The Jalopy Journal
you gotta read the rule book carefully. If you move the battery then you need a switch. If you run faster than 10.0 then you need a switch. If you...
Yes, that part is the partial VIN. They only use a few characters from the first part of it, then the last 6 digits. They started with this in...
better late then never with the pictures, eh? Usually it's a good idea to get the pictures in the first post, then you save a lot of wasted time...
hmmm....let me see that again? [ATTACH] 1978 Chevy truck built in Janesville. C means Chevy Truck (1 is Chevy Car, 2 is Pontiac, T is GMC,...
there is no battery cut off switch! so those aliens are pretty clever
many of the pullers have a "wrench" that you smack with a big friggin hammer. [ATTACH]
It came back to life pretty quickly, then worked fine so far. I talked to him this morning.
Remind us what a 40 Olds hub looks like. If it's like on a 40 Cadillac, that expensive puller is what it takes to get the hub off the tapered axle...
read the link in my post above, #1156. It explains the whole thing, I think.
he already had a problem with the car! Aliens got to it...lost all power, right near Roswell NM, where the aliens crashed in the 1940s. :) just...
I think I took apart a big block once that hadn't been apart before...it had silver paint on each side of the cork valve cover gaskets. Along with...
Before adding shims, you might want to do some checking, to see what it might need. The correct bolts have a knurled area at the place where the...
Bye bye [ATTACH] Tom is posting his adventures on his Sick Magazine fb page.
I guess that depends on how you want the truck to look under the hood...if it's a traditional looking 327 other than the alternator, then it'll...
Cork gaskets work without sealant...with a reasonably flat surface....I smack the bolt hole area back down, and get the parts clean, and use cork...
loaded up Plan II....it's going to a new home tomorrow [ATTACH]
I do it the old fashioned way, with VHT paint...but then, this is a traditional hot rodding forum, not a high tech place.
just a suggestion...if you take pictures of the truck bed, all of it in one picture, taken in good weather, with good light, in focus, and post it...
I should bring my old truck again? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Chevy didn't use gaskets between the head and manifold. They're not needed, and all they do is insulate the parts from each other, limiting heat...
I'd use an original steel pan...but it's not my car. If you're going to use the aluminum pan, just use the original type screen, and don't worry...
that last picture shows why you should not use gaskets with manifolds on chevy engines... :) 624 heads are pretty crappy, as chevy heads go....
watch the balance...lifting an engine below it's center of gravity can result in it flipping over.... I've attached a chain to the rear intake...
depends on the pan...if it's stock depth, then use the stock 350 filter (really a screen) that you bought, with a couple real short 1/4-20 screws....
I'd put the odds of 4 bolt at 95%, and the odds of steel crank at 5%
13 years late? Thanks
Most of the truck 350 010 blocks were 4 bolt mains. If you care, drop the pan and see.
1978. Not 1968. The two digit year on the casting date was a random thing, you can find single or two digit years over several decades. The short...
I bought one of these for my vette...haven't installed it yet. Says in the description that it's sfi approved, but didn't find a sticker on it....
Do you have a test light?
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