Recent content by Dirty Jim

LM7 and 4l60E have arrived . Build thread will follow.

I have some questions: What radiator hoses did you use? Fuel pump? Fuel lines? Did you cut/reweld the DBW pedal? I have an 89 TBI truck that I am working on.
- Dirty Jim
- Post #73
- Jan 9, 2024
- Forum: LSX + Carb Swaps
Door Issues 96 c2500

Id get a donor door and a striker from the yard. Take a zip wheel and cut the striker out of the jamb, say 3" square and weld it in. Fitzee's Fabrications on YT has a great video about welding in a gas door to a bedside that would apply here.
- Dirty Jim
- Post #11
- Feb 14, 2022
- Forum: Paint / Body / Detailing
305 Questions

The later 305s are ok. They made as much power as the TBI 350s. Don't hear many complaints about those old boat anchors haha!
- Dirty Jim
- Post #19
- Feb 7, 2022
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
Carbureted vortec heads

As stated above, carb tuning. 750cfm can be a lot for a 350 depending on other things. You don't mention what intake or cam you run. More info needed if carb adjustment doesn't pan out.
- Dirty Jim
- Post #16
- Feb 7, 2022
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
F!&king door handles

Your favorite brand of penetrating oil (kroil, LW, WD40,) and a shot of white lithium on the latch mechanism. Need to pull the interior panel back to effectively get latch. The door lock mechanism is nearly impossible to lube without doing so. While i was in there I shot some Lithium on the rock...
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- Post #14
- Jan 26, 2022
- Forum: Paint / Body / Detailing
F!&king door handles

The only trouble I have had with GMT400 doors is when the pins/bushings wear. The repeated slamming of a wore out pin/bushing door wrecks the clips, rods, interior panel, window track/regulators, mirrors etc.
- Dirty Jim
- Post #11
- Jan 24, 2022
- Forum: Paint / Body / Detailing
Another Gremlin... Time to move on?

OP- I believe we are in a point in time where the TBI systems are starting to have serious issues between the wiring and PCM. I have a 1989 that was purchased new by my grandfather and well maintained. Eventually I began to experience low power, coughing, hard starts, etc. I spent hours with...
- Dirty Jim
- Post #27
- Jan 20, 2022
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
Replacing timing chain cover on 1998 chevy 305

Can't do that on the Vortec motors w/ plastic covers. The seal is non-serviceable. OP- You will need to drop the oil pan some. Like others have mentioned, leave the rearmost bolts in and remove the fronts, allowing clearance to slip the timing cover in. If its the nice blue re-usable felpro...
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- Post #12
- Jan 19, 2022
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance