Got my new project started....71 Chevy truck - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

woodman13 · 08-08-2005, 10:38 PM

Well I bought a 1969 Chevy truck on Saturday....or did I. I got it home and it only has a 69 front end on it. It is really a 1971 chevy. Anyway, the guy I got it from could not get it started....I started fixing the battery connections, then the alternator bracket, then the shifter was reall loose, and 10 other things that my wife could have fixed,then I decided to just try and start it. I realized I did not have a key for it, so I popped the key lock out and used the universal key(screwdriver) and tryed to fire it up. It rolled over a few times then fired to live. After sitting for 18 months with gas in the tank and old fuel fowled plugs I got it to fire up. It sounded great!!!! But I had water leaking from behind the starter!!!! Some Dumba$$ used a screw driver or something like it to hit the starter to try and get it to crank(I assume) because there is a small hole in the freeze plug. Talk about glad it was only the freeze plug and not the block or head. So to the parts store tomarrow to get the stuff I need. Might make the track on Saturday night!!!!

LUV2XCLR8 · 08-09-2005, 04:46 AM

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woodman13 · 08-09-2005, 05:23 AM

Yeah I tried for 20 minutes to load pics.....but for some reason all the cyberspace was taken up with smilies!!!! Go figure lol

08-08-2005, 10:38 PM	#1
woodman13 woodman13 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Moody, Tx Posts: 261	Got my new project started....71 Chevy truck Well I bought a 1969 Chevy truck on Saturday....or did I. I got it home and it only has a 69 front end on it. It is really a 1971 chevy. Anyway, the guy I got it from could not get it started....I started fixing the battery connections, then the alternator bracket, then the shifter was reall loose, and 10 other things that my wife could have fixed,then I decided to just try and start it. I realized I did not have a key for it, so I popped the key lock out and used the universal key(screwdriver) and tryed to fire it up. It rolled over a few times then fired to live. After sitting for 18 months with gas in the tank and old fuel fowled plugs I got it to fire up. It sounded great!!!! But I had water leaking from behind the starter!!!! Some Dumba$$ used a screw driver or something like it to hit the starter to try and get it to crank(I assume) because there is a small hole in the freeze plug. Talk about glad it was only the freeze plug and not the block or head. So to the parts store tomarrow to get the stuff I need. Might make the track on Saturday night!!!! __________________ Woodman13 2007 Dodge Ram 3500 5.9 rolling coal! 1994 Caprice 9C1 88K miles, LT-1, dropped/shaved 1967 C-30 350 4 sp dually 1971 C10 SWB BBC, auto; good driver

08-09-2005, 04:46 AM	#2
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,468	AND __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Tow Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T

08-09-2005, 05:23 AM	#3
woodman13 woodman13 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Moody, Tx Posts: 261	Yeah I tried for 20 minutes to load pics.....but for some reason all the cyberspace was taken up with smilies!!!! Go figure lol __________________ Woodman13 2007 Dodge Ram 3500 5.9 rolling coal! 1994 Caprice 9C1 88K miles, LT-1, dropped/shaved 1967 C-30 350 4 sp dually 1971 C10 SWB BBC, auto; good driver

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