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Tony was a class act . . . he was a skilled electrician, mechanic, fabricator, and old truck and bike builder. I met up with him and Joy a few...
I have had two GMC cam grinds done at Delta in Tacoma that both had issues (lifters stopped rotating) . . . then switched to Oregon Cam Grinding...
I have a 6 lug 12 bolt posi traction rear axle from a 69 C10 pickup in my 1950 . . . you will need to grind off the old trailing arm suspension...
My 50 GMC with stock ball bearings had a noticeable squeak from the drivers front wheel on my way to the gas station after coming out of winter...
I have an A833 on the tree with my own short throw linkages designed from scratch . . . I needed to add a small pull lever under the dash to get...
I have had two cams done by Delta in Tacoma damage lifters when improperly ground which is why I switched to Oregon Cam Grinders. The...
Yes, Oregon Cam Grinders (in Vancouver) have done many a cam and lifter sets for me for inline GMC engines . . . they have good equipment and the...
This is steeper than it looks.[ATTACH]
I was in your situation a while back. The local welding supply company let us borrow an inverter machine for a few weeks for a test drive. Once...
My 50 GMC pickup . . . it’s a 270 GMC bored to 292 with Ross pistons and small port head w/oversized small block valves. Performance cam from...
I heard the other day of Barry’s passing as well. I have know him for about 21 years. Fellow old truck aficionado, small business owner, helped...
The 270 in my avatar will move my GMC truck down the road plenty peppy. Bored to 292, 9:1 forged pistons, small port head with bigger valves and...
I know you are asking about a Ford axle, but I found that a 69 C10 stock 12 bolt posi axle at 62.125 inches wheel flange to wheel flange was a...
I am running an A833 OD with the same OD ratio as the T5 with 3.73 gears and 30” tall tires. My truck is a half ton and I am running a high...
I had one crack as well, 55 Buick Super . . . had started it for my wife (gas pedal starter) after buying the car and getting it home, heard a...
flattie, I am running a GM variant of the A833 4 spd with OD in 4th gear behind my 270 w/3.73 gears in a 12 bolt limited slip and it cruises nice...
Eastco Machine in Gresham Oregon - a 3 hour jaunt from Seattle as long as you don’t leave during rush hour. They have built GMC 270’s, 302’s and...
The shifter on a T5 from an F-body car is well back on the tail shaft and the install in a C10 will have the shifter coming through the floor...
BSME from University of Washington paid for by working as an “engineer” on a commercial fishing boat in Alaska in the summers and a mechanic...
I’ll give these guys a plug for knowing what parts work well together in a warmed up 292 . . . http://www.sissellautomotive.com/index.htm
This has been Patrick’s MO for ever and a decade. Same story on several other forums catering to inline 6 Chevy and GMC engines. I have been to...
Proffit lasted a lot longer than he thought he would as he has had heart problems for decades . . . I remember him showing me his 39 GMC and...
Several temperature related things can combine to make things more difficult for the starter. Compression generally improves on a warm engine...
[ATTACH] As Jim said, your cables need to carry double the current compared to a 12 V system. This is a 2/0 cable from the battery to the starter...
Agreed on the recommendation of the GM variant of the A833 found in 80's GM pickups . . . https://salem.craigslist.org/pts/6174322426.html
You can burn up a set of point pretty quick without a ballast resistor if your coil resistance is low. And with it firing without your key on,...
This is all from either a 228 or a 248 . . . [IMG] Bellhousings prior to I believe, 1954 are set up for the flat mounts which would work better...
That is recessed on the pressure plate side and uses a large diameter friction disk and pressure plate AND a large bellhousing. The light truck...
If your crankshaft is a 4 bolt unit, you cannot use a 6 bolt flywheel, (there are lots of GMC light truck 4 bolt flywheels in the world). The 6V...
The brake linkage looks funky, I'd be concerned about side loading of the master cylinder with the offset plunger that you have shown. Any way to...
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