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mooneyes · 03-11-2005, 08:35 PM

..i have to agree with you andy those caddy's can pull a house!!!!...well so much for a screwed up plunger ...sorry to hear about unwanted metal but at least now the trucks set up for it so when you find another it will just be a quick swap...

Longhorn Man · 03-11-2005, 08:49 PM

yeah...bummer I'm out of cash and need to find a place to put the truck....right after spending a hundred bucks on title and tags... now I'll have to get a storage unit to put it untill I can scrape up enough cash to get it running.

vfrdude · 03-11-2005, 09:21 PM

I don't think there are many motors that will run with no oil pressure...No need to take offense. I did put a

at the end of the message. Anyway, a caddy motor in a one ton truck makes sense. Running it down the hiway at 4000 RPM doesn't.

I hope you find another motor soon. I feel you're pain. I went for over ten years without any major mechanical problems. Then within the last month or so, my TH400 took a dive, my tubular lower contol arm failed - causing me to totaly rebuild the front end - stock control arms, dropped spindles, upper lower ball joints, and brothers upper tubular control arm. Then, on top of that the noisy 3.07 differentail finally gave up the ghost - which is the reason why I now have 3.73 posi unit.

I actually wanted to do this stuff eventually, but not all at once! Needless to say, my wife isn't real happy with the truck right now!

Longhorn Man · 03-11-2005, 09:55 PM

sorry...shouldn't have taken the defence position... I've been getting LOTS of shiznit from ppl bout putting a caddy motor in a chevy.
For a split second, i thought you were in the group of MORONS sending me nastygrams and hate mail.
Sorry dude.

franko72 · 03-11-2005, 09:57 PM

Man that is a bummer! dont worry though ,I think you should have plenty of connections on this board, someone has a motor out there that needs a new home.

70 shorty · 03-11-2005, 10:22 PM

Too bad I could have hooked you up with a good 307 Olds smog motor that I gave away last wknd LOL. I don't think it would even be respectable in a riding lawnmower!

71cadc10 · 03-14-2005, 02:27 PM

Andy,
Give me a call sometime (pm'd you the #). I have 472/500 blocks setting in the garage right now that I won't use unless things go terribly wrong. Same with the 472 cranks. 2 sets of heads I don't want (120cc) for low compression. Basically, with your money situation and my need for space I'll haul these out to Pittsburgh some weekend if you want to meet up. My mom lives out there anyway so I'll make a weekend out of it.
I'm not looking to make money just help out on the gas to get there. Maybe we find a few cold beers somewhere while we is there in Steeltown.

they will need the basic machine work to put together, but with the right selection of parts I think you can put a fresh 472 together for under the $700 mark. I can check the blocks I have but I'll bet at least one of them won't need bored, so that'll avoid having to bore the block and buy pistons.

Longhorn Man · 03-14-2005, 09:02 PM

PM me the number again...

JerseyGirl · 03-14-2005, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

sorry...shouldn't have taken the defence position... I've been getting LOTS of shiznit from ppl bout putting a caddy motor in a chevy.
For a split second, i thought you were in the group of MORONS sending me nastygrams and hate mail.
Sorry dude.

Sorry to hear about that caddy motor Andy! I cant believe people actually PM'd you & gave you crap about putting it in your truck! Those engines will run 4ever if taken good care of from the start! I have had several..the 500 we had was in a 74 Coupe...ran like it was new! And man can she giddyup!!!!

Longhorn Man · 03-14-2005, 10:30 PM

oh hell tree...I ALWAYS get hate mail and nasty grams. Some ppl here love me...others wish I'd die.

**68 Stepside** · 03-14-2005, 10:37 PM

I have a lot of "ass"! Oh, maybe that has nothing to do with this topic

Keep us all posted Andy, I'd like to see that truck on the road this spring/summer! I'll also send you some hatemail if you'd like?

Good luck!

~T

68C15 · 03-14-2005, 10:45 PM

71Cadc10, you sound like one he77 of a guy. I commend you.

JerseyGirl · 03-14-2005, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

oh hell tree...I ALWAYS get hate mail and nasty grams. Some ppl here love me...others wish I'd die.

I doubt they wished you'd die....that is

I got your back tho...

*dtlilly* · 03-14-2005, 11:18 PM

I bet if Andy did die... his post count would still go up

Longhorn Man · 03-14-2005, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68C15

71Cadc10, you sound like one he77 of a guy. I commend you.

I have to agree...even though I haven't said it.
Just the offer is awsome.

Longhorn Man · 03-14-2005, 11:48 PM

lol don...althoguh, my post count has slowed down quite a bit recently....damn dark side not counting....

dion · 03-15-2005, 01:55 AM

That blows, good luck to you Andy!!! I'm sure you'll find what you need and be back on th road soon. Our thoughts are with you my friend.

CHEVY & GMC FOREVER · 03-15-2005, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

sorry...shouldn't have taken the defence position... I've been getting LOTS of shiznit from ppl bout putting a caddy motor in a chevy.
For a split second, i thought you were in the group of MORONS sending me nastygrams and hate mail.
Sorry dude.

Please do not take offense to this question but how do you put a caddy 425 in a Chevy??, I mean how is is mechanically possible?? I know that those damn Caddy big long block engines will run seemingly forever and pull a tree down with all that power, but how did you mate a TH350 Chevy Trans, to a 425 Caddy??, I mean I've seen a lot in my day but I've never heard of that!!! well maybe something like that about 25 years ago when I put a Lincoln 462 in a Corvette!!! now that was a sight it wasen't easy but I used a complete power train that matched the motor from a 69' Lincoln to the frame and I pulled it off (and later that same night I blew the motor, I don't know how many RPM's but it was probably all that motor had, I sill don't know how that motor lived at that speed for all 8 seconds, it was singin' though boy

).
Anyway please lend me some insight on how you did it, cause that's one for the books

.

Longhorn Man · 03-15-2005, 06:56 AM

The tranny bolted right up...all I needed to do was toss a TH400 converter in it.
Ither than that, I just removed the front clip, bolted the engine to the tranny which was still mounted in it's proper location, and then marked where I needed to move the towers to.
I got lucky on quite a few things...like the truck had a pontiac 350...so the tranny had the BOP bellhousing...just like the caddy, the fuel line was already routed on the other side, the towers or frame mounts were not the right ones for the truck...but the exact ones for the swap.... ect.
here is a link to an incomplete site I did on the work it took.
http://www.geocities.com/caddyoneton/

68C15 · 03-15-2005, 08:54 AM

I think places like advance adapters has kits to do this. just like any other Buick,Olds,Pontiac-Chevy swap

CHEVY & GMC FOREVER · 03-15-2005, 11:49 AM

Amazing what people can do these days, I commend you for putting that motor in that truck, it is unheard of these days with all these computer controled cars, our love for trucks is of a dieing breed...

dubie · 03-15-2005, 11:59 AM

[QUOTE=Longhorn Man]Yeah...becouse chevys run so good with no oil pressure.

You ever seen the cross hatch pattern in a 60,000 mile old chevy cylinderwall?
How about 125,000 mile block with no ridge up top of the cylinder?
[QUOTE]
Actually I have

My 350 had around 60,000 on it and still ahd crosshatched cylinders and no ridge on top. Not bein cocky, just tellin you that it's possible in a small block

Hope you get er back up and goin soon bud

busterwivell · 03-15-2005, 01:34 PM

I wonder if there is a ridge on top on the 305 in my Monte Calro SS? It only has 225,000 miles on it.

71cadc10 · 03-16-2005, 12:37 AM

thanks for the kind words 68c15 and busterwivell

I'm just trying to help a caddy lovin brother out, we've got to stick together and keep doing things differently.

I did also acquire 3 too many engines in a deal I just couldn't walk away from. Rather than scrap them I'd prefer to keep them in circulation. It's either that or find more vehicles to put them into....well getting $50 or so seems like the better financial decision right now.....

anyone needs 472 cubes or parts let me know please....

CHEVY & GMC FOREVER · 03-16-2005, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 71cadc10

thanks for the kind words 68c15 and busterwivell

I'm just trying to help a caddy lovin brother out, we've got to stick together and keep doing things differently.

I did also acquire 3 too many engines in a deal I just couldn't walk away from. Rather than scrap them I'd prefer to keep them in circulation. It's either that or find more vehicles to put them into....well getting $50 or so seems like the better financial decision right now.....

anyone needs 472 cubes or parts let me know please....

how much you want for that 472????

03-11-2005, 08:35 PM	#26
mooneyes Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slippery Rock PA USA Posts: 1,692	..i have to agree with you andy those caddy's can pull a house!!!!...well so much for a screwed up plunger ...sorry to hear about unwanted metal but at least now the trucks set up for it so when you find another it will just be a quick swap... __________________ Ken Lyons, Slippery rock pa 68 short step 327 t10 4 gear 72 2wd blazer project 70 lwb 305/700r driver 78 caprice project 02 cavalier D.D ( hate it!!)

03-11-2005, 09:21 PM	#28
vfrdude Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oakley, Ca. USA Posts: 137	I don't think there are many motors that will run with no oil pressure...No need to take offense. I did put a at the end of the message. Anyway, a caddy motor in a one ton truck makes sense. Running it down the hiway at 4000 RPM doesn't. I hope you find another motor soon. I feel you're pain. I went for over ten years without any major mechanical problems. Then within the last month or so, my TH400 took a dive, my tubular lower contol arm failed - causing me to totaly rebuild the front end - stock control arms, dropped spindles, upper lower ball joints, and brothers upper tubular control arm. Then, on top of that the noisy 3.07 differentail finally gave up the ghost - which is the reason why I now have 3.73 posi unit. I actually wanted to do this stuff eventually, but not all at once! Needless to say, my wife isn't real happy with the truck right now! __________________ Rudy Fierros '95 Honda VFR750F Used to have a '71 Chevy Stepside, Guards Red, Lowered 4" rear, 3" front, White Oak bed wood, 700R4 w/373 gears until some low life stole it!

03-11-2005, 09:57 PM	#30
franko72 Franko72 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio Posts: 471	Man that is a bummer! dont worry though ,I think you should have plenty of connections on this board, someone has a motor out there that needs a new home. __________________ 1972 C20 cheyenne Super 402 BB/400 turbo LWB A/C Tilt, Cruise Control, Saddle tanks, Tach My Home Page Better to burn out than it is to rust

03-11-2005, 10:22 PM	#31
70 shorty Where's my beer? Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Glen Allen, VA Posts: 1,772	Too bad I could have hooked you up with a good 307 Olds smog motor that I gave away last wknd LOL. I don't think it would even be respectable in a riding lawnmower! __________________ 70 C10, shortstep, .30 over 250,Hurst shifted 3 spd parts hauler. Holley 390, Clifford Intake, Header, ported cylinder head, unknown bigger cam. 79 Corvette L82, 4 spd, black, red interior, headers, flowmasters, and unkown bigger cam. '03 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.0 4x4 daily driver. 165K miles, and runs great '08 Tahoe LTZ 4x4 155K

03-14-2005, 02:27 PM	#32
71cadc10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boiling Springs, PA Posts: 435	Andy, Give me a call sometime (pm'd you the #). I have 472/500 blocks setting in the garage right now that I won't use unless things go terribly wrong. Same with the 472 cranks. 2 sets of heads I don't want (120cc) for low compression. Basically, with your money situation and my need for space I'll haul these out to Pittsburgh some weekend if you want to meet up. My mom lives out there anyway so I'll make a weekend out of it. I'm not looking to make money just help out on the gas to get there. Maybe we find a few cold beers somewhere while we is there in Steeltown. they will need the basic machine work to put together, but with the right selection of parts I think you can put a fresh 472 together for under the $700 mark. I can check the blocks I have but I'll bet at least one of them won't need bored, so that'll avoid having to bore the block and buy pistons. __________________ 71 C10 long bed, 2003 6.0L, 06GTO E40, T56, 12bolt 4.10 rear

03-11-2005, 08:49 PM	#27
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	yeah...bummer I'm out of cash and need to find a place to put the truck....right after spending a hundred bucks on title and tags... now I'll have to get a storage unit to put it untill I can scrape up enough cash to get it running.

03-11-2005, 09:55 PM	#29
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	sorry...shouldn't have taken the defence position... I've been getting LOTS of shiznit from ppl bout putting a caddy motor in a chevy. For a split second, i thought you were in the group of MORONS sending me nastygrams and hate mail. Sorry dude.

03-14-2005, 09:02 PM	#33
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	PM me the number again...

03-14-2005, 10:30 PM	#35
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	oh hell tree...I ALWAYS get hate mail and nasty grams. Some ppl here love me...others wish I'd die.

03-14-2005, 10:37 PM	#36
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,690	I have a lot of "ass"! Oh, maybe that has nothing to do with this topic Keep us all posted Andy, I'd like to see that truck on the road this spring/summer! I'll also send you some hatemail if you'd like? Good luck! ~T __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay

03-14-2005, 10:45 PM	#37
68C15 blood type; Retumbo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: next to my reloading bench Posts: 10,269	71Cadc10, you sound like one he77 of a guy. I commend you. __________________ Man rule #77...if you own a 67 stepside with a caddy 472 you will never be in danger of loosing you man card

03-14-2005, 11:18 PM	#39
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	I bet if Andy did die... his post count would still go up

03-14-2005, 11:48 PM	#41
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	lol don...althoguh, my post count has slowed down quite a bit recently....damn dark side not counting....

03-15-2005, 01:55 AM	#42
dion 72 Cheyenne Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,086	That blows, good luck to you Andy!!! I'm sure you'll find what you need and be back on th road soon. Our thoughts are with you my friend. __________________ Burnout Idle 1972Cheyenne 1966/67Stouts

03-15-2005, 06:56 AM	#44
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	The tranny bolted right up...all I needed to do was toss a TH400 converter in it. Ither than that, I just removed the front clip, bolted the engine to the tranny which was still mounted in it's proper location, and then marked where I needed to move the towers to. I got lucky on quite a few things...like the truck had a pontiac 350...so the tranny had the BOP bellhousing...just like the caddy, the fuel line was already routed on the other side, the towers or frame mounts were not the right ones for the truck...but the exact ones for the swap.... ect. here is a link to an incomplete site I did on the work it took. http://www.geocities.com/caddyoneton/



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03-15-2005, 08:54 AM	#45
68C15 blood type; Retumbo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: next to my reloading bench Posts: 10,269	I think places like advance adapters has kits to do this. just like any other Buick,Olds,Pontiac-Chevy swap __________________ Man rule #77...if you own a 67 stepside with a caddy 472 you will never be in danger of loosing you man card

03-15-2005, 11:49 AM	#46
CHEVY & GMC FOREVER Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Lenox,IL Posts: 306	Amazing what people can do these days, I commend you for putting that motor in that truck, it is unheard of these days with all these computer controled cars, our love for trucks is of a dieing breed... __________________ 1985 Chevrolet C-30 454 1-TON Dooley 1969 CHEVROLET CST-10 PICK-UP Good memories 1999 Chevrolet Z71 Ext. cab 5.7L Good Memories With a quart of oil, and a gallon of gas, she won't let no other car pass!!!. & FOREVER

03-15-2005, 11:59 AM	#47
dubie Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 8,853	[QUOTE=Longhorn Man]Yeah...becouse chevys run so good with no oil pressure. You ever seen the cross hatch pattern in a 60,000 mile old chevy cylinderwall? How about 125,000 mile block with no ridge up top of the cylinder? [QUOTE] Actually I have My 350 had around 60,000 on it and still ahd crosshatched cylinders and no ridge on top. Not bein cocky, just tellin you that it's possible in a small block Hope you get er back up and goin soon bud __________________ My name's Tim and I'm a truckaholic My 56 Chevy shop truck build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=562795

03-15-2005, 01:34 PM	#48
busterwivell Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sahuarita, AZ USA Posts: 2,033	I wonder if there is a ridge on top on the 305 in my Monte Calro SS? It only has 225,000 miles on it. __________________ Bill - Tucson, AZ 47 Chevrolet 2 dr sedan 56 Chevrolet 210 2 dr sedan 66 Chevrolet Malibu 2 dr 4 speed 71 Chevrolet C30 Longhorn 86 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS (Sold) 01 Chevrolet Tahoe IM - BUSTERWIVE@aol.com

03-16-2005, 12:37 AM	#49
71cadc10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boiling Springs, PA Posts: 435	thanks for the kind words 68c15 and busterwivell I'm just trying to help a caddy lovin brother out, we've got to stick together and keep doing things differently. I did also acquire 3 too many engines in a deal I just couldn't walk away from. Rather than scrap them I'd prefer to keep them in circulation. It's either that or find more vehicles to put them into....well getting $50 or so seems like the better financial decision right now..... anyone needs 472 cubes or parts let me know please.... __________________ 71 C10 long bed, 2003 6.0L, 06GTO E40, T56, 12bolt 4.10 rear

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