Hello I'm new to this...

[newchevylover]

Hello people I think this is neat that you have a club for Chevy fans. I'm new to this... Well I'm new and I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find some new tail-lights for my truck such as euro's or carbon fiber, I have a 1973 Custom Deluxe 10 Chevrolet Truck, 350 V8 5.7L (3 on the tree)-Standard. This truck is in pretty bad shape not exterior wise, but under the hood. I just gave it a lil' tone up this saturday. I switched the sparkplugs(could you believe the spark plug on this truck were mix sizes?!?!), sparkplugs wires, rotor, dist. cap, battery, battery cables, put a new starter on it along w/ a fuel pump. Oh I also put chrome valve covers, chrome air filter, and a pcv valve (ofcourse). The good news is I work at Napa so I get a really good discount on all of these products. I bought some Royal Purple oil but I can't change the oil with a cold truck, it use to start but now it won't. Anyways a mechanic should becoming today... but for now I am looking for other parts for it. Can some tell one me how to put pics on here and where some links for parts for this truck are?--- THANK YOU for your time... -Daniel from S.A. TX!
P.S. when it does run, it makes a put put sound like if a lifter is out, is that bad to be running it like that?

[Blue Beard]

Welcome from SW Washington State.....

What do you mean mixed sizes on the spark plugs? I have seen some of these trucks with two different heads. One using the old style plugs, the other the resister plugs.

[Prerunner1982]

check out www.73-87.com for parts sites. as far as euro lenses check ebay. also welcome to our addiction.

[Liz]

welcome to the board

[Slonaker]

Welcome from, uh, San Antonio... <waves>

It sounds like you put something back together wrong. Maybe a spark plug is loose, or you have the firing order mixed up. Since you have a mechanic coming to look at it today, I would just wait to change the oil.

The temptation is always there to buy fun stuff for a new vehicle, like chrome and new tail lights. I would recommend, though, that you spend your money first on getting it to run well, and then work on making it look better. A good running truck will get you to work. A pretty one that won't run looks good in the driveway while you ride the bus. VIA VIA! (VIA is the name of the SA bus system for those of you from elsewhere)

Slonaker

[newchevylover]

Originally Posted by Blue Beard

Welcome from SW Washington State.....

What do you mean mixed sizes on the spark plugs? I have seen some of these trucks with two different heads. One using the old style plugs, the other the resister plugs.

what i meant is that this sparkplug that I used were AC Delco R44T sparkplugs that required a 7/16 socket(i believe), on one of the sparkplugs it used a 13/16 socket on that awkward spark plug which was a gator. Thats what i meant by mix sizes.

[newchevylover]

Thanks for the welcome prerunner482 and MHC for the welcome, glad to be here.=

[newchevylover]

Originally Posted by Slonaker

Welcome from, uh, San Antonio... <waves>

It sounds like you put something back together wrong. Maybe a spark plug is loose, or you have the firing order mixed up. Since you have a mechanic coming to look at it today, I would just wait to change the oil.

The temptation is always there to buy fun stuff for a new vehicle, like chrome and new tail lights. I would recommend, though, that you spend your money first on getting it to run well, and then work on making it look better. A good running truck will get you to work. A pretty one that won't run looks good in the driveway while you ride the bus. VIA VIA! (VIA is the name of the SA bus system for those of you from elsewhere)

Slonaker

Hey, thanks for the advice, its funny because my step-father insist on me not spending any money on it, but I think it is very un-wise (stupid) to do that.-Thats why a gave it a lil' T.L.C. this saturday. As for the truck, other then that put-put sound it makes, it is in decent-(i wouldn't say good) condition. The only thing I am worried about is that my step father says that he thinks that is the wrong engine for the truck, he says that it is to small. -I don't know, I hope it isn't. I think all the trucks are like that. (have all that space under the hood). Anyways, thanks again for advice. I can't wait to get this truck to show or some what show quality. I originally had a 1993 Mazda 626 but I blew the transmission. And I figured it would be cheaper to fix this truck and I'd prefer to have this truck then that car. LOL-off subject again**ADIOS** from S.A. T.X. (north-east Kirby area)

[bigblock73]

Welcome to the board Daniel!

Here is the links page on my site Prerunner eluded to...

http://www.73-87.com/links/trklinks.htm

[1974ChevyC10]

you said it has a 350 in it correct?these series of trucks came with engines ranging from a 250 straight six all the way up to a 454 big block V-8.your truck has one of the more common if not the most common small block in it.it may not be the original motor since you initially referred to it as a 5.7 liter which i believe they didnt start calling the 350 that until the 80's or 90's.do you know what your truck came with originally.the trucks do have very spacious engine bays so its possible to go up to something bigger if you wanted to.