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Rough idle/stall issue

It's easy. You remove it, turn it upside down, and you will see a roughly 3/8in hole with what looks like bubble gum in the bottom. It's a spot weld. You drill that out carefully until you see the shaft. Then you take the 4 screws out holding the regulator together and grind a slot in the shaft. Put it back together and you can adjust it with a screw driver. Problem is you have to remove it every time to adjust it. Gets old.

I mounted mind on return line with a fitting, no ill effects so far, reads accurate, just hard to read under the hood. But only need to set it once, and check occasionally. So no big deal to me.

I bet if you search on this site using the search dealy you could pull up somethin about converting it.
 
Thanks. I searched on here but didn't find anything, but I did actually just find a nice walkthrough on www.thirdgen.com along with a couple other useful articles. I am going to try to find an electric FP gauge that I can mount inside for constant monitoring, but chances are, I will just put in an oil filled unit on the return line like you did. Hopefully I will have time to get that done tomorrow.
 
Elect = spensive. Iv seen lots of peoples use some 1/8in line and mount it on the cowl by the wipers so it is always in the field of vision. Just an idea
 
Not a bad idea. I found some electric Holleys for about $80. I might just save up and go that route eventually, and just use an oil filled under the hood in the meantime. Found an oil filled at advance auto for $8. Can't beat that.
 
Just a thought, but them 8$ ones are crap, plastic housing and all. I bought my Summit 0 to 30 psi one for around 15$ and its flawless in its operation. Checked it against a Snap-On gauge I have access to and its not even a 1/4 of psi off.
 
Picked up a fuel pressure gauge and fuel filter. The fuel filter is installed, and I will be converting the FP regulator to adjustable and installing the gauge as soon as the wife gets home to watch the kids. Will post updates when I get them.
 
Mission accomplished. :woot: What a difference. It was running about 8psi according to the gauge before adjusting it. Got it adjusted to 11 psi and it runs like a whole new truck. I ran out of tinkering time so later tonight I will adjust it up to 13 psi and see how it does. Thanks for all the help guys. Next will be an aldl cable/tunerpro rt and a custom chip, then body rebuilding(it is in dire need of a new floor pan and driver side fenders, classicindustries.com will be getting a few orders from me next spring).

I will be starting a build thread soon with all of my current and future work being documented. Again, thanks for all the help. :bow: You guys turned what could have been a year long headache(or more) for me into a fun few days of learning and saved me lots of money in the process, especially with the conversion of the factory FP regulator. :waytogo:
 
Cool! Glad you got it working right!

I think you'll find universal agreement that 13PSI is where the pressure needs to sit, unless the motor is modified, and that opens a whole new can of worms, but you'll be well equipped for that if you start getting into Tunerpro. :)

Weigh the cost of a "custom" chip with buying the stuff to do it yourself. http://www.moates.net/ If you go down that road, I'd really advise against getting something cheap that requires you to burn a chip, insert it, and repeat...any of the setups that let you tune "live" will save you a bunch of time and hassle.
 
Just remember on the chip, if you add anything. Headers, new intake, cam. Blah blah, it will have to be changed again.

And no prob, it is what the site is here for, helping fellow k5 owners out. Amazing what a few psi will do isn't it.
 
I haven't really been able to test it out yet, but I have a feeling it will have enough grunt for the driving I will be doing. I don't plan on doing any extreme rock crawling or anything like that with it, so it should be good how it is. It already sits about right with a 6" lift and 35x12.5 tires. I just wanted to get it running properly first. After the tune-up I need to address a squishy brake issue and do some temporary floor pan patches to get me though winter, then hopefully next spring I will be ready to start replacing body panels. I'll post a link to my build thread in here once I get it started, in case any of you guys are interested in following it.
 
I said that exact same thing when my sub had a 350 and 4.10s. Now its got a 454, 5.13s, front and rear posi, and finishing up a long travel setup on all 4 corners with crossover. It's a disease, and you have the first symptoms
 
Very true. I know eventually I will want to add more power, but that's still a while out. To be honest, I knowingly bought a mess that is going to take a while to clean up. It was a good deal, and will provide a good learning experience. Once I get some pics up you will see what I mean. That being said, I am excited about it. The overall goal is to have a truck that has decent road manners, but can handle the sand dunes at Silver Lake and some other light to moderate offroading. Once I get the body to where I want it(a lot of new body panels, and hopefully custom bumpers), I will probably begin updating the suspension, and after that I may revisit the engine/transmission. With that kind of timeframe, I should be able to get enough use from the current setup to justify buying a custom chip, though I have been doing some research and contemplating getting the equipment and learning to tune my own chips. I plan on getting an ALDL cable and TunerPro RT anyways, so maybe I'll just go all out and get the tuning equipment. I like the idea of "live" tuning, but I didn't realize that was an option with our trucks. Any pointers on where to get the gear needed?
 
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