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For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354422] |
Sun, 03 May 2020 18:07 |
6cuda6
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After i ran out of time playing roof AC redesign today i changed gears and started tackling the stumble/almost stall on initial throttle application.
First order of business was to replace as many bad vacuum lines as i could see....2 more to go...the ones to/from the vacuum control solenoid. {i'm not sure who pissed of that Olds 403 emission engineer but he should try changing the 2 vacuum lines behind the power steering pump filler neck}. Next was to look/test all the vacuum actuators....you guessed it the throttle lever actuator or throttle pusher as the parts manual calls it....seized solid.
So the question for today.... does anyone know the part number for a new one? [ps: i'm not really a jamb the BB in the vacuum hose kinda guy but i will if this little gem of an actuator turns into the most collectible piece of GMC history]
Rich Mondor,
Brockville, ON
77 Hughes 2600
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Re: For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354425 is a reply to message #354422] |
Sun, 03 May 2020 18:46 |
C Boyd
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Sir, you do know that throttle pusher is only active with the engine running and gear shifter in Drive?
6cuda6 wrote on Sun, 03 May 2020 19:07After i ran out of time playing roof AC redesign today i changed gears and started tackling the stumble/almost stall on initial throttle application.
First order of business was to replace as many bad vacuum lines as i could see....2 more to go...the ones to/from the vacuum control solenoid. {i'm not sure who pissed of that Olds 403 emission engineer but he should try changing the 2 vacuum lines behind the power steering pump filler neck}. Next was to look/test all the vacuum actuators....you guessed it the throttle lever actuator or throttle pusher as the parts manual calls it....seized solid.
So the question for today.... does anyone know the part number for a new one? [ps: i'm not really a jamb the BB in the vacuum hose kinda guy but i will if this little gem of an actuator turns into the most collectible piece of GMC history]
C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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Re: [GMCnet] For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354426 is a reply to message #354424] |
Sun, 03 May 2020 18:49 |
James Hupy
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Try being a tech working in the trade, trying to make sense of all that
stuff like spark retard where there once was advance, and vacuum there when
the engine was pulling hard and there should not have been any, and hoses
galore, and the beat goes on, the beat goes on.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Sun, May 3, 2020, 4:38 PM Matt Colie via Gmclist
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> I can (unfortunately) tell you how it ended up like that..
>
> After some poor dyno jock finished doing a map of spark and fuel loops,
> somebody looked at the data and said "we can't have this - fix it." That
> meant push off the performance part of the map into a better emissions
> part of the map. That was a what ever it took effort. You would not
> believe
> some of the cheap tricks that were tried. The one I always admired was
> holding the advance curve back in the lower gears so the extra heat would
> get
> the catalyst lit. Another good one used to be keeping the engine near
> stoch (stoichiometric - ideal) but making alternate between rich and lean to
> keep the cat hot.
>
> Great times they were - NOT
>
> Matt - the refugee from dynoland
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Re: For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354427 is a reply to message #354425] |
Sun, 03 May 2020 19:19 |
6cuda6
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I do Mr Boyd..thanks for the reminder...mine is seized solid.
C Boyd wrote on Sun, 03 May 2020 19:46Sir, you do know that throttle pusher is only active with the engine running and gear shifter in Drive?
6cuda6 wrote on Sun, 03 May 2020 19:07After i ran out of time playing roof AC redesign today i changed gears and started tackling the stumble/almost stall on initial throttle application.
First order of business was to replace as many bad vacuum lines as i could see....2 more to go...the ones to/from the vacuum control solenoid. {i'm not sure who pissed of that Olds 403 emission engineer but he should try changing the 2 vacuum lines behind the power steering pump filler neck}. Next was to look/test all the vacuum actuators....you guessed it the throttle lever actuator or throttle pusher as the parts manual calls it....seized solid.
So the question for today.... does anyone know the part number for a new one? [ps: i'm not really a jamb the BB in the vacuum hose kinda guy but i will if this little gem of an actuator turns into the most collectible piece of GMC history]
Rich Mondor,
Brockville, ON
77 Hughes 2600
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Re: [GMCnet] For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354428 is a reply to message #354426] |
Sun, 03 May 2020 19:26 |
6cuda6
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I know it all to well Jim....GM main line tech form 1984 to 1994...yup saw it in the heyday of carbs, vacuum lines, converters, air pumps, into throttle body injection, tuned port injection you name it....when the wife said she wanted a GMC it was both a high and a low because i knew the engine would be simple to keep running but i also knew the downfalls to 40 plus years of people messing with it.
James Hupy wrote on Sun, 03 May 2020 19:49Try being a tech working in the trade, trying to make sense of all that
stuff like spark retard where there once was advance, and vacuum there when
the engine was pulling hard and there should not have been any, and hoses
galore, and the beat goes on, the beat goes on.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Sun, May 3, 2020, 4:38 PM Matt Colie via Gmclist
wrote:
> I can (unfortunately) tell you how it ended up like that..
>
> After some poor dyno jock finished doing a map of spark and fuel loops,
> somebody looked at the data and said "we can't have this - fix it." That
> meant push off the performance part of the map into a better emissions
> part of the map. That was a what ever it took effort. You would not
> believe
> some of the cheap tricks that were tried. The one I always admired was
> holding the advance curve back in the lower gears so the extra heat would
> get
> the catalyst lit. Another good one used to be keeping the engine near
> stoch (stoichiometric - ideal) but making alternate between rich and lean to
> keep the cat hot.
>
> Great times they were - NOT
>
> Matt - the refugee from dynoland
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
> Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
> OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
>
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Re: For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354429 is a reply to message #354424] |
Sun, 03 May 2020 19:30 |
6cuda6
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I think the best ever was Cadillac's 1986 4-6-8 engine.... one of the few cars i never wanted to work on and didnt care what they wanted to pay us...i know a few techs that would have liked to hang the engineers that designed that thing.....lol.
Matt Colie wrote on Sun, 03 May 2020 19:38I can (unfortunately) tell you how it ended up like that..
After some poor dyno jock finished doing a map of spark and fuel loops, somebody looked at the data and said "we can't have this - fix it." That meant push off the performance part of the map into a better emissions part of the map. That was a what ever it took effort. You would not believe some of the cheap tricks that were tried. The one I always admired was holding the advance curve back in the lower gears so the extra heat would get the catalyst lit. Another good one used to be keeping the engine near stoch (stoichiometric - ideal) but making alternate between rich and lean to keep the cat hot.
Great times they were - NOT
Matt - the refugee from dynoland
Rich Mondor,
Brockville, ON
77 Hughes 2600
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Re: For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354433 is a reply to message #354429] |
Sun, 03 May 2020 20:30 |
C Boyd
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Sir, I thought the 4,6,8 engine was started in 1981 with the trunk less Seville? Anyway as a side note.. the last 403 I worked on with a flat spot off idle ended up being a bad carb gasket under the top plate. I took it off to inspect and replace accelerator pump. It was at the GMCMI rally in Tallahassee. Jim Bounds had a used carb he gave me for parts and I salvaged the pump and gasket. Most people remove that idle pusher and the vacuum valve on the front of the pass head and the solenoid on the front of the drivers head, but being OCD ( old, cranky, dyslexics ) I put it back on.
6cuda6 wrote on Sun, 03 May 2020 20:30I think the best ever was Cadillac's 1986 4-6-8 engine.... one of the few cars i never wanted to work on and didnt care what they wanted to pay us...i know a few techs that would have liked to hang the engineers that designed that thing.....lol.
Matt Colie wrote on Sun, 03 May 2020 19:38I can (unfortunately) tell you how it ended up like that..
After some poor dyno jock finished doing a map of spark and fuel loops, somebody looked at the data and said "we can't have this - fix it." That meant push off the performance part of the map into a better emissions part of the map. That was a what ever it took effort. You would not believe some of the cheap tricks that were tried. The one I always admired was holding the advance curve back in the lower gears so the extra heat would get the catalyst lit. Another good one used to be keeping the engine near stoch (stoichiometric - ideal) but making alternate between rich and lean to keep the cat hot.
Great times they were - NOT
Matt - the refugee from dynoland
C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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Re: For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354438 is a reply to message #354433] |
Sun, 03 May 2020 20:47 |
6cuda6
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I have a carb rebuild kit sitting here waiting to go....its coming off in the hear future....after i finish the roof AC swap....after i drop the tanks...after i get the exhaust eelded up for the generator....after..... lol. In the mean time it runs and moves.
C Boyd wrote on Sun, 03 May 2020 21:30Sir, I thought the 4,6,8 engine was started in 1981 with the trunk less Seville? Anyway as a side note.. the last 403 I worked on with a flat spot off idle ended up being a bad carb gasket under the top plate. I took it off to inspect and replace accelerator pump. It was at the GMCMI rally in Tallahassee. Jim Bounds had a used carb he gave me for parts and I salvaged the pump and gasket. Most people remove that idle pusher and the vacuum valve on the front of the pass head and the solenoid on the front of the drivers head, but being OCD ( old, cranky, dyslexics ) I put it back on.
6cuda6 wrote on Sun, 03 May 2020 20:30I think the best ever was Cadillac's 1986 4-6-8 engine.... one of the few cars i never wanted to work on and didnt care what they wanted to pay us...i know a few techs that would have liked to hang the engineers that designed that thing.....lol.
Matt Colie wrote on Sun, 03 May 2020 19:38I can (unfortunately) tell you how it ended up like that..
After some poor dyno jock finished doing a map of spark and fuel loops, somebody looked at the data and said "we can't have this - fix it." That meant push off the performance part of the map into a better emissions part of the map. That was a what ever it took effort. You would not believe some of the cheap tricks that were tried. The one I always admired was holding the advance curve back in the lower gears so the extra heat would get the catalyst lit. Another good one used to be keeping the engine near stoch (stoichiometric - ideal) but making alternate between rich and lean to keep the cat hot.
Great times they were - NOT
Matt - the refugee from dynoland
Rich Mondor,
Brockville, ON
77 Hughes 2600
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Re: For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354469 is a reply to message #354422] |
Mon, 04 May 2020 21:08 |
kingd
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So I have a SOB, 1977 on a Dodge chassis with a heavy duty Dodge 440
I've had the top end of the motor apart. The only emissions stuff I see is
Crankcase (valve cover) breather is into the air cleaner. I HAVEN't found a
PCV valve. The coach was built by Champion. An y idea why it doesn't have
Emmissions stuff? Perhaps it was classed as a truck ??
DAVE KING
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Re: For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354476 is a reply to message #354469] |
Mon, 04 May 2020 23:01 |
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kingd wrote on Mon, 04 May 2020 19:08So I have a SOB, 1977 on a Dodge chassis with a heavy duty Dodge 440
I've had the top end of the motor apart. The only emissions stuff I see is
Crankcase (valve cover) breather is into the air cleaner. I HAVEN't found a
PCV valve. The coach was built by Champion. An y idea why it doesn't have
Emmissions stuff? Perhaps it was classed as a truck ??
Dave,
It probably was not required to have (much) emissions equipment on it due to the GVW Rating.
I had an '80 Dodge 300 (1-ton) with a 10,000# GVW rating that ran on leaded regular gas, no catalytic converters. It had a 360 engine in it, not a 440, and the only emission equipment it had on it was an air pump system (and a PCV Valve).. I'm surprised yours doesn't al least have a PCV valve, but the GVW is the only reason I can think of as to why.
Carl Stouffer
'75 ex Palm Beach
Tucson, AZ.
Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive, Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American Eagles, Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member
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Re: For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354478 is a reply to message #354422] |
Tue, 05 May 2020 07:14 |
JohnL455
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A lot of emissions stuff gets bad rapped because of lack of knowledge and people say “rip that s$& out”. The TCS Transmission Controlled Spark is about the only system I defeated on my 70 GS. Robbed power and economy in 1st and second gear. Most of the other systems were wonderful with only up sides TVS no down side. Charcoal evap system is brilliant. AutoThermAC brilliant. Heat riser system on pass cars (when working) brilliant! PCV huge improvement over road draft tube. Early EGR (1973) was a bit invasive to drivability but by OBD1 was invisible to the driver feel. Luckily not GMC due to GVW. The small block Olds stuff have a vacuum diagram that looked like an Esher drawing.
If you can’t find the throttle control part, I’d suggest a simple 60-70s GM dashpot damper to delay and cushion the last few degrees of throttle closure.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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Re: For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354480 is a reply to message #354422] |
Tue, 05 May 2020 07:47 |
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I have an 85 pickup with OBD1. Very littl;e information can I find on it, even in the shop manual, which is Haynes, not Ford. However, I do have an older distributor and rebuildable carb so at some point reverting to pre OBD setup is in the future. Right now, it all works becausethe PO knew what he was doing. (Thaqbnks, Dave). So there's no ruish.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
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Re: [GMCnet] For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354484 is a reply to message #354480] |
Tue, 05 May 2020 09:24 |
James Hupy
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Two of those systems were issues, because they were poorly thought out, and
made of materials unsuitable for the task.
One was the intake manifold mounted egr valve located in the exhaust
crossover. Took considerable maintenance to make it keep working as it was
supposed to.
The second was the vane type air pump without an air cleaner that blew
(injected) air into the exhaust manifolds via tubing better suited for a
task like a vacuum line. Let's see, steel, + exhaust heat + lots of oxygen
= the components needed for a welding torch. Those lines did not live long
in that environment, the manifolds blew gaskets, cracked, became impossible
to remove the bolts out of, etc. A service nightmare. All to dilute the UHC
stream to pass emissions. The distributor retard stuff that was applied
only in the lower gears was interesting, too.
Ah yes, the good old 70's. Didn't like bell bottomed pants much either. Or
disco Donna Summer. Bob Wills is still the King. Asleep at the wheel played
in my shop.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Tue, May 5, 2020, 5:48 AM Johnny Bridges via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> I have an 85 pickup with OBD1. Very littl;e information can I find on it,
> even in the shop manual, which is Haynes, not Ford. However, I do have an
> older distributor and rebuildable carb so at some point reverting to pre
> OBD setup is in the future. Right now, it all works becausethe PO knew what
> he was doing. (Thaqbnks, Dave). So there's no ruish.
>
> --johnny
> --
> Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
> Braselton, Ga.
> I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me
> in hell
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Re: [GMCnet] For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354487 is a reply to message #354484] |
Tue, 05 May 2020 09:39 |
jimk
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I agree with John.
I do not understand All the emission accessory , but know what most do and
how it does it cut on pervfotrmance.
Lot of misunderstanding.
Being in California, our standards are high, but find the 455 and 403 have
no issues if you know what is going on.
On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 7:19 AM James Hupy via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Two of those systems were issues, because they were poorly thought out, and
> made of materials unsuitable for the task.
> One was the intake manifold mounted egr valve located in the exhaust
> crossover. Took considerable maintenance to make it keep working as it was
> supposed to.
> The second was the vane type air pump without an air cleaner that blew
> (injected) air into the exhaust manifolds via tubing better suited for a
> task like a vacuum line. Let's see, steel, + exhaust heat + lots of oxygen
> = the components needed for a welding torch. Those lines did not live long
> in that environment, the manifolds blew gaskets, cracked, became impossible
> to remove the bolts out of, etc. A service nightmare. All to dilute the UHC
> stream to pass emissions. The distributor retard stuff that was applied
> only in the lower gears was interesting, too.
> Ah yes, the good old 70's. Didn't like bell bottomed pants much either. Or
> disco Donna Summer. Bob Wills is still the King. Asleep at the wheel played
> in my shop.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, Oregon
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>
> On Tue, May 5, 2020, 5:48 AM Johnny Bridges via Gmclist gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
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>> I have an 85 pickup with OBD1. Very littl;e information can I find on
> it,
>> even in the shop manual, which is Haynes, not Ford. However, I do have
> an
>> older distributor and rebuildable carb so at some point reverting to pre
>> OBD setup is in the future. Right now, it all works becausethe PO knew
> what
>> he was doing. (Thaqbnks, Dave). So there's no ruish.
>>
>> --johnny
>> --
>> Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
>> Braselton, Ga.
>> I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me
>> in hell
>>
>>
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Re: For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354498 is a reply to message #354422] |
Tue, 05 May 2020 19:02 |
kingd
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Does any one have data regarding emissions requirements for 1977 by GVW?
I'm trying to understand why my SOB has so little emissions stuff compared to
what I think I'm reading people have on their GMCMH. I know in the now
discontinued smog testing in Ontario my MH was NOT required to be
tested. I doubt that Dodge could have guessed that the completed coach
would end up in Canada
DAVE KING
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Re: For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354500 is a reply to message #354498] |
Tue, 05 May 2020 19:34 |
6cuda6
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There are 3 versions of the emission set ups....one for the 403, one for 455 and then the same for California only.
Alot of truck were exempt because they may have been classed at commercial....i also had a 1986 Ford truck with no emisdion controls because it was ordered as a Farm Exempt truck.
kingd wrote on Tue, 05 May 2020 20:02Does any one have data regarding emissions requirements for 1977 by GVW?
I'm trying to understand why my SOB has so little emissions stuff compared to
what I think I'm reading people have on their GMCMH. I know in the now
discontinued smog testing in Ontario my MH was NOT required to be
tested. I doubt that Dodge could have guessed that the completed coach
would end up in Canada
Rich Mondor,
Brockville, ON
77 Hughes 2600
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Re: For the carb guys and/or the part fitment gooroos [message #354505 is a reply to message #354422] |
Wed, 06 May 2020 07:51 |
JohnL455
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James, I worked with Donna Summers doing sound several times. She was a very warm person. She threw a heck of a party for us at Harrah’s private house in Tahoe on the lake on a day off. Not a disco guy either here but love Jimmy Webb. And found her version more tolerable of that song. And dummy me, I completely forgot to mention A.I.R. I found most trouble free but always disliked that sound through the diverter valve muffler.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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