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    rear axle seal/gasket replacement?

    I have a 1973 3/4 ton C20 with 454. My passenger side rear wheel has been leaking oil out onto the wheel. So, time to solve the problem before it burns up. Problem is, my dad may have just screwed me on this one. He swore up and down, as sacred as anything holy on this planet, that all I had to...
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    ignition problem - next step?

    No luck yet getting this truck started. It's a 1973 C20 pickup with 454 engine, after-market HEI distributor. Today I checked the compression, everything seems within 135-150 range except for cylinder 8, which came in at 120 psi. The spark plugs looked pretty dirty, covered in a bit of...
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    checking compression when alone

    Hi... I have no help today, and I've gotta check off things wrong with the truck - a 73 with HEI that won't start, just turns over. I want to check compression, but it dawns on me, I have nobody to turn over the engine. Doesn't matter whether I use a gauge or my finger over a spark plug hole...
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    best spark plugs / distributor?

    I've got a '73 C20 454 with HEI. It's down for the count - turns over, but not starting. This weekend I'm going to go through things and troubleshoot/replace. Any thoughts on which spark plugs/wires/distributors/coils are the best for this truck? Perhaps with a bias toward O'Reilly stores...

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