97 C1500 "Big White"

[SkyHighColorado]

yeah same here. I did find a set no tires for $400 but they arnt listed anymore. the cowl hoods are a hard find.

 

[96k1500]

yeah same here. I did find a set no tires for $400 but they arnt listed anymore. the cowl hoods are a hard find.

Just buy a new one

 

[Big D]

im trying to have some kind of budget, I got 2 other cars I modify on top of this one, I dont have to have it, One will pop up eventually.

 

[Big D]

Hit up the balloon and wine festival last weekend, was coerced into going but turned out to be pretty cool It was just a huge food and booze fest with hot air balloons and a couple Bands that were once popular.

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Sunday they got crazy and had about 30-35 hot air balloons in the air at one time near each other this was the most I could fit in one picture

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[Big D]

Last Night started to move forward on some things that need to get done with my truck, one was she was hard starting and would occasionally miss at cruising speeds.
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I think I found it, Im guessing theres a little fuel leak going on here.

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Pulled the distributor cap. looks like thats gotta get swapped out along with the rotor.

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Pulled the lower Intake and those gaskets look worst in person, they are barely hanging in there.

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Motor all in all I think looks alright for 168k. ive definately seen worst with less.

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thats all I got for now, gonna clean everything pretty good and continue on, just trying to do a clean thorough job the 1st time around, I hate coming back with a passion.

 

[Big D]

slowly moving along, a lot of time is tied up in the motor and tranny swap in my buddies F150. I had a little extra time last few days, cleaned every thing up, which took way longer then I anticipated, but it got done.

I saw in other videos and the link in GMT400 that this connection into the manifold sucks, and it sure does. I already bought the replacement connector, A lot better quality, this stocky snapped right off. grabbed a hack saw blade and cut out what was left in the manifold.

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Got the lower intake in, SkyHighColorado put the seed in my head when he said he got brand new intake manifold bolts for his truck. When I pulled mine out they looked horrible, so I grabbed some grade 8 bolts from McFadden Dale hardware for the Lower Intake. I wasnt about to pay what Jegs wanted for them. Luckily I got a hardware store next to me that has just about every nut and bolt you need.

Also Got the new Spider Injector in.

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[Big D]

a little update, I got the spacer on, as I reviewed previous pictures I realized I was a tooth off on the distributor which made a huge difference in Distributor clearance as opposed to the spacer, I did some grinding in case I have to make some adjustments I wanna be able to twist the distributor a little bit. that spacer was right up on where the distributor cap screws on.

I also got the upper intake on and the 1.6 Roller Rockers installed. I just finished adjusting the valves and Thats it for tonight. Hopefully I can have this wrapped up tomorrow.

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[Gopedxr]

Thats looking nice!

 

[Big D]

thank you!
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Finally wrapped it up today, changed the oil and fired her up, roller rockers were clacking more then im used to on initial start up, but in 20 minutes they all quieted down.

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been up for wayyy too long, and I already had the headlights yanked and tires aired down to lower it a bit while working on it, so I just wrapped everything up and called it a day.

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headlights look like crap, Ive had them for 2yrs, im kinda dissapointed there in this bad of shape.

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Will be doing some research later on, I cant figure out which route I wanna go. so many great options...

 

[SkyHighColorado]

good work! that's why I havnt gotten aftermarket lights yet. I know they will have an issue of some sort in a few years.