runs great aside from the skip and upon further reading online I have been losing oil. not burning but only once in awhile upon start up I'm thinking your right about the plenum gasket

 

Have a look, take it from there.

 

runs good aside from the skip I'm thinking your right about the plenum gasket I've been losing oil and the trucks not burning oil constantly but upon start up I'll get a puff of smoke I chalked that up to valve seals but reading online that plenum gasket tends to saturate cylinder 8 and seven with oil

 

yep looked down the throat lots of oil guess I'll be doing that this weekend

 

Get the Hughes Plenum plate. Get your gaskets locally, intake bolts as well. (cheaper.)

 

well had my cousin fab an aluminum plenum plate from his machine shop for me to save some $$$ and I picked up a set of heads and intake complete with fuel rail and carb at a boneyard it came out of a wrecked truck so I knew the truck ran. gonna do the kegger mod and some work on the heads I'm thinking my old heads either have a crack or a burnt valve . I can get everything prepped and ready beforehand so my truck won't be down for too long will keep you posted

 

guys I'm bummed I started working on the heads in the process of re lapping my valves I discovered a very faint hairline crack between cylinder 8's seats I e intake exhaust now I heard some guys say don't worry about it, if its really prevalent your sh*t out of luck but a hairline cracks not a problem. what to do guys I'm on a budget and moneys tight

 

You can bolt 'em back on, and see what happens......(don't be surprised if you miss isn't fixed....) It IS a common problem on these heads......

Or, you can get replacement heads for about 270 each from Clearwater Cylinder head, or EQ, down in florida.

 

also heyyou what would cause the truck to turn over for a bit not start then finally start up have these trucks got a problem like that

 

Even if money is tight, pay once and cry once. Get some new, beefy replacement heads while everything is apart. The money and time you "save" now many cost you much more down the road.