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12-17-2004, 11:39 AM
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Lovin' Life in Miss.!
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Vehicles of any type are a lot like wives/girlfriends.... As soon as you start spending what they percieve as too much time on WHATEVER else, they get pi$$y. Just spend some MONEY on her, time with her and lots of love... She'll come back around and decide you are'nt so bad after all.
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12-17-2004, 12:46 PM
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it has the steam holes....the local machine shop did them for me.
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67 c-10, 400 SB, TH350, 4.10 gears, Blazer tank,camaro tach, sidemarker fuel fill (soon) WTB: stepside parts, 67 front end parts, 67 small window cab. posi for 3.73 or 4.10 for 12 bolt and 10 bolt. |
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12-17-2004, 12:50 PM
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dude you have no idea how much time and effort i have put into this freakin thing....i started with an old rusted POS truck stripped it to the frame and put it back together....built the motor from a block bought a tranny for it put a shift kit in it and a new convertor put PS PB on it changed the front end got new mounts for everything etc etc. i mean i have spent every freakin dollar i have had in the past like year on this thing and it still bends me over and gives it to me!
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67 c-10, 400 SB, TH350, 4.10 gears, Blazer tank,camaro tach, sidemarker fuel fill (soon) WTB: stepside parts, 67 front end parts, 67 small window cab. posi for 3.73 or 4.10 for 12 bolt and 10 bolt. |
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12-17-2004, 02:43 PM
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Nothing fits but the oil
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Location: Gaston, Indiana
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From the descriptions on what you have done with your pride and joy throughout the entire period, to me it all adds up to sweat equity. A rare quality not generally found these days. You undoubtely know virtually every nut-and-bolt albiet rusty, broken, or new on your truck. We all at one time or another have had the "twin-tumored" jaw syndrome, it passes. Stay with the problem, learn. I still learn something on these trucks everyday.
2 cents on the cooling prob. From the picture I see you are running without the shroud, and are using the clutch-fan system. Not sure on this configuration. I have always seen the shroud with a flex fan or something like it. Are you running the 350 water pump or the higher volume 400? Put a thermostat in it in either case. Sounds as if the machining on the heads is correct. The lower hose blowing off doesn't indicate to me there is a blockage problem with the radiator since the fluid blew out the bottom, it had to get there. Sorry for the long post, just wanted to chime-in on feeling the brutha's pain... 
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12-17-2004, 04:39 PM
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are you running the right water pump??
as the serpintine belt setup are usally a reverse pump setup.. good luck jamie
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12-17-2004, 07:42 PM
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it's not serpentine....it's a 400 pump i think...it's not a cooling issue.....the thing was covered in snow and like 20 degrees outside when it happened and as i've said a couple times i could stick my hand in the coolant....it wasnt that hot....that's why it seemed so weird to me....if it was really hot i would have never said anything.
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