1980 Chevy Silverado Limited Edition

[87454westernhauler]

yah it is the chanel at the botom of the glass. would one work off of a drivers side window, just the chanel or are they different? probalbly a stuped question Also, is there a sepetate fuse/ relay breaker for the horn besides the 20 amp fuse in the fuse block?

[87454westernhauler]

got the horn to work last night and replaced the entire heater core housing because some idiot kicked the bottom of it and shattered the bottom of it, and got my wipers working and blades replaced also. getting closer to having it ready to be driven daily soon!!

[87454westernhauler]

have a big question and posibly an issue with it.  Since i bought it the oil pressure gage only reads if i revit up, I thought it was just the dash gage, so I replaced the dash gage with one I know works and still doing the same thing. I just replaced the motor oil and filter with 10w30 and no change. I am wondering if the sensor by the distributor is bad or maybe something bigger?
 Another thing is that I started degreesing the motor and cleening the carb and pulled the vacumn advance out and the PCV valve to klean it and relized that it was full of white sludgy type stuff! I did pull all of the plugs on the passanger side and replaced them and they had like no oil on them, just carbon build up. I asked my dad about it and he thinks that it is antifreeze??? I am wondering if it is sludge in the oil as i didn't see and antifreeze in the old oil. could the sludge if that is what it is be blocking the oil pressure sensor or what are your guyes thought on it, cause my dad is wanting me to sell it and I would not rilly want to do that with it!!!! help and thanks

[87454westernhauler]

does any one have any ideas?? my dad is going sell it if I don't figure out something soon! Help.

[beastie_3]

sounds about right

[87454westernhauler]

dang i have a new re manufactured 454 in one of our parts trucks, would that be to big for the suspencion?

[jaredts]

There was a recent post about a similar oil pressure problem.  Basically there's a strong chance that your motor is gone.  It could be the oil pump but that's not usually the case.  Vile's suggestion on that post was to remove the oil pan and use plastigage to see if the clearance from main bearings to crank journals is gone.  I don't have tons of experience with this, but have known a few people with the same problem.  In every case it was the clearances on the mains.  A 454 will drop in, but you'll need all of the accessory brackets.  That's another topic I can't personally speak of, but there's a number of posts on here for that swap if you want to search.

[87454westernhauler]

I have all of the mount, im just woried about the front suspension being to light.

[VileZambonie]

Is that French for suspension? Spell check button is very close to the post button.

If you're putting in a big block just use big block springs.

[87454westernhauler]

I am a little annoyed right now, a guy down the road has this 81 silverado 1/2 ton with a fairly descent body on it and it has a big bored out 454 that runs and drives for only 600. wish I could afford to buy that!!!

[BigRuss]

that sounds like a decent truck

[87454westernhauler]

I'm tempted to see if I can trade the guy something for it or scrape the money up some how.

[Captkaos]

454 will go where the 350 is.  The truck will sit a little lower.

[87454westernhauler]

my dad was trying to tell me that the motor would be to heavy for the suspension.  thinking that if i could get it to run beter, I will just drive it this summer for work, just 10 miles round trip to where i am working thuis summer and find a cheaper car to drive when i go to school this fall and maybe pull the 350 and rebuild it or put the 454 in it. still debating. How do capt and vill pay for it all?

[Captkaos]

Done this swap several times.  I save everything I can.  Takes me a while but I try to plan ahead.