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  1. GavinJansma

    To advanced man

    alright I played with the distrbuter a but at 1000rpm using my reader to watch and got it dialed in (kinda) it still has a small miss at ide but otherwise it runs smooth.... I'll play with it for now and my work has a nice reader I can use if I bring it there.
  2. GavinJansma

    To advanced man

    I have a blue point handheld scanner how would I buy the 10$ dlc I've seen it on there
  3. GavinJansma

    To advanced man

    I have a 96 that I installed a 5.7 vortec into and I can't get the timing right everything is brand new and I can't seem to get it to run fine have had the distributor out multiple times and it's spot on. It seems like nothing I do changes. I can see it's advancing the timing 15-38 degree's...
  4. GavinJansma

    cleaning???????????

    Right now I'm doing a front end "restoration" on my 96 k1500 and installing a new crate motor and I'm going to be cleaning up the front end....what's the best and fastest way to clean all of this off its a lot of thick mud and grease so ill be doing a lot of scraping but otherwise what can I use...
  5. GavinJansma

    Brakes????

    Alright that's what I figured
  6. GavinJansma

    Brakes????

    I replaced all the front brake lines on a 1990 k1500 including the abs unit small lines I've been able to get fluid to both front calibers but is very slow on both sides... 2 lines in the back of the truck on the second line for the rear are broke and leak a crap ton but I need just the fronts...
  7. GavinJansma

    Misfire

    Another update I put it in and now the engine light doesn't blink now just pops... Also I put a new temp sensor in in the thermostat area and now it starts and idles like a dream
  8. GavinJansma

    Misfire

    Alright I put a brand new cap,rotor,and distributor in and pointed it at number 1 at tdc and it still pops there goes 90$ what now?
  9. GavinJansma

    Misfire

    All wires are snug, I'll replace the cap and rotor tomorrow and see if that helps
  10. GavinJansma

    Misfire

    Alright I'll go out and look right now
  11. GavinJansma

    Misfire

    It's me again... My 5.7 was misfiring and blinking the engine light, put plugs in it and now it pops a bit, not like plug wires are not right as it runs "ok" feels sluggish and hard to start, dies sometimes when going into gear. The plugs now make it pop all the time but not as loud as a...
  12. GavinJansma

    Reliability???

    Im very interested in a oil bypass kit but I'm lost on what to buy and how it goes together.... Is there a thead or a hide somewhere?
  13. GavinJansma

    Reliability???

    Alright I'll do all of those and I'll give it my best shot, I'm currently rebuilding the whole intake manifold and mpfi upgrade.... Should I think about replacing lifters or valve springs? I can't decide as I've heard that it will make the engine fall apart faster because the new valve train...
  14. GavinJansma

    Reliability???

    I recently swapped a 5.7 vortec that has over 200,000 miles (I don't know the exact amount) out of a junkyard truck into my daily. What can I do to the engine itself to make it as reliable as possible and get it to at least 400k?
  15. GavinJansma

    Headlight bracket?

    Hello I was wondering how hard it would be to swap out the back side headlight bracket with a different one that I have I spent over 100$ for some nice headlights and I ended up rear ending someone and broke the mouthing bracket it for it and I have some old stock headlights .....how would I...
  16. GavinJansma

    Tbi/vortec engine...

    Alright thank you it was a very rushed project I'll take it apart and try it again.
  17. GavinJansma

    Tbi/vortec engine...

    Not really I just took the top ends right off the old engine and slapped it on the new one and then timing covers and that was it
  18. GavinJansma

    Tbi/vortec engine...

    I just pulled the reluctior off with a harmonic balancer puller.
  19. GavinJansma

    Tbi/vortec engine...

    I also put a vortec timing cover on the block, I had to cut to small mounting tabes but otherwise the covers are the same
  20. GavinJansma

    Tbi/vortec engine...

    The truck is a 96 vortec that I blew 2 rod bearings in so I swapped the top end on a 90 5.7 good tbi bottom end from a junkyard.
  21. GavinJansma

    Tbi/vortec engine...

    I took the heads and intake off a 96 5.7 and put them on a 90 5.7 block I believe
  22. GavinJansma

    Tbi/vortec engine...

    I bought the wrong imstake gaskets, so I used a tube of gasket Maker. That's the issue isn't it
  23. GavinJansma

    Tbi/vortec engine...

    Recently I put a set of vortec heads on a tbi block and when I put oil in it and started it, it ran fine. But when a put coolant in it mixed with the oil and half the coolent gushed out the back somewhere.. how can I fix this
  24. GavinJansma

    Timing marks??

    Are the timing marks on a Vortec , 350, timing chain cover, which doesn't have the #'s 0, 2, 4, etc, be the same position as a 92 350 block? Done a swap with the Vortec, TBI, GMPP intake. Voretc motor was, according to numbers, built in late 99. Did not change the cover, old sensor in, to plug...
  25. GavinJansma

    HELP no spark

    Update I am getting spark going to distributor just not coming out... changed cap,rotor and distributor still nothing...

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