Disco

    What did you pay for a square

    @mtbadbob I chuckled at the polar differences in our tastes. You went through the work of drilling holes to put the tailgate band back on. My first mod to my truck was to remove it and put it in my shed. I might consider one of those narrow filler bands with “Chevrolet” stamped in the center...
  24. Disco

    What did you pay for a square

    Great story! Glad you were able to save it!
  25. Disco

    What did you pay for a square

    Same model years, even! Mine’s a 78 Silverado (sans a/c) short bed with dual tanks, a 350, and a Muncie 4 speed. Yours?

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