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    Sbc dumping oil

    1970 350 engine, i know I’m an idiot. I blipped the throttle a couple times while it was cold and all of a sudden it dumped almost all the oil on the ground. When I start it it has a steady stream of oil dumping on the ground. I can’t see exactly where it’s coming from, but it’s the under side...
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    4.1 mpg?

    I know the fuel mileage shouldn’t be that bad. Every time I take the truck out I’m stopping at the gas station at least twice, which isn’t making the wallet happy with gas being over 5 bucks a gallon. Timing is set to 12 degrees initial, carburetor is fine tuned with vacuum gauge, idle mixture...
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    Charging issue

    I’m having charging issues. Brand new wiring harness. I made sure every terminal is shiny. Old 12si alternator was making whining noises and was dropping down to 12.4 volts with headlights and bumper lights on. I replaced it with a new 100 amp 10si style alternator. Now it’s getting down to 11.9...
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    Really bad idle

    I scanned the site and can’t really find anything the same as the issue I’m having, truck has been running great for months never let me down, now it is idling like crap. The carburetor has only been on there a couple months and was brand new. I have two fuel filters so I don’t think something...
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    China wall leak

    I finally stumbled across the cause for the front of my engine/intake being misted with oil. I happened to have it running with the hood open and the sun was shining perfectly to where I could see small puffs of blow by or gasses coming through the China wall up front. The engine isn’t loosing...
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    Oil pressure help

    i just got done with a water pump swap on my engine and the motor did not have a thermostat in it, so I put a 180 in. Before doing the water pump and thermostat I would run at 140- 180 degrees on the temp highway driving, now I run 200-210 highway driving at only 85 degree ambient. When I got...
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    Water pump questions

    I have a sbc 350 with no heater and no thermostat. I just did a coolant flush and new lower hose and found out there’s no thermostat in there. I had my hand over the bottom bung on the rad and put the hose in the rad to flush it and water started coming out of the water pump where the lower hose...
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    Ignition lock cylinder won’t come out

    Hi guys this is my first post. It is a jeep j4000 pickup. I know, it’s not a gm truck but amc switched to a gm column this year. The truck is a 1973. I took the column apart to get the lock cylinder out because it was stuck in acc. I tried pushing a screwdriver in the hole and it wasn’t doing...

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