Injectors?

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  1. Tbag3

    Tbag3 Light Load Member

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    I have a 71 855 small cam 350 I’m going to run my overhead and I’m not sure what injectors I have pt or top stop. What’s the best method for this and how can I tell without pulling injectors. I thought I would have pt but was told someone could have used top stop in the past
     
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  3. Tbag3

    Tbag3 Light Load Member

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    Is the method the same for both types is the outer base method required I noticed a lot of people do the inner base method
     
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    Another question I have is ,my tach is unhooked is it as simple as finding the correct wire and running from fuel pump to tachometer. Guess I better start looking for one of those wires to purchase
     
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    IIRC, top stops can only on a Big Cam. I had a BC 1 cpl 369 and it had them.
     
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  7. Star Rider

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    There is no wire, what you have is a tach drive on your pump,

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    A cable connects to that like this,

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    It is a housing with a cable spinning inside it.
    You will have to look at the back of your tach in the dash to see if it is the same drive as the pump.
     
  8. Star Rider

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    After thinking a little more.
    'Some' trucks had a tach sensor screwed into the bellhousing, might be around the era of your truck.
     
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    Thanks I’ll check my gauge connection and see if it’s the same and also look on the bell housing
     
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    This is the back of the gauge I don’t see any thread on connection, maybe someone changed it over and that could be why the cable is missing from the pump. It looks like the original gauge for a KW looks old like the rest of them
     
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