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Old Jun 11, 2018 | 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by FMJ.

Do you understand now why you were able to get a zero vacuum reading ?

Laterz,
Oh yeah. I've come a long way since the start of this thread. I'm very mechanically inclined but my experience has been with EFI. I had never touched an auto carburetor until the build of this truck.
 
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In the last couple of weeks, I have installed new 2AWG battery cables, ran a ground wire from the starter housing to the engine block, and installed the new roller rockers. The truck starts instantly now. As for the rockers, I have some light chatter. I've heard that Comp rockers can sound "like a sewing machine" but I need to double check my adjustments. I did a cylinder at a time, rolling through the firing order. I feel like there is a difference driving it but my vacuum is still at 12". Maybe I'm still hanging a valve?

Also, the voltage at my coil read -.28v ???
 
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Old Jul 16, 2018 | 02:32 PM
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Saturday I had a chance to do a dry compression test on each cylinder:

Cylinder Compression (psi)

1 118
2 120
3 130
4 114
5 125
6 130
7 120
8 130
 
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