20 Most Recent 1983 Chevrolet Silverado - Page 3 Questions & Answers

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You will need to make these lines up from straight stock And bend and double flare the ends to handle the pressure, this requires of course special tools and very special skills. You can't buy already make up replacement brake lines.

Replacing axle seals requires removing the differential cover,removing the spur gear bolt/shaft,removing the C clip,then sliding the axle out.You will have to press the bearing off of the axle to remove the seal,which usually will break the bearing(might as well replace it anyway on an '85).Removing and replacing the bearing should be done with a shop press.

Car not starting or turning over indicates towards multiple possibilities. It can be issue with battery or weak battery. But if battery checks out ok, then it can be starter issue or faulty alternator or problem with low fuel pressure or no spark at spark plugs due to dirty spark plugs or faulty ignition coil or injectors getting cracked or dirty and needs to be cleaned.

To confirm the problem, the basic troubleshooting is required.

Click this link below and follow the troubleshooting:------

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Timing vacuum leak also check your mixture ratio on Carb maybe not getting enough gas check fuel pump output

if you think alternator is putting out the proper voltage. then check the post on alternator for voltage. its a possibility, that the wire is bad ! coming from alt, to battery and starter. if vehicle is running, there should be at least 13.6 volts to14.2 at battery posts. the higher is better. its also another possibility that the fuseable link in wire has blown ! that goes to battery. good-day !

Sounds like you have the firing order right but your off on the #1 on the distributer. Every time you get an explosion coming from the carb its misfiring. Find the #1 on dist and continue with firing order

It depends on which transmission you have in the truck but between 3.5 litres and 4.7 litres. Pick up 4 or 5 litres, add 3 and check the fluid level. Go from there. Before you check the level run the truck through all the gears slowly down to 1 and back to Park. Leave it in each gear a few seconds. Top it up and repeat until it's full. Hope this helps.

It's pretty straight forward regardless of engine size. You need to remove the starter, and oil filter and the plate on the front of the bell housing.

If the engine is a V8, you need to drop the exhaust "Y" pipe. You also need to unclip the distributor cap and lay it ahead of the distributor on the intake. This is so you don't break it when you jack the motor up.

Remove the 2 long bolts in the motor mounts and carefully jack the front of the engine up. Most guys use the harmonic balancer, that's why I said carefully.Sometimes you can reinstall the bolts and lower the engine down on them and get enough clearance to pull the oil pan out. Sometimes you have to block it as high as you can get with wooden blocks. Me, I just left it on the jack.

With the engine up, remove the bolts from the pan and down it will come. Hopefully you remembered to drain it first, otherwise it's bath time. Make sure you get both surfaces cleaned well and the inside of the pan too. While you are cleaning keep an eye out for "stuff that ain't supposed to be there." Now is the best time to sort it out if you find some.

Put your new gasket on and put the pan back up and bolt it on. Torque is 80 inch.pounds or not quite 7 ft.lbs. Put everything back the way it was before you started. Hope this helps.

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This sounds a lot like a bad coil or a bad battery. Ask your Autoparts clerk if you have any Thermal switches that could make that symptom. The coil can be checked at the Autoparts store as well as the battery.