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talked to a buddy at work (owns a mechanic shop) and he's bringing his digital timing light and vacuum gauge tomorrow...

I would like to find a used HEI setup so I can keep my Mallorey unit. I sold the MSD parts off the truck..

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I've flipped a few vehicles, one a 1990 Jeep Comanche pickup. I wasn't intending on selling it, but ended up getting an '05 crew cab pickup, so I didn't need the comanche....made a few hundred on that one. It's kinda fun making things a little better and making some coin off of it. Good luck!

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I don't know how I missed "The Turd". That's a decent looking truck. Good luck with the sale Mike.

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thanks.. got an 8-ball shifter knob tonight since i've been grabbing threads on the shifter for a week...

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Set the timing to 12 today with my buddies timing light... runs better but still backfires under hard acceleration when cold.. Guessing it's the timing chain... Gonna get the trim on tomorrow that a board member sent to me.

Drove the turd up to Blockbuster tonight, wanted to die when warm while sitting at the light... any thoughts? I think I need to let it get warmer before I tune it again tomorrow... idles great when cold.

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More turd polishing today.. Got the driver trim from reddon05 installed... thanks.. had a few test drives today, still for sale..

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Its good to see it with trim all the way around it.

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thanks for the quick shipment, it all worked great. Used a few zip screws here and there but it was perfect...

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You may need to replace the fuel filter to solve the back fire. Hets clogged and starves for fuel, but the timing is still advanced based on rpm, etc. Check it out.

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backfire is pretty much gone with 12 degrees of timing... I think it has an exhaust leak on the driver manifold... and the oil leak is starting to kill my grass... another week and i'm changing it out myself...

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Thats good to hear. Good luck with selling it! David.

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pulled the 1405 off tonight and replaced it with my Holley electric choke... much better running, but still backfires under hard acceleration... Looks like timing chain, cover and pan gasket are getting switched this weekend.. I'm sick of oil on my driveway and grass!

Is the edelbrock electric choke or Holley better? I am planning on keeping the nearly new Edelbrock 1406 for my 327...

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So I got sick and tired of watching oil POUR out of the timing cover of this truck. Today I changed the timing chain (backfired through carb), cover, oil pan gasket and rear main gasket. I also had to fix the inspection cover since it "tink, tink, tinked" against the flywheel/clutch and made it sound like a bad lifter. What a dirty job!!!

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wonder why the oil leaked?

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wonder why the timing was off? Broken tooth on the crank sprocket and the crank moved 2 degrees due to slack in the chain... This was a piece of crap "bicycle chain" double roller...

$20 got me a new standard chain and sprocket set with 0 slack...

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final pics tomorrow morning, I need to check on a new dampner too.. Are they suppose to have a groove where the front seal is?

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not supposed to be grooved but you don't need a new one, go to your local napa and ask for a "seal n' sleeve" for the damper. its a thin metal sleeve that you tap onto the balancer to eliminate the groove.

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thankfully the autozone guy knew about those too.. They didn't have the $50 balancer but did have the $6 sleeve. I'll post some pics tomorrow night, thanks for the tip though, I didn't know about that part until this morning...

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I hope its just a timing chain issue, before my engine swap my 350 had a flat cam lobe that was causing the backfire through the carb under hard accel.

Good luck!!

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well, it still backfires a little under hard accel but it's fine if driven normally...

truck sold tonight, new buyer wants myself and sourkrout (John) to replace the roof...

$2,000 plus $500 for the roof, still not a bad truck for $2500... even if it needs an engine rebuild in it's future...

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well executed..... now how long was money pit neglected.....

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that's another thing.. the wife is giving me crap for spending three days working on this one and I didn't get to touch the money pit...

Although with it all said and done this is how the truck flip went..

$700 - truck cost
$125 - title, tags, taxes
$40 - trailer rental
$125 - seals, timing chain etc..
$60 - Holly carb (swapmeet find)
$0 - est. 20 hours of work total
$100 - new HEI (didn't have time to order a $50 Ebay one :(

$1150 - total investment

-$300 - removed 1407 Edelbrock carb (like new)
-$150 - removed MSD box, coil and distributor
-$100 - removed Edelbrock fuel pump (replaced with $15 new one)
-$50 - new weather stripping

$550 total investment after harvesting
$2000 sales price
$1450 profit in three weeks

+$450 labor for new roof install (buyer paying for roof) John doing most the work so that's not my profit, except for my assistance lifting the roof.

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Very good deal. To bad they don't always work out that well.

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Good deal...now you can throw that money into the pit :chevy:

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im thinking about flipping a CUCV next...

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A WHAT?..... :lol:

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a military K-30 chevy pickup... dana60 front 14 bolt rears with 4.56 gears and a diesel...

search for M1008 CUCV and you'll see.