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Russell · 02-03-2004, 01:46 AM

Driving home tonight and the truck started bogging down like mad and backfiring through the exhaust. My Alternator then started screaming and died, barely limped home in time, she died just outside the garage door. Put the battery charger on and managed to get her into the shop, she had absolutely no power at all, and it took nearly full throttle to get her rolling into the shop (deep snow, can't push it)

So now what? I'm just so mad at the stupid thing right now that I don't know what to do with it.

And to top it all off, I fixed my dip stick tonight, and discovered that I was critically low on oil (got 2 quarts in) Probally busted everything up with that little stunt to. Why don't I just take a freaking sledge hammer to that engine, maybe I can fix it that way

ocbaud · 02-03-2004, 01:58 AM

i have a 305 i can sale you

*1972C10* · 02-03-2004, 01:59 AM

have you tryed shooting it the rod? thats what i do when my truck acts up .

Sounds like you might have some carbueration problems?

Russell · 02-03-2004, 02:11 AM

Its a combination of dead alternator, crappy carb and crappy distributer... If I haven't killed my truck's lower end with the oil being that low (never lost pressure, just ran crappy till it was warm)

Lynx · 02-03-2004, 02:22 AM

man you sure seem to have alot of problems with that engine!

Russell · 02-03-2004, 02:31 AM

Ben -- I don't think I even know what a good running 350 sounds like, lol I just can't seem to get this goofy thing to work for me, there is something wrong somewhere that I am missing that is fouling the whole motor...

*1FaastC10* · 02-03-2004, 05:58 PM

why does Eric always want to sale something to somebody? i always preferred selling stuff.

Free88 · 02-03-2004, 08:31 PM

Russell, have you checked you fuel filter lately, and air breather. Might have got ten some water in the gas and it's freezing up on ya. It'd been so cold and them a little warm, may have caused some condensation in the tank. Throw a little gas line anti freeze in it and try that. Backfiring could be caused by an ice condition as well. When your out there thros a tape on the door and send me the measurement. Canadian winters do wonders to trucks.

Russell · 02-03-2004, 08:39 PM

Free -- I'll get you the measurement tonight -- I
'll be headed out there in a couple of hours to do some bobcat work, then I'll be seeing what I can do with the truck, I'll snag you it then

Free88 · 02-03-2004, 09:08 PM

Thanks. Any luck getting the truck going? I am also looking for good OEM drivers door for my son's 80 GMC project as well as a good drivers side short step fender. Let me know if you hear of any. Can buy or trade or what ever. Again thanks.

Russell · 02-03-2004, 09:23 PM

There are a couple at the local wreckers that are in good condition, I can get some pictures if you are interested. I'm looking for fenders, bedsides, Any headers that will end up pointing straight back and sit at the same height as the frame rails, and 5.7 Vortec heads (casting 906 would be excellent).

If I you were to buy them, I would charge the cost of the doors from the wreckers. I would also ask that you pay the shipping on the doors.

I haven't gotten out to the truck yet, so no luck yet, lol

Russell · 02-04-2004, 01:03 AM

Got her running again -- It was the distributer. Now I'm just figuring out all the timing and making sure once and for all that it is setup properly. Got one or two little issues yet that I'm not happy with (runs real rough at a cold idle, and has no vac going to the advance at idle)

Alternator is definitly toast too -- Thats gonna be a nice touch unless I can rebuild it in the mechanics shop at school

Free88 · 02-04-2004, 01:57 AM

Russell, I know of a guy who has two brand new 8 Ft bedsides for sale. I will be seeing him this week and will let you know the price. I would be very interested in the pics of the door and fender if you can get them. Lets see what we can do on the prices. I believe these ore OEM sides. Actually I will email him tonight and see how much he wants if you are interested.

Russell · 02-04-2004, 02:13 AM

I'll head to the wreckers tommorow after school and get you pictures. I'm headed out right now to get your door measurement, and to do one more test on the truck (forgot my measuring tape last time I headed out)

Russell · 02-04-2004, 02:47 AM

I got your picture (of the door width) I'll post it in a sec...

I just got my vac advance working for the first time since I got the truck, I had a pair of vac lines hooked up backwards, and HOLY CRAP what a HUGE difference!

That thing sounds a heck of a lot better when I rev it, and it no longer makes that funny noise when I spin her up to 4000 rpm or so and let her off suddenly!

I'm very happy I figured this out!

Russell · 02-04-2004, 02:54 AM

Russell · 02-15-2004, 12:57 AM

TTT for Free88

Blue Beard · 02-15-2004, 10:47 AM

Glad to hear she's running again.......

What weight oil do you run in the cold weather?

Russell · 02-15-2004, 02:41 PM

5w40 is what she has in there now

Still has a slight tremor in the idle, but I think is my HEI from 76, and my never rebuilt, never tuned carb that are causing that, and a noticed slight lack of power

Grim Reaper · 02-15-2004, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Russell
5w40 is what she has in there now

Still has a slight tremor in the idle, but I think is my HEI from 76, and my never rebuilt, never tuned carb that are causing that, and a noticed slight lack of power

Good God I hope thats a synthetic! 5w-40 and 10w 40 is HORRIBLE oil if it's Dino. To get that much viscosity change they add a filler. The oil is actually a 5w or 10w 30 with a filler. The filler is Parifin as in wax and it can collect on the rings and goob them up. GM POINT BLANK WILL VOID THE WARRANTY if they find out you ran 10W40 and had a engine problem.

5w30 is what GM and most manufactures recomend year round on all current engines.

Russell · 02-15-2004, 05:28 PM

Hmm... It definitly isn't a synthetic. I may be wrong about the rating though, I'll check it later on today.

02-03-2004, 01:46 AM	#1
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Sigh -- She died :( Driving home tonight and the truck started bogging down like mad and backfiring through the exhaust. My Alternator then started screaming and died, barely limped home in time, she died just outside the garage door. Put the battery charger on and managed to get her into the shop, she had absolutely no power at all, and it took nearly full throttle to get her rolling into the shop (deep snow, can't push it) So now what? I'm just so mad at the stupid thing right now that I don't know what to do with it. And to top it all off, I fixed my dip stick tonight, and discovered that I was critically low on oil (got 2 quarts in) Probally busted everything up with that little stunt to. Why don't I just take a freaking sledge hammer to that engine, maybe I can fix it that way __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

02-03-2004, 02:11 AM	#4
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Its a combination of dead alternator, crappy carb and crappy distributer... If I haven't killed my truck's lower end with the oil being that low (never lost pressure, just ran crappy till it was warm) __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

02-03-2004, 02:22 AM	#5
Lynx Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada Posts: 513	man you sure seem to have alot of problems with that engine! __________________ Ben 1983 Silverado SWB 305 2002 Silverado Extended Cab 5.3 http://members.shaw.ca/bkennett

02-03-2004, 02:31 AM	#6
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Ben -- I don't think I even know what a good running 350 sounds like, lol I just can't seem to get this goofy thing to work for me, there is something wrong somewhere that I am missing that is fouling the whole motor... __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

02-03-2004, 08:39 PM	#9
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Free -- I'll get you the measurement tonight -- I 'll be headed out there in a couple of hours to do some bobcat work, then I'll be seeing what I can do with the truck, I'll snag you it then __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

02-03-2004, 01:58 AM	#2
ocbaud Garage Queen Material Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 4,129	i have a 305 i can sale you

02-03-2004, 01:59 AM	#3
1972C10 Account Suspended Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 2,686	have you tryed shooting it the rod? thats what i do when my truck acts up . Sounds like you might have some carbueration problems?

02-03-2004, 05:58 PM	#7
1FaastC10 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 6,399	why does Eric always want to sale something to somebody? i always preferred selling stuff.

02-03-2004, 08:31 PM	#8
Free88 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Northwestern Ontario Canada Posts: 359	Russell, have you checked you fuel filter lately, and air breather. Might have got ten some water in the gas and it's freezing up on ya. It'd been so cold and them a little warm, may have caused some condensation in the tank. Throw a little gas line anti freeze in it and try that. Backfiring could be caused by an ice condition as well. When your out there thros a tape on the door and send me the measurement. Canadian winters do wonders to trucks.

02-03-2004, 09:08 PM	#10
Free88 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Northwestern Ontario Canada Posts: 359	Thanks. Any luck getting the truck going? I am also looking for good OEM drivers door for my son's 80 GMC project as well as a good drivers side short step fender. Let me know if you hear of any. Can buy or trade or what ever. Again thanks.

02-03-2004, 09:23 PM	#11
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	There are a couple at the local wreckers that are in good condition, I can get some pictures if you are interested. I'm looking for fenders, bedsides, Any headers that will end up pointing straight back and sit at the same height as the frame rails, and 5.7 Vortec heads (casting 906 would be excellent). If I you were to buy them, I would charge the cost of the doors from the wreckers. I would also ask that you pay the shipping on the doors. I haven't gotten out to the truck yet, so no luck yet, lol __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap) Last edited by Russell; 02-03-2004 at 09:25 PM.

02-04-2004, 01:03 AM	#12
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Got her running again -- It was the distributer. Now I'm just figuring out all the timing and making sure once and for all that it is setup properly. Got one or two little issues yet that I'm not happy with (runs real rough at a cold idle, and has no vac going to the advance at idle) Alternator is definitly toast too -- Thats gonna be a nice touch unless I can rebuild it in the mechanics shop at school __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

02-04-2004, 01:57 AM	#13
Free88 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Northwestern Ontario Canada Posts: 359	Russell, I know of a guy who has two brand new 8 Ft bedsides for sale. I will be seeing him this week and will let you know the price. I would be very interested in the pics of the door and fender if you can get them. Lets see what we can do on the prices. I believe these ore OEM sides. Actually I will email him tonight and see how much he wants if you are interested.

02-04-2004, 02:13 AM	#14
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	I'll head to the wreckers tommorow after school and get you pictures. I'm headed out right now to get your door measurement, and to do one more test on the truck (forgot my measuring tape last time I headed out) __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

02-04-2004, 02:47 AM	#15
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	I got your picture (of the door width) I'll post it in a sec... I just got my vac advance working for the first time since I got the truck, I had a pair of vac lines hooked up backwards, and HOLY CRAP what a HUGE difference! That thing sounds a heck of a lot better when I rev it, and it no longer makes that funny noise when I spin her up to 4000 rpm or so and let her off suddenly! I'm very happy I figured this out! __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)



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02-04-2004, 02:54 AM	#16
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	__________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

02-15-2004, 12:57 AM	#17
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	TTT for Free88 __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

02-15-2004, 10:47 AM	#18
Blue Beard Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Washington State Posts: 8,831	Glad to hear she's running again....... What weight oil do you run in the cold weather? __________________ 1970 Chev CST 2003 Harley Fatboy 1975 Chevrolet Step Van 1956 Chev Bel Air 1977 Blazer 2WD For Sale $3000.00 1978 Blazer 2WD For Sale $7000.00 1978 Silverado 2005 Monte Carlo

02-15-2004, 02:41 PM	#19
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	5w40 is what she has in there now Still has a slight tremor in the idle, but I think is my HEI from 76, and my never rebuilt, never tuned carb that are causing that, and a noticed slight lack of power __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

02-15-2004, 05:28 PM	#21
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Hmm... It definitly isn't a synthetic. I may be wrong about the rating though, I'll check it later on today. __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

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