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Fresh rebuild on the carb. It does go over 55 but I won't admit to speeding ;). No overheating issues **it goes over 55 very well and will not sputter upon wot It does sputter in the corners It also has a hiccup for a second when going from cruising to wot

Ok so. I take back the great, she runs. So here's what I did and a list off problems. 81 d150 he conversion via classichei.com. non vacuum advance distributor, carter bbd 2 barrel, cast super six manifold with egr blocked off. No choke. Set by hand on carb every times she's cold. Fast idle...

Drilled bolts out and used new grade 8 bolts for the flange. Torqued properly through a heat cycle X2. She runs great!

I am swapping the intake this weekend. Tonight, removed intake and am excited to get the rest done tomorrow. I only broke the exhaust bolts, no bolts in the head. Going to drill this out tomorrow. Goal is running for work on Monday. Only daily driver. Napa and car quest are open all weekend...

Hey thanks for the ball joints man. that means a lot thank you thank you thank you thank you

Got home today and found two new ball joints in my mailbox. did some digging they came from pangasket. Thank you so much. I don't understand why but thank you and mopardaddy for this.

Thank you. I will be experimenting with it and trying more. It will get better once I get a laptop. Thank you again.

Alright sorry about the Houdini act there but I am back. I got frustrated a little with only updating on my phone because my computer is as old as my truck and takes 4 days to warm up. I fired it up to type a lengthy entry into my dodge journal. SO I disconnected a lot more, EGR and all its...

Ammeter disconnected

Sorry guys I didn't subscribe to this thread to keep up with you all. I got it fixed for the time being but I still need to go through every wire and double check stuff. Make sure connections are secure and water tight. I live in Oregon and it likes to rain here. Then I will wire loom it all...

Beautiful engines.I am thinking a dark blue will look good on mine. I have a theme going so far. White body with black hub caps, cowl, wipers and grille. Soon black bumper. But I have this nice blue accent theme going on with my lights on my stereo and wire looms. I painted the whole of my dash...

OK awesome help guys thank you all. Sorry, I thought it was assumed to be my 81 step slant d150. I work at a local dealership in the service department as a service writer so I asked a friend(master tech). He helped me find the issue. Issue was: I removed the spark control computer. Then...

ok so uh oh this morning i drove a block and a wire fried on the driver side of the engine bay, it was a blue wire that is soldered together with a green and red to a large black wire, i quick connected all of them back together and turn the key on tried to start it and a blue wire that runs up...

Yeah was a have to do kinda thing

New starter today