Operation Second Chance :D (1970 CST/10 402 - Longbox)

[JON70CST]

Well sorry I didn't get any updates posted throughout the weekend, finally got a chance to take a breather and upload some pictures.

The tear down went extremely well getting the motor out of the truck, and its a very good thing I'm doing the swap... as my worry about finding rusted and seized bolts was relieved by another nightmare of merely finger tight bolts :S

We managed to get the 402 out on friday night in a matter of 4 hours. When we woke up early on Saturday to get the 454 ready to drop in we came across a few road blocks... We discovered filings in the balancer bolt hole on the crank shaft, and noticed that the threads are a little rounded (from the previous owner). I have been doing some research and am hoping I can re-tap the threads and maybe use a longer bolt to catch some good threads. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. It was a very long and expensive weekend but hopefully it'll be up and running soon.

Here's the pics I know you all like to see. There is a big gap in-between from when the girlfriend (in charge of the picture taking) got a little bored of the garage and went back inside









Don't worry, more to come as the install continues...