The Jalopy Journal
BTTT... Please don't make me finish this. I have enough to do...:p
I'm busy with other projects and realize I may never finish this... I've put a lot of work into it and it's almost a roller, plus it has a clean...
In the end, it should look kind of like this... [ATTACH]
Let's not forget to put together our pads and calipers. [ATTACH] My pads kept falling out of the calipers so I bent down the tabs just enough so...
At this point you can install your rotors on your spindles. Nice... [ATTACH] Please note the order in which the rest of the show should be...
But, wait, it gets better! [ATTACH] As it happens... The rear bearing race and seal need to be smacked out (preferably with a brass drift) to make...
OK, so now you have to bolt on the caliper mounts. In the instructions, they dictate that you need to make sure you can turn lock to lock once...
So, let's use the directions and slide on the rear seal adapter... [ATTACH] As pointed out in the instructions, I needed to throw out a few drops...
@54Buick48D ... Yes, as it turned out, to gain the pulley to water pump clearance distance I needed, it necessitated that I use the A/C style...
Well, since at some point I'd love to see this truck with 4 wheels on the ground we'll need some kind of wheel mounting surface. Normally I'd go...
After standing back and admiring my work...:rolleyes: I suppose we should install the kingpin kit and spindles to keep on rolling. I used the...
Time for the front axle install. Speedway 3" drop axle (p/n 910-4754), new shackle bolts-set of four (p/n 916-3327). [ATTACH] Lift it on a jack...
Maybe I should start putting some of this stuff back together, huh? I used a roll of slider material between the springs when I put the spring...
Oh, heck, let's go ahead and paint the motor and such... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I figured since I had my new front spring packs apart, I should paint...
Been lagging a bit (OK, a lot) on my posts... So while messing around with engine position and such, my neighbor wandered over and I told him what...
Wait! Never mind. After making this post, I decided to stay logged in to the HAMB and see what happens. I got a push notification shortly...
Ryan, I get push notifications on my Droid Turbo. I like the idea and try to tap on it. The app starts to open to the flash screen, but...
At this point, I'm pretty much packing up to roll down to the Gunnison show (without a running truck...:(). To say I'm ticked off and...
So, I've been messing around with various engine mounting positions, etc. At one point, the fan looked a bit close, but if you look closer, the 19...
@Mr48chev : Thanks, bro! I PM'd you for help, and you stepped up... I sincerely appreciate your input... I'm still fairly far away from welding...
So, when I last left everyone yesterday, I was going to head back out to the shop and mess around with the TCI rear suspenion... OK, so I somewhat...
There's more... A friend brought over an alminum V8 bellhousing last night... Hmm, no ears...and pounds lighter...a LOT lighter. Yanking it out of...
Sooo, I got the new water pump. After mocking it up with the gasket, the pulley is free and I still think there's enough clearance to make things...
Yeah, I was trying to avoid moving the rad in front of the support (you know, drill spot welds, modify goodness knows what, etc), but at this...
It was suggested to me that I should just yank my engine and trans mounts, mock up the radiator and hang the motor where I needed it to be and...
@dirt t : Most appreciated...:D. The words for today (in regards to the engine mount issue) are...water pump...o_O:(... Weird, but the water pump...
So, as others have commented on before, there was going to be an issue with radiator clearance (I'm talking to you Mr48Chev and, Butch,...
[ATTACH] ...Um, here's the kit, by the way... [ATTACH] So, I put my junkyard T5 behind my 67-72 bellhousing which I bolted to my 74 Nova 6...
OK, so since we got the engine back, let's try to mock things up a bit... Yeah, more boredom, but if you're like me, you need lots of stupid...
@simplestone : Thank you. You're certainly welcome. Please enjoy. I don't know what my problem is, but I can read a shop manual, or you can...
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