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08-01-2018, 04:43 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Hickory Flat, GA
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Re: Frankentruck
It's currently raining pretty good, so it's the perfect time to finish getting caught up.
On Christmas day of 2017, I spent a good six+ hours attempting to put the engine back in the Dakota. I ended up not being successful because for some reason, I could not get the engine and transmission to line up. The next day, I went back outside and re-positioned where I had the jack on the transmission. I had originally put the jack at the bottom of the bellhousing because it looked flat. I didn't realize that there was a slight angle completely throwing off my alignment. I moved the jack to the tranny pan, and the engine and trans slipped together fairly easily. The next couple of days saw a lot of progress to the engine, and by the end of 2017, the Dakota drove under its own power again after over a year and a half of sitting.
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Christian Carpenter 1963 C10 - Frankentruck 283, Muncie 3 speed with overdrive Overdrive wiring here1963-ish truck bed trailer - Half-Wit 1981 C10 - Penny 305, th350 --> Soon to be 350, Saginaw 4 speed 1995 Dodge Dakota Sport "I'll put it simple: if you're going hard enough left, you'll find yourself turning right." - Doc Hudson |
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