head gasket help

[8oStEpc10]

ok yall im new from dallas texas and i have an  80 c/10 stepside 250 3speed on the floor and im goin to post some pics soon...but i just blew my head gasket and the carb and this engine all around has so many hoses what can i by pass and what do i have to keep? this thing is crazy with all the egr valves and what not so any help would be great.

[VileZambonie]

Take a few digital pix and a quick video of everything before you take it apart.

[8oStEpc10]

 I did all that what can i block off what do i need and what dont i need?

[Russ130]

You need 2 heater hoses, 2 radiator hoses, 1 brake booster vacumn hose, 1 pvc hose, 1 vacumn hose for the vacumn advance and 1 vacumn hose for the vacumn canister that looks like a ball over by the blower fan. You will also need fuel hose or line and power steering hoses. There is a warm air hose that comes from the exhaust manifold to the air cleaner assembly which you might need if you live in a cold climate and it has trouble running in the cold. Everything else can be bypassed or plugged assuming you do not need to pass an emissions test.

[8oStEpc10]

no sir in texas if its 25 years or older no test is required.

[eventhorizon66]

no sir in texas if its 25 years or older no test is required.

And that's only if you live in an emissions county.  Most Texas counties have no emissions test requirement regardless of year.

[choptop]

I had an inspector tell me, "if they cant see it, they dont look for it" The only things they look for is a cat (mostly 81-up), the factory air cleaner, and that stupid little heat riser tube from the air cleaner to the exhaust.(May be useful in colder climates, but we think cold is anything below 50F) It looks funny sitting there dangling over the top of the header, but will pass. Then just drive up the street and take it off til next year . If it came with the cold air tube, they look for it too, but some arent as concerned about that part.
  If its not your daily driver, yank all of it off, and just get antique tags. No inspection needed, and at $50 for five year tags it is very cost effective.

[eventhorizon66]

I don't have anything but a single cat and all the inspector did was perform a safety test, run the sniffer test, check the gas cap, and give me a new sticker.  I passed with readings much lower than my old full-emission 305.

[8oStEpc10]

no cat on this truck and its an 80. ITs also my daily driver slash parts runner, ill post some pics soon just this head is so crazy how they made it..