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Offline Captain Swampy

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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #60 on: January 07, 2016, 07:44:04 PM »
I'll have to resize and post more pics. I was busy fixing my work truck. I'm glad you like the build. I have to admit I thought the truck was in better shape than it was. The slip on rockers fooled me. We went and looked at it at night, which didn't help. As you'll see, we rebuilt almost everything on the pickup. I do feel bad, because if we had been patient and looked at more trucks, we could have found a better one. Everything the previous owner touched was cobbled. On the bright side almost everything is new, so after we get the body done, it will be almost like new.

Yesterday, I think the head gasket blew  or a head cracked. Brooke almost made it home before it quit. She said the exhaust was white. Any way, mom took the excursion and rescued her. So they dragged it home. Tam (my wife's name is Tammie) said there doesn't appear to be antifreeze in the oil. It started once, but won't start now. She said the tailpipe smells like antifreeze. What do you guys think? Gasket or head? Any way to test? Or just have to tear it apart and look?

Would you rebuild or replace it? I gave her the engine so I'm going to warranty it, LOL. I thought about buying Chevy Performance #12530283. It's 4 bolt main, vortec heads, with a roller camshaft. I think we would need a different intake manifold. Or I thought of rebuilding our block and putting vortec heads on it.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #61 on: January 07, 2016, 08:16:33 PM »
You will need to tear it down for inspection to learn the particulars, but it is best to at least narrow it to one or two cylinders beforehand.  You should be able to tell which cylinder with a compression check or leak-down test.  It may become obvious when you pull the spark plugs if any are wet with coolant.  Otherwise, crank the engine with the spark plugs removed and someone watching each bank from in front of the truck (out of the line of fire) to see which cylinder expels liquid.
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In other words... if people learn by making mistakes, by now I should know just about everything!!!
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #62 on: January 07, 2016, 08:53:52 PM »
Thank you
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #63 on: January 07, 2016, 09:17:16 PM »
POR-15. My wife helped with this project. 2 coats, then we painted it.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #64 on: January 07, 2016, 09:19:57 PM »
The light gray paint is awesome when you're working under the truck.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #65 on: January 10, 2016, 01:46:20 PM »
I'll backtrack a bit. I found more pictures. ;)
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #66 on: January 10, 2016, 01:54:16 PM »
More patches we made from the door skin Curt gave us.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #67 on: January 10, 2016, 02:07:39 PM »
The cab corner wasn't big enough to cover the hole. It wasn't a mistake, we had to open it that far to get all the rust. We made a small patch to fill it in. Always have your replacement panels on hand so you don't make the hole bigger than the patch. :o It just couldn't be avoided in this instance. Brooke made most of the patches we made from scratch.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #68 on: January 10, 2016, 02:14:43 PM »
I'd like to congratulate Brooke on 2nd place yesterday in a dance competition. Last year they got 5th. She is Co-Captain of the team this year. And as your pondering a gear head on a dance team, I'll mention she likes to hunt and fish.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #69 on: January 10, 2016, 09:23:45 PM »
Hunt and fish too!! Sound like you have a smart young lady there. Nice to keep them busy doing those hobbies with their dad. Beats hangin out at the mall doin nuthin!
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #70 on: February 03, 2016, 05:50:29 PM »
I started with the simple stuff. I stuck an extra plug on a plug wire and had spark. Then I dumped some gas down the TBI and it fired right up. The stink must've been from running lean and the white smoke from the temperature. We put in a new fuel pump and sending unit and it runs great. We used a EP381 pump from 96 and newer instead of the stock pump. It has more pressure and flow. We'll need it in the future when add mods to the engine. 8)
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #71 on: February 03, 2016, 06:19:49 PM »
The engine doesn't have many miles on it, but sat for 12 years unused. It has a small cam, so it would still work with the TBI. Tam could get 13-15MPG with it in the suburban. It pulled pretty well compared to the stock cam.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #72 on: February 03, 2016, 07:07:56 PM »
 Sure felt good to have the engine and tranny in!
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #73 on: February 03, 2016, 07:19:56 PM »
We rebuilt the TBI unit. They are actually simpler than a carb to rebuild.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #74 on: February 04, 2016, 10:01:37 PM »
Lookin good capt. If you happen to notice a spare 350 small block getting kicked around your shop floor,,,send it my way.
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