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Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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| | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,803 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,803 | Pull the spark plugs and put a torque wrench on the crankshaft damper bolt. Any turning torque over about 100 ft/lb with the plugs out indicates something inside is too tight: rod bearings, main bearings, piston/ring fit etc. If it turns over OK by hand, find the starter or battery/cable problem. Ditto on making it start immediately- - - -you can scuff a new cam by extended cranking. Once it starts, go to 2,000 RPM for 20 minutes before doing much idling.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
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