Thanks

 

Bought a new gas cap, lol. I know that sounds lame, but my engine light was on and my mechanic said there was a misfire on cylinder 8 and suggested I rebuild the top of the engine. I stopped by my friend's house the other day and his neighbor was out and so I told him about this. He knows a lot about vehicles so when I told him this he got his machine out and hooked it up to the truck (I'm sorry I don't know what it's called). The only code he got was P00441 (I think that was it) and he said it was something about P-Vac (?). We checked my gas cap, which never did fit, because my ex had bought it off Amazon. When I told him this he grinned. "Yeah," I said. "I know..."

He also looked at my engine, to see if there were any signs of a misfire. He said, "That engine isn't even moving." He told me to put my fingers on it so I did. "See," he said. "It's not even vibrating." He said that was a sign that I had a sweet engine, especially for the age of the truck. He said I should find a better mechanic and in the meantime, buy a decent gas cap. So I did.

 

Did some running in the 76.
Then put 2 cans of Seafoam in the gas, then filled it up.

Unfortunately, I isn't completely full, apparently $40 wasn't enough.

*edit*
Just ran the numbers as accurately as I could....whopping 5.35 mpg.


Well ****....

 

Find the ID plate they said. It's by the dizzy they said.

I can't find it. Picture of what I could find up here in a minute.


I took degreaser and cleaned most of the engine bay, Awesome brand degreaser straight does a pretty good job. Cleaned one half of the block on the underside, still go the original robin's egg blue on it.

 

I finish my project this week. I'll let you know the results.

I took mine for a splash in the river today.

 

sprayed my engine block with penetrating oil. hoping it will help loosen up all the caked on garbage. plan on pressure washing it tomorrow so i made these

 

Thats an engine block?

 

lol. they are exhaust port covers that are going to go on ontop of the duct tape to keep water out of the engine when i am pressure washing.

 

here is a picture of the covers doing there job. they kept water and paint out. i painted the passenger side today. hoping to get the drivers side done also. just wish it was a bit warmer so that the water and paint would dry quicker.

 

Damn thats clever! Lookin good there CW! Is that the 81?