I Also Found A set of good hinges , these trucks suffer greatly from worn hood hinge pivots , failure to keep them properly lubricated means the...
A Lucky Find Was this DORMAN stud kit , it included more studs and special exhaust flange nuts than I needed I'm not sure why the pix are...
Tailgate Fun ...In the sun ! :) This is the old hardware after I'd cleaned it up on the wire wheel (and removed my fingerprints) , I only used...
Progress Report I hope I'm not boring you guys to death here.... Here's the new exhaust manifold ready to be bolted to the old intake ......
Cool Beans ! (Your Buick) Well ; It was HOT & I'm getting old but I got that flusherginner manifold on , It's prolly a lot easier in an AD or...
The video plays *very* choppy for me . I think I heard 2nd gear howling as you slowed down .
Yes , just so but then you'd not have a sooty spark plug from the resultant miss....
Minor Progress It's been over 100° every day so work has been slow . I got the new exhaust manifold @ 04:30 the day we left on a short...
A Brave Man Indeed ! By the time my son was 14 , he was given the moniker : "One man Wrecking Crew " by the V.J.L.A. as they'd ignored the fact...
Ya Know ; The other day , wehen I was underneath my '76 GMC installing the rebuilt drive shaft , I happened to look at the rear leaf springs...
Interesting FWIW ; Sooty spark plug means NO POSSIBLE head gasket leak as coolant in the combustion chanber *instantly* flashes to steam and...
Ammeter Testing Not necessarily ! . First , remove the _Negative_ battery cable whilst watching the ammeter ~ if it twitches , you have a...
Cooling System Cleaning NO ! . it will work better (with any cleaning agent) if you run it up to temperature . I bought my Citric Acuid...
Inline Vs. V Engine Cooling There's a big difference in the effiency of V-8 engines cooling systems . As long as it runs below boiling point ,...
Looks Like : American Idol in your avatar ! :p . FWIW , the suggested curb idle speed is about 650 ~ 700 RPM's but I like to keep it lower...
Hey ! I'm Scots-Irish (means White Trash) too so , uh , er . never mind :p . ANYWAYS , I'm from the sticks too (rural New England in case...
Reverse Heater Flow Well ; Sort of ~ if you live where it gets really hot , you'll notice radiant heat from the heater even when the valve is...
Dizzy Bushing Lube On the left rear side of the distributor should be a 3/4" (ish) round cap , it's supposed to be full of bearing grease and...
Coolant Temps & Gear Whine Please look up my post on " Citric Acid Flush " and try it before doing anything else , DO NOT skip the de-greasing...
As I Said : There is NO ' downside ' . Heck , even GMC's will benefit from the installation of this product . (they'll still be FUGLY of...
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