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Started pulling the motor out of the truck today. Got the 4 speed out and got prepped to yank the motor tomorrow. Then onto detailing the engine bay again and getting the new 327 and 5 speed prepped.

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Alright!!

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I just spent the last several minutes staring ………………….at your truck. :lol:

“Staring”
Staring is a prolonged gaze or fixed look.
In staring, one object or person is the continual focus of visual interest, for an amount of time“

That’s one sharp object. :metal:

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Got the 350 out today and cleaned a few things up and now moving onto swapping stuff over to the 327 and doing some measurements for the new TKX 5 speed.

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I love them Orange color engines

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Great work Cboy, that's the first time I see a ballast resister on these trucks ...........

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Nice to see the progress on your '68 - beautiful truck. Small project for me yesterday. I swapped out my OEM-style starter to a Powermaster 9112 hoping to solve a heat soak issue. Wow - wish I would have gone with a high torque starter sooner. Keep the pics coming!

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Its there because I un converted the truck from HEI back to points. The previous owner put HEI in and cut the original resistance wire out of the harness. So the resistor is there to be the replacement. Ive been looking locally for a old harness that someone ripped out to just get that wire to swap back in and remove the ballast but no luck so far.

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You can buy resistor wire and just put it back in the harness. Just look for automotive ignition resistor wire.

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I removed the resistor wire from my 67 all the way back and removed the connector from the bulkhead. One would only have to snap it back in and, knowing me, it is probably coiled up and stashed on one of my boxes of truck stuff. I'd be happy to dig it out if you want it.
I am finishing up an intake reseal, new radiator, new timing gear/chain set, and new alternator install. This photo was before I pulled the carb apart, gave it a run through the ultrasonic cleaner, and reinstalled. Now I have a fuel leak at the fuel pump that I guess monkeying around with the fuel line caused. This is the fun stuff right?
Still need to repaint the oil filler cap as now it stands out with everything else cleaned up.

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New rear shocks. OEM Spectrum, nothing fancy. For once, things went pretty much as expected ;-)
Spec is for 75#, but there is no way the existing ones were nearly that tight. :shrug:

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Yeah I would be interested in that wire if you still got it. Just shoot me a message if you still got it.

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Making some more progress. Got the offset dowel pins in and the got the final runout ran and all set for the tremec. Then got the new clutch installed.
Also this past week got all the stuff being moved over from the 350 to the 327. Just a little more cleanup in the engine bay and this motor will be ready to drop back in to the truck.

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Installed the TC boot ring retainer that I bought from board member A1971Blazer. Very nice piece.

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Nice. But does he do one with GMC instead of the Bowtie?
Asking for a friend with a Jimmy.

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Very nice .

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Yes, he has them posted under blazer & suburban stuff.

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Cool. Thanks.
:gmc2:

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Got the 327 back into the truck today. Now to start getting the tremec fitted and everything back onto the motor. Another week or two and it should be running again.

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Making headway on more wiring.
Electric fans, Lokar kick down, MSD-6AL2, Vintage Air, and MSD HVC II coil all wired up.
Sorry, no idea how to flip picture.

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I do, so Flipped!

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Thank you! :metal:

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Last Monday had LineX sprayed in the bed.

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Nice job on the Line-ex, great work truckers

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Very nice . Good job on color match.