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It's in At water, check here http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...536080&page=15

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Thanks for asking.

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Thank you!!

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I borrowed a dead SNAP-ON Bore Scope and cleaned then repaired it and peeked in the # 2 cylinder of the 292 I bought a few months ago ~ it's stuck from sitting and I see some red splotches on the cylinder walls so that's that ~ off will come the cylinder head and bell housing , I'll borrow an engine hoist to lift it up to the engine stand , then I'll tear it down and overhaul it .

I'm still not sure I'll want to keep it once running and installed , it depends on the fuel economy I guess .

I doubt I'll have any difficulty selling a freshly overhauled 292 if I decide to keep
the current 250 engine .

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Drove c10 over to my buddy shop to do some adjustmens. At the same time he had this nice 68 convertible. I preffer birds but this one was nice. It's a nice shop next door to a tity bar.

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New white face gauges, painted the needles and new dash bezel. Also wired in a lisence plate LED light. The truck didnt have a light on the plate before.

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Finished up the rest of the interior. Door panels, window cranks, arm rests etc. Pretty much done inside now. Pained the wheels flat black and installed my tail light trim and blue dots.

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Installed exhaust manifolds. Thanks for all the info guys! I got them installed last night. Decided to go without gaskets and see what the results are. Both surfaces are clean and straight so I think it should be ok. Let her run for about 30 minutes last night and didn't notice/find any leaks.

Thanks again for everyone's advice!!!

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Got the bed mounted and the bedsides cut. Raised the bed 1 1/2" so the bottom of the step is even with the cab, instead of hanging lower. Not sure if now lowering the rear to the same ride height with less air in the bag will be a worse ride out back.

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They look nice but that's pretty rich for my blood. She's not a race truck and I would rather spend cash elsewhere.

I would like to see how to use a straight mount, I thought they had a mounting pad at the front of the motor.

I'll post here when I find something else out.

The Chevelle header is supposed to be the same as a Camaro, looks like they depend on the manufacturer.

Called the speed shop again and the new part numbers did not come yet, they said they would call me right back, that was three days ago. I would like to try them out but thought about going to stock manifolds and having them coated. Soaked and pulled apart my Pass side ram horn and it turns out to be 1-7/8" and the Driver's is 2", sooo that's on hold until I can try to pick up another manifold at Monroe next weekend.

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looking great !

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i stared very intensly at my 1972 step side.. wishing i could get out this funk and want this motor but.. no luck....

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statring very intensly at my 1972 stepside with the 454 in it.. wishing i had some motivation to get under it and yant motor out to re bearing it...

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Post some pics. Sometimes that helps motivate me ;)

Or maybe this will help...Before and after.
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Very very clean! Are those Sanderson shorties?

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That motor looks sweet, Shawn.

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Thanks guys. No those are Ch ina headers off of eBay. So far they have held up quite well and I am happy with them.

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Yeah,. Me, too.

What you really need jc70, is a couple of Buds to come around Vallejo (where I'm thinking it's probably pretty much cooler than the 100.8 degrees here today),
climb under with some wrenches and do some bench racing while we pull that puppy.

You have the 454 that need bearings. I have leaks.

Then again, I just found out my brother has stage IV throat cancer. Puts a lot of stuff in perspective.

Put the call out for some wrenches. If it's during the end of next week, I'm only about three and a half hours from you.
Bet there's some other folks that that are close enough and would like to get dirty and then get to go home.:two:

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If you meant me, thank you!

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Those headers clear the frame and motor mounts ok? Im looking for a cheap shorty header solution. Can you please private message me a link to the seller?

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thanks guys it did help now hoping i can do this motor justice like urs. thanks

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Just barely. My engine is mounted in the six cylinder position so it clears the engine stands by about 1/16".

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Anytime, that's one of the beauty's of this forum....motivation!!

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Shawn, did you gloss powdercoat the air cleaner? I mostly see them (like mine) satin. I'm liking the shiny better.

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No I gloss painted it :lol: I am actually running a differant air cleaner cause that one was to restrictive.