1984 ext cab just picked it up a week ago and im putting a little work into it. it needed some when i bought it. guy was at 2400 i got it for 1500 after about a week of hassling. though it smokes someone told me it was because of it was running to rich and breaking down the oil? help? doesnt smoke to badly though. had some fosgate amps and mids/highs in storage room so i slapped thsoe in and putting a 12 sub in it too i pretty much bought it for my first driver im restoring a 1972 gmc k20 so. got to have somethign to tool around and daily drive to school and such

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61SYZH9URo

 

Nice.

Get a photobucket account and post the pics that way. at least that's what I do

 

X2-picture links suck. we are lazy.
With a photobucket.com account you can just copy and paste the [IMG] code into your post and than we get instant gratification with the pic of your truck with out the extra work

Have fun with your truck, looks like one I recently saw on the portland craigslist...good find

 

nice truck, I have never seen a xtra cab with bench seat. you need to fix that rust on the bed on passenger side, that metal so thin rust will cancer the bed real quick. You need a rear bumper before some idiot takes out the tailgate. but its a nice truck, you got a good deal

 

yeah i know the only thing i dont like about this pickup is the rust in the bed . i definitly need to find a rear bumper for sure any info on how to fix the rust in the bed guys? do they sell kits just like they do old cars and trucks or what? or will i need to get a new bed?

 

sheet metal, grinder and a welder come to mind


My '84 x-cab had one

 

Welcome to a good disease

 

fixed pics guys alot more to

 

Oh lawd, Adjust those valves, son!

sweeeet truck!

 

adjusting my valves will stop it?

 

it will tick tick tick tick then go quiet for a bit then tick tick tick? someone told me it was running to rich and breaking down the oil making it smoke? another said valve adjust? cant really tell in video but it goes quiet then ticks maybe could get a better video farther away?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu8GlyOEld0

 

oh. I didnt mean adjust them to make it stop smoking. I meant adjust them because they are loud as hell.

Or it could be the timing chain chewing into the timing cover...then the smoke could be from coolant getting into the pistons some how

Either way, take off the valve cover. inspect the timing chain and do a valve job.

Is the oil milkshake looking? coolant brown/blackish?

 

And I really couldnt tell if that was blue smoke or white smoke. So I assumed it was white. White=burning coolant. Blue(ish)= burning oil.

 

its actually blue and oil is perfect color like it came right out the bottle take a quart of oil every 500 miles? i think it was. coolant looks niec and pink and clear to

 

could be the timing chain guides, probably need to replace them along with a new timing chain.