61K10 build

[MitchFloyd]

Looks good Kimble! One question tho? Is that a one or two horse harness in pic number 3 there? hehe..

[61K10]

16hp crasfsman---

[MitchFloyd]

Originally Posted by MitchFloyd

Looks good Kimble! One question tho? Is that a one or two horse harness in pic number 3 there? hehe..

I was referring to this pic you posted.

[61K10]

my all around pulling and mowing horse--

[TJ's Chevy]

Cool lawnmower! LOL! We have a Cub Cadet mower...not sure on the hp..I think its like 18 or 20..anyhow its the V2 engine. That thing has seen a rock load of hours and still purrs along.

[61K10]

did some more installing--brake lines--t/f case--shocks and eng. will be installing trans today.

[TJ's Chevy]

Nice work!

[RANDY COX]

Wow your making a lot of progress, you must be spending a lot of time with that truck.. My wife would always tell me that I'm spending too much time on my car than her...LOL.
all your hard work is paying off though... she's lookin mighty fine, mighty fine...

[61K10]

Randy--I am retired so i have the time. It's finely warm enough to work before 12pm here. wife sews and i am banished to the garage/shop. (1/2 2car garage 1/2 shop) as i worked outside all my life no matter the weather. I am not a inside person. wife's not too happy about her car sitting outside right now, but being married 44yrs shes ok with it for now.

got the trans in yesterday--now brakes and drive shafts. going to be hard to push around now lol.

[1963c-10]

Nice work....glad to see I'm not the only one running stainless lines for the hydraulic clutch.

[61K10]

1963c-10-- i bought the hard line they sell and didn't like it. no flex in it. I've used braided brake lines on drag race cars and motorcycles. over the years. will have one from the master to my hydro-vac on inner finder also.

[1963c-10]

Glad to hear....I purchased stainless AN lines for my clutch master / slave cylinder and hear a lot of people don't like them due to the flex in them. But I used the same logic as you....race cars and motorcycles use them...so why not a truck. I'll still run hard lines for the brakes, but wanted the braided stainless line for the clutch system to make the rest of the braided lines I've made for the fuel system, heater system and the water bypass system.

[61K10]

the stock clutch line is part rubber and steel tube. braided steel lines don't swell like just rubber one do.

[1963c-10]

Gotcha, my hydraulic clutch is a Novak conversion that I assembled on the factory frame mounted bellhousing. I'm installing a big block, so I wanted more clearance for headers and to remove the factory frame linkage.

[61K10]

well not much done--my V8 y-pipe for stock single exhaust is not going to work. in the way of the drive shaft for the winch. I am building my own set-up. will post pics when i get all my parts.

did the back brakes with new stuff. pretty basic so no pics. will post up pics of the front as they are totally different than the rear.

one more problem--with the bell-housing mounts. look at the pic above in 109. you see the top of the mount is flat. the org. ones were curved on each end. there is a step on the bell for the curved ones. the flat ones don't set flat. ordered some new ones that in the pic were curved. will post up pics of the 2 when i receive the new ones. maybe the bells on later sm465 are different?

[61K10]

well here is the exhaust i came up with that clears my drive shaft for my pto/winch----+ a little high heat stove paint.

the org y-pipe is is a poor design as far as performance goes. as the left bank goes straight into the right bank pipe. no blend.

[1963c-10]

Originally Posted by 61K10

well not much done--my V8 y-pipe for stock single exhaust is not going to work. in the way of the drive shaft for the winch. I am building my own set-up. will post pics when i get all my parts.

did the back brakes with new stuff. pretty basic so no pics. will post up pics of the front as they are totally different than the rear.

one more problem--with the bell-housing mounts. look at the pic above in 109. you see the top of the mount is flat. the org. ones were curved on each end. there is a step on the bell for the curved ones. the flat ones don't set flat. ordered some new ones that in the pic were curved. will post up pics of the 2 when i receive the new ones. maybe the bells on later sm465 are different?

That's good info...I have some original mounts if you need pics....but I don't have anything w/4wd application. Nice work on the exhaust system.

[TJ's Chevy]

Nice to see you have the exhaust done.

[McMurphy]

I like the black.... funny thing is I was falling asleep last night thinking of how I wanted to do that very same thing to my exhaust.
Will look better than just a bunch of bare tubing rusting away down there !!

[MitchFloyd]

Glad to see your moving along at a good pace. I seem to be stuck behind the motor rebuild. Nice job fabbing that exhaust up too. Probably saved yourself a few hundred bucks!

[61K10]

Mitch, you were asking about my ft shock mounts. well here they are--cut off. what a mess lol. just get the stick welder and go for it. I guess because of the winch (an being a search & rescue tk) they had coil-over shocks on the ft. so new ft shock mt's coming.

[61K10]

some ft brake pic's

1-pic's of parts
2-backing plate
3-shoe retainer clips
4-adjuster cam for shoes (2ea)

[61K10]

some more--

1-springs--long one is for the top--same as early jeep
2-wheel cyl is 3/8-my hoses are 7/16 so the adapters
3-how the in of shoe fits in wheel cyl
4-backing plate with parts installed

[61K10]

some specs

non sevro type and note on 2nd page #3 for shoe placement

and special thanks to chevy-man5 for the brake info (thanks again Jason)

[TJ's Chevy]

AH! I wish the brakes on my 66 only had a couple springs like that does!!! LOL!