1964 GMC 1500 "crustine" semi- build.

[TJ's Chevy]

No, I used a tractor. haha



So update today...work a good 7 hours on the truck. I'm exhausted. lol Pull half the engine apart...everything you need to take a head off anyway...and get the head off just to find that it Wasn't a blown head gasket but a severly broken up valley pan gasket so what I thought was water, was just an air leak and some grease. So of course, I didn't have a valley pan gasket but I had plenty of silicon and gooed it up real good and threw it back on....buffed the block surface...cleaned out the head a bit and buffed the head surface...threw on a new head gasket and threw it back on....man that head is stinkin heavy...oh well...guess its good to be young and strong. lol Had no torque pattern so I torqued the bolts the same pattern as a straight 6. lol Think it worked fine. So get it all on...I decided to paint my intake and thermo housing while they were off...also painted the valley pan noticing...Wowza! Those are some BIG lifters in there. Looks like what they would use in a cummins. lol Cam is worn but the lifters seem ok. Have a slightly bent pushrod but nothing of major concern. I still have to adjust the valves...lol I won't go about how I went getting them back on. haha. And make sure I didn't foul a plug. Looking inside the engine is due for a Good cleanout and a rebuild. Compression is great 110-115 in all the cylinders( these were only 7.5.1 brand new mind you) but the valves are due for a lapping and the heads could use a good blasting and surfacing. Cylinders need to be honed and new rings...new cam as well. So in the future when my 66 is done I'm going to start picking parts and pieces for this big boat anchor and have my machinist clean it up real good and we'll git her going like new. Other than that...as of now I have some valves to adjust maybe later today. lol Oh yeah...and a big blowout hole in the radiator....sigh...its one of them Big harrisons to. lol