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Can't say that I did it, but I had an automatic transmission installed in my truck. It's a 350 out of a truck that was recently rebuilt. It's not the 700R4 but the price was right and it's known to be good by the shop that installed it. They were doing an LS/4LXX upgrade on a friends truck and I bought his 350. I have a 3:08 rear so I don't think the lack of OD will make much difference since my truck doesn't get driven often. They only had the truck for one week. If it ever stops raining I want to go looking for a tilt column. It seems like a different truck and it's quieter now that the worn out original transmission is gone.
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I went with a Turbo 350; no, I won't win any stoplight drags but I haven't missed adding a lockup kit or adjusting a TV cable at all. PS: I live in a mountainous area and haven't missed the constant up-and-down shifting on hills either.
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Had a horrible shock today: I reached under my exhaust manifold to check for leakage from the threaded plug I'd had so much trouble with and my finger came back wet!!!! I went into shock. A taste test however determined that the moisture was not coolant but was actually oil seeping down from my valve covers. My new intake manifold is thicker and the valve covers are bottoming out on it, preventing full seating. I ordered some thick gaskets to give the valve covers more clearance. Whew...
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I am putting my five minutes in! Last night I got a few parts sand blasted, ready for primer.
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MARTINSR should get an award, maybe a permanent lifetime Premium membership, for his "5-minutes a day" philosophy. Today I used my 5 minute quota to install my glovebox door, which gives the dash a more finished appearance. IOW 4 screws = big difference! Unfortunately realized that I'd forgotten to paint the inside of the door, but that can be done, oh say 5 years from now. I love puttering. I'm finished with the build portion of my truck, now just doing small stuff. It's great to get the to-do list down to a single page:
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Back on the ground again, brakes blead, coolant in, a few gallons of gas in the tank, pore a bit in the carbs and hit the switch. Fired right up. 1 carb had the float stuck open, several gas leaks. I made the fuel lines out of 5/16 premade lines from napa. A couple factory flares dont want to seal. Remade one and it sealed right up, other one i tightened very tight and maybe it sealed. Chased a leak on the temp sender, wasnt all the way tight, same on the manifold heat water line and the oil filter line. Gas guage has an issue, reads full all the time, thought i had the sorted out, guess not, thats tomorrows 5 min. If it wasnt for the foot of snow out side my shop i could take a short ride
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today I finally got my hood installed. my 20 minute hood install went bad on me when I tried to shut the hood and it didn't latch. spent 45 minutes trying to figure out why. it dawned on me that the latch plate I was using was from my parts truck and I had never used it. I removed the actual latch off of my original plate and installed it onto the nicer plate. the hood needs adjustment but it shuts and latches. once that was done I took the death rattle out for a couple of hours. such a fun time
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I didn't "work" on my truck today, but spent a bunch of time hauling the front axle to the post office, to find out that it's $100 to ship and my brother stopped me before I did it with a phone call to tell me he ship it for me with his UPS account for about half that. I rather spend that $50 ON the truck than throw it away so I brought the box back home. I then ordered a bunch of stuff on line for the suspension. So I will be ready real soon to get the frame powder coated. Brian
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Yes 2 little 2 barrels
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Gorgeous engine. Congrats on the first fire. Ditto on the winter weather slowing the progress.
Remind me what heater are you using? I like where the hoses enter the firewall.
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Ditto on the five minute rule. Used that on a boat I rebuilt five years ago. I'm taking a break from the snow for a couple of weeks but when I get back my tires will be mounted on new rims and my rear leaf supports will be ready to install. After that the rolling chassis will be removed and full speed ahead on the cab body work.
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Remind me what heater are you using? I like where the hoses enter the firewall.
It just the stock deluxe heater, original holes. |
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SVR congrats on the first fire!
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My 5 minutes was getting the hood primered!
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put 20 or 30 miles on it today. noticed when i was accelerating from a light with some spirit that there was a tiny puff of smoke. there was also a little when i cold started. i backed my mixture off by 1/8 turn. drove a test lap. much improved. might even accelerate a little better. time will tell.
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Yes sir, fenton exhaust and intake, nothing that i know of done inside
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