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    Troubleshooting Strange Noise

    Hey guys, this is my first time posting. I’ve got an ‘82 K10 with an 88+ 350. Just did a lot of freshening up after blowing a headgasket. New FloTek aluminum heads, new intake, accessories, the works, but I’ve got a strange noise happening now. It’s a loud, intermittent bang. Sounds almost like...
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    Truck won’t stay running

    Truck idles fine but when I’m driving it will start kind of limping and it stalls out. If I’m gentle on the throttle it seems to not happen. Any ideas where to start?
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    1980 C10 backfires through carb under load

    So I have a 1980 c10 with a 305 I bought in perfect running condition a few months back. I did a edelbrock performer intake, performer 1406 carburetor, plug wires and plugs, cap and rotor on the distributor, recurved it and set it to 8* BTDC and now as soon as I give it any load that's not...
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    Heatercore to transmission problems.

    Hey, I just finally had to replace my heater core in my 85 c10, had to special order the core off of summit so it took a few days to get here, the truck had to sit for about 3 days, and was operating just fine until I parked it, I drove it home, now, after taking that heater box off, replacing...
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    Leaking head gasket?

    Hi, this is my first post but I have been using this forum for information for a while now. I have a 1987 gmc v2500 5.7l. My issue is that my coolant turned from the normal slightly dirty/rusty to black with a touch of green from the Prestone within a couple of days. I noticed I had lost oil...
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    • 1987 gmc v2500 5.7l blown head gasket dark coolant diagnostic head gasket leak sierra troubleshooting v2500
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    • Forum: Tech Discussion
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    New to Square body.. electrical nightmare...

    New to the forum, new to chevy square body's and not the most experienced mechanic. I bought a 1983 C30 to build a classic welding rig out of, its got some problems so I'm sure I'll be here a lot. Starting off, its definitely got some wiring issues, headlights are not working, only the running...
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    Silly Question but could I possibly have an ECU?

    Strange question, I know but I have an 84 K20 w/502. Bought truck with an OLD analog Projection 4 fuel injection system. Truck runs amazing at full throttle but stalling when slowing or stopping and hard to get going again. I changed all tune up stuff, fuel pump and even new distributor b/c...

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