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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    Alrigh, seeing the finish line on this finally. Been a journey. Fired it up for the first time last night and it started up, but was running rough. Scanned and got a P0340, which ended up being operator error as I forgot to plug the distributor connector back in after the valve adjustments and...
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    Whew. Re-adjusted each valve to 1/4 - 1/2 turn past "zero lash". No experience with this, and knowing I was way too tight previously I likely error'd the other direction. Essentially I did each 1/4 turn past zero lash for every one. Then made sure each rocker arm wouldn't rotate and...
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    I found this post from Schurkey from a year ago - based on this description I've got them too tight. I'll try this and report back on what I find.
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    Got a couple of issues after getting this buttoned up: 1) No compression in any cylinder. I'm hoping I tightened up the rocker arms too much thus not allowing any of the valves to fully close. I followed the procedure in the Haynes manual and confirmed by the 1A Auto head gasket video (TDC #1...
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    Anyone recognize this? Got everything (obviously not ha) back together and this guy is lonely.
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    Is this what I'm looking for on the gasket set? Looks like it has the intake manifold gasket that people say to get (Felpro Permadry Plus), however the head gasket seems thicker than what Schurkey mentioned previously. FEL-PRO HST8510PT6
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    I redid the pressure check on the passenger side and I'm not getting the blow by on the intake valves now. I tapped them with a mallet as you guys were saying. And is this good on the intake or do I need to get those tubes out as well? Ty!
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    Few more pics. Did the best I could on trying to get the valve area inside the heads. Based on the lack of apparent gasket failure and no obvious cracks that I can see, coupled with the condition/pics of the #1 intake valve from above and below I believe I had coolant leaking from the intake...
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    Thanks for all of the replies. After getting a backorder notification on the leakdown tester I went ahead and pulled the drivers side head.
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    I was able to get some pressure into each cylinder for a rough and dirty test and found definite leakage on the intake valves on #4 and #6. Aside from that I can hear air moving regardless but with the intake off and my method of shoving an air guns rubber tip into the hole that's all I can for...
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    Good info. Ordered 2EM w/14mm adapter. I'll report back once I receive it and get some data. FYI - for those less knowledgeable I looked at HF's Maddox brand (which looks very similar to the OTC brand) which was thirty less than the one from ATS. However, no master orifice/calibration...
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    Good stuff - thank you Schurkey. After cleaning up I poked around a little more. Here's two more photos of the front side of the heads (bumper) after I peeled away the gasket. It's possible that the front (bumper side) four bolts of the intake weren't torqued properly -- I say that as visually...
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    Finally getting back to this thing. Got the manifold off and here's what I found. Think I'm done for today so was mainly curious if I should proceed with getting the heads off and/or maybe someone sees something I don't have the experience to notice. Thanks in advance!
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    Just to reiterate in case I wasn't clear, the cylinder filled with coolant just by me topping off the radiator with no engine rotation. That seems significant but likely I'm grasping at straws and/or it doesn't matter at this point like you guys have said. Figured I'd check on that before...
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    Thanks for the reply - appreciated. Unfortunately I don't know what gasket was used when the shop did the intake manifold. For that matter I can't say for sure if the lower was done either. I was ignorant of the details at the time and it wouldn't surprise me if all they did was the upper...
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    '88 C1500 - 350 TBI Crank, no start

    Could be a few things - most tend to recommend: Make sure battery is good/fully charged. Any auto parts stores will do this for free if you take it into them. Cleaning up all the electrical connections - take them apart, wire brush (die grinder if you have one) to bare metal, apply dielectric...
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    97 K1500 5.0 Coolant in Cylinder 1

    Looking for some advice as to next steps on this thing - don't want to do something out of haste that I'll regret later. Truck has been sitting for probably 3 years now after a front end rebuild went south after a shop mangled my LCA's replacing the bushings. Soured me on the project so it...

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