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Today I hooked up all the stuff under the truck. Almost. I got the transmission lines and the started. I'll do that tomorrow. It getting a little closer to cranking up the engine for the second time.
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Today I hooked all the stuff in the engine compartment. all went well. I started the engine and I need to adjust the drivers side valves again. Or see what is the matter with the lifter. I have one that is tapping. but the engine runs good. I took it for a test drive today. and it felt good to drive the old girl.
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Success! Congradulations George!
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George I know you are an old hand at this but give this procedure a try and see if it helps you at all.
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Thanks Mr. Swamp Rat. I took the truck out for a test run this Morning. I got about 5 miles from the house and I noticed a lot of smoke coming out from the back. I knew this I had a oil leak. so I took it home and found a valve cover was leaking on the driver side. I replace the gasket with a new one and it was fixed.
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Today I took the truck out for another spin around town. It failed the first test. But only a small thing. The valve cover gasket on the driver side leaked. No big deal I went to Advance Auto and picked up another one and now it is done, fixed.
My brakes was really hard. so I replaced the rod with another straight one and now they work a lot better. I removed the bracket that came with the new set up. it was binding up the booster. all well now. I then took it out for another drive around 25 miles and boy what a difference that made. I hope to get it to the front end shop and have the front end adjusted. The last guy could not do it. Here are a few pictures of the truck all finished. I still have a few bugs to work out. I want to set the timing with a timing light and adjust the carb.
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one more
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Awesome!
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It's really looking great George! It's good to know you're getting to drive it around. After all that work, finally the payoff!
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congratulations George, thanks for sharing your journey lots of good info along the way and a truely awesome backyard build
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Swamp Rat, dfwright, z1835 thanks guys. I finally got the truck out of the back yard and parking it in the front. I had to put a piece of 3/4 '' plywood in the bed. State Farm insurance said that I needed a bed floor before they would put insurance on the truck. 22.00 isn't that bad. Later own I will be putting a plank board floor in the truck. Next week I will be taking the truck over to a local shop and he will be doing all the fine tuning on the engine. Timing and carb and valcume leaks if there is any. It has a few issue's but nothing bad. Three years and I don't know how many hours.
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Congradulations George! I have read your build from the beginning and am so glad for you to finally get to enjoy your truck = Patches!
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Put a new shifting valve on the transmission but it still shifts hard. It going in the shop tomorrow to adjust the carb and timing. I hope they can tell me what is wrong with the transmission shifting problem. maybe it need some adjusting also.
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George refresh my memory did that transmission come with the truck or did you buy a used one or was it rebuilt?
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carb adjuster timing valcum lines now it starts great and idles like it should. and the transmission shifts smooth it is a pleasant to drive now. before it barked the tires every time I put it in gear. I am planning on pulling the 373 rear end gears out and putting in a 308 this week end. I had to borrow a torque wrench, mine was not big enough. I hope this will slow the engine down a little and save gas.
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That's great George, I'm glad to hear it's all dialed in.
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Got the truck from the shop a few days ago. Boy what a difference a little adjustment made. I got a new temp gage, I didn't like the elect one. I will install it when the engine cools down a little.
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Thank bryan
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Glad to see you got her going!
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thanks wideside72 it just turned over to 750 miles on the new engine.
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Great news, George! Glad to hear you're finally rollin' around in it.
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yea I am driving it all over the place, I got to get a new door seal for it leaks around the top on the drivers side. This was the first time I drove the truck in the rain. George
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That's a great looking truck!
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thanks/ it turns heads no matter where I go.
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