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shifty · 03-20-2005, 11:21 AM

Thanks, TX.

I can't wait to fire this thing up for the first time today! I'm really anxious. Hopefully it doesn't sieze up after the first minute or two, hehe....and if it does, I guess I'll hafta go out and buy a new ZZ4 or one of the newer V8 Vortec engines to drop into it

Off to go work on this beast. Will report back later.

Paso76GMCstepper · 02-20-2007, 01:33 AM

Please tell me you have a key in the keyway right. You can always heat the HB a little 250 degree oven 15 mins or on a cone bearing heater. If u heat it a little it expands. You also make sure u replace the seal. You can always heat the HB with a torch to take it off. Dont cook it just heat the outside not directly on the snout. It will expand. If you dont have a key in the keyway u are in for a world of trouble. No matter how tight you think it is it WILL spin on the crank. Take it off clean the key way and put in the right key. Dont hit the HB put a socket or something that size. Use a deadblow hammer that way you dont mushroom it. There are some really basic skills you need in doing a swap like this ou need to plan a little better and make sure what you got is gonna all work.

Good luck

shifty · 02-21-2007, 11:47 AM

Thanks, got this solved two years ago! (see date of the post before yours

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68 IRON · 05-23-2011, 04:04 PM

Damn man, what happened everything stay on? Runs like a champ? What....?
I gots to know...I'm gonna be doing this myself very soon! And so what....its old info (4yrs), but still very much needed.

03-20-2005, 11:21 AM	#26
shifty Questionable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13,373	Thanks, TX. I can't wait to fire this thing up for the first time today! I'm really anxious. Hopefully it doesn't sieze up after the first minute or two, hehe....and if it does, I guess I'll hafta go out and buy a new ZZ4 or one of the newer V8 Vortec engines to drop into it Off to go work on this beast. Will report back later. __________________ If I've got anything up for grabs, it'll be here: 7-hole gauge cluster for a 67-72 p/u FREE (link) I can't check the forum daily. If I don't reply to you within 24 hours, drop me a PM! I'm (hopefully) still alive and will reply faster to a PM.

02-20-2007, 01:33 AM	#27
Paso76GMCstepper Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paso Robles, CA Posts: 347	Re: Harmonic balancer questions Please tell me you have a key in the keyway right. You can always heat the HB a little 250 degree oven 15 mins or on a cone bearing heater. If u heat it a little it expands. You also make sure u replace the seal. You can always heat the HB with a torch to take it off. Dont cook it just heat the outside not directly on the snout. It will expand. If you dont have a key in the keyway u are in for a world of trouble. No matter how tight you think it is it WILL spin on the crank. Take it off clean the key way and put in the right key. Dont hit the HB put a socket or something that size. Use a deadblow hammer that way you dont mushroom it. There are some really basic skills you need in doing a swap like this ou need to plan a little better and make sure what you got is gonna all work. Good luck __________________ Tony "Life is a Team Sport" To the memory of the Hendrick Motorsports Plane Crash Victims

02-21-2007, 11:47 AM	#28
shifty Questionable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13,373	Re: Harmonic balancer questions Thanks, got this solved two years ago! (see date of the post before yours ) __________________ If I've got anything up for grabs, it'll be here: 7-hole gauge cluster for a 67-72 p/u FREE (link) I can't check the forum daily. If I don't reply to you within 24 hours, drop me a PM! I'm (hopefully) still alive and will reply faster to a PM.

05-23-2011, 04:04 PM	#29
68 IRON Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 736	Re: Harmonic balancer questions Damn man, what happened everything stay on? Runs like a champ? What....? I gots to know...I'm gonna be doing this myself very soon! And so what....its old info (4yrs), but still very much needed.



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