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  1. Hipster

    Slight knock?

    #1 main is the last to get oil pressure at startup and where I've seen the most wear on high mileage teardowns. They will run a good long while if you don't beat it. Noise seemed loud , low, at crank speed.
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    1993 Yukon crate motor hydraulic roller lifter cleaning and adjustment journey - (Solved)

    Much confusion over the lifter rebuild process. Mixed up, dropped pieces, etc. I'm wondering if by chance they didn't end up in the original bores on the same lobes. kind of hate to see someone spend on lifters, marry them to the cam and then find a cam bearing journal issue making the new...
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    Ball Joints Brands

    I hear ya.
  4. Hipster

    Ball Joints Brands

    You make it sound like you're replacing them on a frequent basis. Maybe need to look at the suspension setup. Cranked and poor angles will constantly wear out stuff forever. just sounds like more is going on.
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    Ball Joints Brands

    Guys that use TTX swear by them
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    Ball Joints Brands

    If you were buying pro-grade etc, even AC Delco has an economy grade, but many brands have exhibited some decline in quality. Longevity can be related to how it's done as well, an out of balance tire or loose component that got skipped can shimmy and shake even the best new parts into...
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    Interesting post on parts and machine work quality

    Always expect change, just don't expect it will be for the better.
  8. Hipster

    Ball Joints Brands

    So you were buying the cheap shyt, and now buying lifetime grade. Almost all suppliers, even AC Delco offer different lines at different price points. This sounds more like a lesson in buy the better parts than anything else.
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    Interesting post on parts and machine work quality

    When there was an option people chose to buy it $5 less from elsewhere so they had $5 left to but more crap for less from elsewhere and so on. We did this to ourselves in many many ways. Idk, beginning of the end? lol
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    Heads and cam?

    wiped cam? planning a tear down and cleaning?
  11. Hipster

    Heads and cam?

    why would a new set be cracked, but thats another reason to stay away from used stuff. Not sure where you're going with that, not many have valve seat cutters, head surfacing, or guide fitting equipment, but yeah you can do a ghetto lap job etc., a little bowl blend etc. You forgo a big...
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    Had intake leak and now what

    cross that soon to fail quick fix off the list.
  13. Hipster

    Skid plate washers

    More like waffle washers lol springy looking things if we're on the same page.
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    Best way to add power to my 98 gmc sierra k1500 with 4.3 vortec

    agree. Not an ls guy but sometimes displacement is the better answer. Tow pig? 383 would be the answer. lol not hard to get close to 500 ft lbs N/A instead of 500hp at 5-7k rpm boosted, lol. Intentions are not known, bargain basement ebay kits might not be the best option.
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    Skid plate washers

    Curious myself, I remember mine being somewhat of a specialty washer, and trying to determine why grade 8 hardware and lock washers wouldn't be sufficient
  16. Hipster

    Heads and cam?

    There are alot more options going with pre 86 aftermarket heads. it's not real clear what direction you're headed and it's not hard to tie up almost as much redoing iron heads as new aftermarket 180,,190, 195 cc. if you need valve, guides, machine work. Just imho, if staying flat tappet as...
  17. Hipster

    Budget 350 build combo

    This is screaming "I want 383 cubes, AFR Eliminators, and 500+" lol. damn project creep. *edit* I see later you mentioned afr's. lol Even a dart block needs a thorough going over. Today their import head goes for about what I bought the fully ported/ equalized polished chamber 19 degree ones...
  18. Hipster

    Back fire through intake when floored

    Wot throttle misfire is a classic, the distributor is a few teeth off symptom.Advance comes in and spark jumps the wrong cap terminal. Not an expert on scanners so not sure what if any assembly errors would show up through that method. A timing light won't tell you the distributor is out of...
  19. Hipster

    Amazon Headers

    Might have to visit a better exhaust shop that can expand and bend up some tubing .If I was going to do headers and a y-pipe there's a couple co's that offer the setup's without the worries or hassles. If I had to weld on them out of the box that's where I would have stopped and packed them back...
  20. Hipster

    Rust Repair and overall restoration

    For all intents and purposing blasting is the better fix. Not always an available option and always cost effective.Ssome of these products turn the rust into iron oxide coating, I have sanded it off into un-converted rust. Diluted with water makes a thinner consistency that tends to stay wet...
  21. Hipster

    Rust Repair and overall restoration

    I forget exactly what the Kleen strip is, thinking 47.5% I have diluted it 1:1 Was kind of hoping he got into the use of the hand sanitizer, Alcohol and acid might be some type chemical reaction that helps it out?? Paint materials like other stuff has gone through the roof, most paint co's have...
  22. Hipster

    Rust Repair and overall restoration

    I've used it. Phosphoric acid based but you can use Kleen-Strip prep and etch from the hardware store with a less fancy price tag, also phosphoric acid. Ospho is also phosphoric acid based. I'm not a tremendous fan of any of these products other than it's better than using nothing.
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    1993 Yukon crate motor hydraulic roller lifter cleaning and adjustment journey - (Solved)

    You sure this engine was mechanically healthy before you started with the lifter cleaning? As has been said about the lifters, sometimes stuff just wore out, sometimes opening a tired old engine is opening a can of worms.
  24. Hipster

    Engines 101

    Has to be 30 years old, no safety, no emissions
  25. Hipster

    1993 Yukon crate motor hydraulic roller lifter cleaning and adjustment journey - (Solved)

    I've seen lifters squirt, but it's quirt , squirt, squirt. Never a constant stream just rolling out of them, inconsistent from one to the next as well. I'm hearing something in the video, I hear a little tap, like maybe the valve adjustment is not quite there, but a little something else as...

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