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Hey dudes, back in a GMT400. Bought a super rough 1988 GMC C3500 yesterday for $600. Drove it home 50 miles, which was a bit of a fun drive....
It's got the TBI 350, TH400, SF 14 Bolt which I was kind of hoping it'd have the FF but oh well. It's got a bit of an identity crisis with the GMC grille and the chevy tailgate lol. I have to get a new battery for it, the one in it is 8 years old. That's first on the agenda list. Secondly, the ignition starter switch was pulled off the column, I was told it was because the switch went bad. Have to start the truck with a small screwdriver by sliding the actuator inside the switch over. Once I get a battery where I can readily start the truck without having to jump the thing every damned time I'll work on that.
It runs alright, runs rich as hell, smokes, throttle body is nasty! So it'll need a rebuild in the future. Tune up too and an oil change. Oil pressure is good I think, someone changed the cluster out and it's got one from a truck that had OD. Speedo is way off, gas gauge I think reads like it should, as does temp. As far as the cluster is concerned, I read the calibration is off cause of the swap. I'm thinking of getting one from Intellitronix that'll be digital and just going that route. The throttle body, I'm undecided on. If I leave it throttle body it'll just be a rebuild, maybe regasket the intake while I'm at it and put long tubes on. Or I have a set of 062's that have been rebuilt, a summit Stage 1 intake, edelbrock 750, with the TH400 I could just go right to carb with vortecs and bump the power and torque up but lose the kinda okay fuel mileage. Undecided at this point. Anyway here it is, I'll update as I do stuff. I'm in between jobs at the moment and fixing to get started on as soon as I finish the pre-employment stuff once I get the call, so it'll be slow at first.
I need to clean the SPID label gently so I can decode it and see what it came with. I've already verified via VIN that it is a C3500 and is a factory 350/TH400 truck.
It's got the TBI 350, TH400, SF 14 Bolt which I was kind of hoping it'd have the FF but oh well. It's got a bit of an identity crisis with the GMC grille and the chevy tailgate lol. I have to get a new battery for it, the one in it is 8 years old. That's first on the agenda list. Secondly, the ignition starter switch was pulled off the column, I was told it was because the switch went bad. Have to start the truck with a small screwdriver by sliding the actuator inside the switch over. Once I get a battery where I can readily start the truck without having to jump the thing every damned time I'll work on that.
It runs alright, runs rich as hell, smokes, throttle body is nasty! So it'll need a rebuild in the future. Tune up too and an oil change. Oil pressure is good I think, someone changed the cluster out and it's got one from a truck that had OD. Speedo is way off, gas gauge I think reads like it should, as does temp. As far as the cluster is concerned, I read the calibration is off cause of the swap. I'm thinking of getting one from Intellitronix that'll be digital and just going that route. The throttle body, I'm undecided on. If I leave it throttle body it'll just be a rebuild, maybe regasket the intake while I'm at it and put long tubes on. Or I have a set of 062's that have been rebuilt, a summit Stage 1 intake, edelbrock 750, with the TH400 I could just go right to carb with vortecs and bump the power and torque up but lose the kinda okay fuel mileage. Undecided at this point. Anyway here it is, I'll update as I do stuff. I'm in between jobs at the moment and fixing to get started on as soon as I finish the pre-employment stuff once I get the call, so it'll be slow at first.
I need to clean the SPID label gently so I can decode it and see what it came with. I've already verified via VIN that it is a C3500 and is a factory 350/TH400 truck.
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