The Jalopy Journal
I have a S10 4.3 5 speed 2wd.... Gm specs do not support NV3500 in 92 as it was first intrduced in 93 ....92 should be the German Getrag, HM360 I...
The engine came out of a badly rusted 95 plow truck.....The 66,opps o/t ,has some minor rust in the usual places...Grandson has big and small...
Our grandson wants the truck...He is one of them mud truck guys, huge tires and 600 hp BBC's...I feel sorry for the truck:D
A few years there was a tragic accident when a dually pick up went out of control and plowed into bikers riding in formation..Many were killed and...
it still runs good,...lol.....I can pull the engine,replace the heads and core plugs...Or get another engine....Or just sell the truck as is....
On bikes with a few friends we ride single file and staggered ..Riding in formation is foolish in my opinion.. One goes down and you all go...
Ha, With beewax in the plug center hole. ....First a chisel to remove the mess then a large burr to clean the area and actually see the plug shell...
This is the situation, the broken plug is under the left hand exhaust port bolt hole....It is a mess..Plan is to plug the plug shell hole with...
Rusted to a nub....The truck the engine was pulled from a few years was a 1995 plow truck. The salt and deicing chemicals destroy not only the...
Well, there is no hex left to grip a wrench.....
Yeah, I hought about that....The plug shell is gone so nothing sticks out.. I think the cooling weld might shrink the sheel like what you do with...
Got a 66 Chevy C10 with a later 350....Last time it ran was last year....So I just started it, had a misfire on number 6.....Time for new plugs,...
Your car on a rollback usually means your cash is on a launch pad
Probably something we don't need to know about....;)
Money wise, it makes no sense to build a 305 considering 350 parts are everywhere and makes more power and looks the same ,as in the assesory bolt...
If your vehicle stays below 130 you need just a Snell rated helmet in a non convertible.....I do not know if this 130 class is valid for a vintage...
[ATTACH] What a great photo of your mom ! My wife's mom WW2, would have been 100 this month..
Stock pins are just over an inch I think, and very heavy...Custom pistons may have the lighter BBC pins.....So you need a custom bushing
Yes, some sort of suspension....This is what I did, it works well enough for the occasion ride.....and a driveshaft with a slip joint made from 47...
My 302 also had pistons using BBC pins...A local speciality machine shop made them from the proper metal...Then the auto shop pressed them in and...
Remember I one built awhile back...full suspension....Drove it on the street as you see it....well, not too much,lol....[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I am a life long biker and now at pushing 76 years old I have just stopped riding. I no longer feel at ease while riding, I ride vintage Triumphs...
It works both way.....My friends are going to lose me from a terminal illness in the near future...I can sense it on their faces....a...
valve seat not concentric with the guide....wear or sloppy valve grinding/cutting
Modern oil filters ,big chunks, lol........Modern filters are in the 20-30 mircron range, about .0009 inches.. And other than a brief periods of...
exactly true......good valve work is a precision job.. getting the guide concentric with the valve to aviod excessive seat grinding that kills...
LS huh...They really can make more power than any other pushrod V8....I got an O/T compact Chevy truck project all set to drop in a 5.3 with as...
There is about a dozen 283's for sale around here right now from 100 bucks to 500 bucks...I mean what could be wrong , bores worn to the max,...
The Y blocks had exhaust passages in the intake to heat it....Some of the others may also.....
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