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Old 02-18-2011, 06:50 PM   #1
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Smile Snow ball effect

It all started out as bad frt brake line and bad Rad. next thing i know iam replacing fuel pump/water pump/brake line/rad support/inner fenders/ETC/ETC. I Love it
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Old 02-18-2011, 07:45 PM   #2
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Re: Snow ball effect

That right there is classic "Might as well" syndrome. No known cure.
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Old 02-18-2011, 09:13 PM   #3
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Iam thinking about pulling the motor and having it rebuilt LOL
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Old 02-18-2011, 10:01 PM   #4
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Re: Snow ball effect

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That right there is classic "Might as well" syndrome. No known cure.

that is 100% true!
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Old 02-19-2011, 04:03 PM   #5
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Re: Snow ball effect

In '95 my dad bought a 51 chev fleetline deluxe. After driving it for a few weeks i came in the garage and was horrified when i saw the whole front clip removed. $60,000 and a 6 year frame off later he got it goin again. He just put a 700r4 in it last year. Its a full blown addiction. It never ends.
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Old 02-19-2011, 06:47 PM   #6
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I have developed a bad case of snow balls! I am now down to the frame and practically evrything will be new!
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Old 02-19-2011, 07:03 PM   #7
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Taik about Balls deep (LOL). I did that 15yrs ago and still have it apart This one is my second and Iam trying to keep it a driver
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Old 02-20-2011, 07:59 PM   #8
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Ok today i managed to get back out and did some more work $140 later. replaced t-stat and painted the housing/water pump chevy orange. I managed to get the water pump/ t-stat/fuel pump /new belts/LMC rad support(bad move)Gaps to big. Hope to get the innert fenders in soo<and get it running soon
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Old 02-21-2011, 12:01 AM   #9
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Re: Snow ball effect

It happens! I started off pulling mine apart to rebuild/restore back to basically stock. Phase two of the snowball effect came when I decided to go with an LSx 6.0...then OD tranny, then 8 lug axles, etc, etc, etc. I hope to have it back together in 20 years or so.
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Old 03-01-2011, 09:18 PM   #10
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Ok got things some what together see pics . I was able to drive it around the block for the first time since I owned it,I need new brakes,some bad gas in tank,trying to burn off,The steering is little loose,I went to start it today and heard some bad noise under hood and it wont start(Iam Thinking the Dist spun on me )What do you guys Think?? Was able to crank and wanted to start but wont

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Old 03-01-2011, 09:57 PM   #11
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Re: Snow ball effect

Ah hell lightning bolt, sounds like you need to find that #1 plug, lol. I just put a piece of tissue paper shoved inside #1 turned it by hand and it just made the purty’est pop when that #1 came around. Was the distributor loose?
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Old 03-02-2011, 07:24 AM   #12
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No the dist is tight/when I started to cranking it yesterday I heard some noise weird noise like something every 180 degree, She was running really good for sitting for some time 4-8yrs .It started all day sunday everytime,Ist there a wheel/sprocket on the bottom of dist,hell on with a sheer pin????(Its been a while since I worked on these oldies,you should have seen me with the fuel pump,DAM PIN)
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Old 03-02-2011, 01:59 PM   #13
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Now I think I have a bigger problem.It started fine today but running rough and theres a noise in the engine not a valve tap something lower(maybe spun baring????
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Old 03-02-2011, 04:13 PM   #14
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I was going to say if it was running good then it's proly not the dist. That's not a sound you want to hear
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Old 03-02-2011, 04:21 PM   #15
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if its a rod nock would that make it run rough???
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