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    Idle / acceleration issues

    Was nearly the same problem I had with my edelbrock 1406, swapped on Holley and most of my issues went away. I'm not knocking edelbrock but it seems to be a lot more common to have issues than holley
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    Idle / acceleration issues

    So, if I'm reading this right, it was running fine without the regulator, and started acting up with one? Are you sure you are flowing enough fuel out of the regulator? Second on the timing, somewhere around 8*-12* sounds a lot better. As far as idle circuit goes on the carb, until you are...
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    what gears should I run in my 3/4 ton lifted gmc?

    Maybe it's just me, but I really hate band aid cures. I'd do a little homework first, like pop off your diff plates and find out for sure exactly what you have first. I'd then also get ahold of that dyno sheet and find out for sure what you are making for power and where in your power band you...
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    Rochester/Edelbrock Quadrajet Information

    I still have my stock Q-jet on right now and my truck is a manual. I'll get some pics of it today when I swap on the Holley and post them for you if you like. I had an Eddy 1406 on it and it literally fell to pieces on me yesterday. I'm re-kitting both the Eddy and the Q-jet and shelving them...
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    85 Burban

    Hello! I'm a sucker for square burb's too, and another veteran brother that's getting out soon. Looks good man, can't wait to see more.
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    Valve covers & engine covered in oil

    This might sound a little out of left field, so just bear with me for a moment, but have you checked your intake manifold bolts? I'm in the middle of replacing head gaskets and you wouldn't believe some of the crap I'm finding. First one was that half my intake bolts were barely finger tight...
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    cam and carburator question

    Ok, my two cents. Keep in mind that I am a big Full Size Jeeper with a bad ford addiction building my wife's chevy...Ive had some experience all the way around that seems to lend itself to this particular question. For the carb, I'm assuming that you are still running stock heads on your...
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    New kid from Alaska.

    Thanks HotRod, that actually means a lot and yes, I totally agree on the truck, even if it is my daily driver right now. It's been a little frustrating with her, we've been begging the military docs for months to test her and find out whats going on as something is obviously not right, and no...
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    New kid from Alaska.

    Jeez, wow its it been a minute.... So in the midst of trying to get everything all figured out, we had a family emergency on top of everything and my 8 month old little girl wound up in the hospital twice, a couple weeks each time. So of course, as these things happen, truck got unfortunately...
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    Welding spider gears?

    I've run all three up front in both a Dana 44 and in a dana 35, LSD, locker, and spool. Personally I like an LSD, like the Tru-Trac, very aggressive off-road but not intolerable on snow and ice. Lockers are great off road but they are noisy and do add some; honestly a little too much for most...
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    need opinions and suggestions plz

    Not a bad looking truck and a seemingly fair price. If all you really need to do is body work...I'd just drive it for now and read up on some body and do most of the prep yourself. It's not terribly difficult, just time consuming, which is why it usually cost so much to have a shop do it...
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    Arkansas newb

    Welcome! Nice looking truck man, well done.
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    Squarebody Differentials.

    This being about differentials though, any sweet tricks or tips about preserving or adding some strength to the 10 bolt front? I know virtually everything can be done to a Dana 44, all the way to built Strange axles with 40 splines and such, but what about the small corporate? Any cool...
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    Squarebody Differentials.

    Well yeah, I guess compared to my suburban the 5,000 lbs wagoneer sitting next to it would be considered lightweight, but only barely. I guess I shoulda said full size jeep guys. But yes, two totally different crowds, which was kinda the point. And yup, I agree that for most, the stock 10...
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    Squarebody Differentials.

    Funny thing about NP208's, the view on their strength and thus validity for being in a 4x4 really depends on what crowd of gear heads your talking to. Full size domestic truck guys of the big three, all chain drives and aluminum drivetrain is junk and should be replaced with big, heavy, and...
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    Squarebody Differentials.

    Jeep ran Dana 44's in the back of 3/4 ton and 1 Ton trucks for a good number of years and those rigs have been on the roads for decades, doing just fine. 10 bolts are about the same strength wise if not a little tougher, I'll be keeping my 10 bolt front and not feel worried at all about...
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    New kid from Alaska.

    Thanks HotRod, like most guys here I've deployed many times, and had my fill many times over. What makes it worth it is communities like this and the guys I get to work with. It is time for me to hang it up though finally, and come home. And yes, there have been times I've lived in little...
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    What was your first Vehicle?

    My first? My first car was a '79 Ford Courier pickup. It had a blown head gasket and about 250k miles on it when my dad and I put a new head gasket on. It was his dad's new and we literally kept passing it down until the wheels fell off at 298k. I bought my first vehicle shortly after that...
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    New kid from Alaska.

    Eskimo's? I wish, I'm a little worse than that, just a dumb infantryman stationed in Alaska. I'm not doing a no kidding build on this per se, not until I get back down to Wyoming after I leave the Army later this year. Right now is more of the just kinda has to get done before driving 5,000...
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    Replaced cluster lights with LEDs

    Those interior lights are bright! This is a currently back listed project for me, I was planning on using either red or black light LEDs for the interior lights on the Suburban, maybe running the strip light LEDs down the headboard trim around the sides and cross piece. Definately doing the...
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    New kid from Alaska.

    See if this works... Lets see...
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    New kid from Alaska.

    Well Hello! Hey, whadya know? I was a Marine once, and young. Now, I'm just an old blown up Army Grunt that is getting ready to get out. These are my two favorite rigs, straight axle suburbans and Wagoneers/Cherokee Chiefs. Especially with four kids, wife, and a black lab that's gotta go...
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    New kid from Alaska.

    So I had no idea that this forum existed, but am glad it does! Not new to wrenching or to these trucks, but new to the one I just bought. I have to give a quiet hand to ifsja.org and fsjnetwork.com to giving me a good start in why forums are so awesome, I am also a really bad full size jeep...

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