Ok hey you..you rock!I made a plate to go on the intake@the egr...now my idle is normal&thats the main thing I was worried about.So I plug the vac port thats going crom the egr to the intake correct?I still dont have cruise,I can hear a sucking when I get on the gas&my hvac vent still arent blowing out of the face vents.If you remember Ive had rhat issue for a long time&I had cruise even with that issue.Im gonna plug it&if nothing changes Ill be going to get a smoke test.

 

Get rid of the rest of the EGR stuff, and then plug the port on the intake.

Check your vacuum line for the cruise, my guess is, it's just hanging in space somewhere.

If the heater is blowing out the dash vents, and won't switch.... probably a heater control head issue. Default for no vacuum is defrost..... if it's coming out the defrost vents, vacuum issue is the first thing to check. Most of that snakes nest is on the passenger side rear of the motor.

 

Ive got air out of defrost&the floor vents,wish I would of just did the delete before I went&bought the new egr solenoid yesterday. ohwell.Going to cap all my ports.thanks a ton you been a big help.If yoh ever come down this way bring a panel to get sprayed or something to get blasted or powder coated.

 

Uhh...well after driving around I saw oil pooling up on the ground.I looked under there&saw oil coming from the top passengers side of the bellhousing&I went&grabd on the back of the intake&seems like I got a leak!Well here I go@it again.

 

Make sure it is the seal back there, and not the oil pressure sending unit before you rip the intake off again.

 

Think its the intake...that would explain the vac leakNow I need to find a way to check the intake to be sure.Havr no idea jow to.

 

Get a bright lite, and a mirror. If the gasket at the back of the intake got displaced, you should be able to see it. Either that, or just start up the truck, and watch.

 

Just ran back out there&double checked its forsure the intake...that blowz.Ohwell sotwo things first shoukd I unplug the vacuum solenoid?&Im not sure I did the rtv right.Should I post in the plenum thread or make a new post?Idk so for now Ill ask here.I used the felpro kit&black rtv on the side intake gaskets I put some on both sixes of the gaskets&on the front&rear I did the same&I put a bunch where the cront&back gaskets meet the sixes?Is that right ot wrong?In my sbc I habe copper gaskets that dont need any if I remember right.Also when I went to set the kegger back down the egr pipe got hung up so I had some issues on getting it on there.Im gonna g buy some real long bolts&cut the heads or some threaded rod&use em as guides this time.

 

When I did my intake manifold gaskets after replacing the plenum, there were only two spots that needed RTV, one in the front left corner and one in the back left corner if I remember right, where the two gaskets come together there is a little gap there you need to seal up. Shouldn't take a ton of RTV though, and I don't remember putting any directly on the gaskets on either side??? Definitely want to get the intake on there straight down so you don't risk displacing the gaskets as you set the intake down. There are those small studs that stick up to help align, the threaded rod is a good idea too. Make sure you follow the correct torque pattern when you snug it down as well.

 

So did you not out any on the gaskets?