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eff it

It did run. It ran like a raped ape! Then I began some much needed exhaust work - which became much more extensive than I though - the whole top end got tore down. She's got a bunch of new parts now (head gaskets, valley pan, plugs, wires, carb, etc, etc). I should be the point to start the...

Thank you. I guess I'm going to have to learn to use a multimeter and to troubleshoot. I've been dreading the though of it.

Ty. I've been looking in that but to be honest I really don't understand how to read a wiring diagram and I'm not seeing anything that looks like what I'm trying to identify. I don't see any indication of the firewall in any of the diagrams which makes it challenging to see if a wire passes...

I've had a couple engine fires in that truck and the wiring had gotten pretty messed up. I replaced each damaged wire with matching color but there is one wire I can not figure out what it is. I realize that it's possible not to be stock (wiring can be altered) but then again maybe it is. I need...

Excellent. Thanks for the infos. I suppose I'll leave them then.

Hello?

I used rubber valve cover gaskets when reinstalling the valve covers on my 78' Dodge W200 (400 bb) and they have some pretty hefty tabs on them to help locate the gasket while installing it. You can see them sticking out in the pictures below. Am I supposed to cut those off after everything is...

Cool Thanks. I ended up just winging it and making something work. I bought new - longer ones - for the 4 spots in the middle (both sides) but used the shorter ones I had on the ends (both sides). It's probably not the way its supposed to be but it seems to work. I had to get going on it and...

Wellll.. I THINK I got er' (so far as brackets goes). Got the intake on there anyway. Now I ran into a little uncertainty about the valve cover bolts I have. Sooo.. what happened is I seem to have 2 valve cover bolts that are a little longer than the rest. One fastener on the passenger side is a...

Got my bolt. Thanks guys

That would be fantastic. Happy to do do that. My # fpr contac is in that cl add linked in my orig post. In case it makes things easier.

I need an intake manifold bolt for a 400 BB Dodge engine (1978 ish). I lost one of the bolts and have been to several places in my area and all over the internet and cannot find the exact match that I'm looking for. It is the valley pan style intake. The bolt is 2 inches long with a 9/16 head...

Kinda makes sense what was described so I'll see what I can do with that info. I saw before that there's a long standing debate whether you can re-use a valley pan or not. Mine is really pretty straight so I was hoping I could get away without spending the extra cash (I'm pretty strapped right now).

Ty. Appreciate the info. It's starting to come back to me now. Do you think that using one new bolt (intake) along with 7 used bolts would be an issue? Don't bolts stretch over time? Also - any idea what that bracket sticking straight up in the air sticking out the front of the intake is for? Is...