The Jalopy Journal
he already had a problem with the car! Aliens got to it...lost all power, right near Roswell NM, where the aliens crashed in the 1940s. :) just...
I think I took apart a big block once that hadn't been apart before...it had silver paint on each side of the cork valve cover gaskets. Along with...
Before adding shims, you might want to do some checking, to see what it might need. The correct bolts have a knurled area at the place where the...
Bye bye [ATTACH] Tom is posting his adventures on his Sick Magazine fb page.
I guess that depends on how you want the truck to look under the hood...if it's a traditional looking 327 other than the alternator, then it'll...
Cork gaskets work without sealant...with a reasonably flat surface....I smack the bolt hole area back down, and get the parts clean, and use cork...
loaded up Plan II....it's going to a new home tomorrow [ATTACH]
I do it the old fashioned way, with VHT paint...but then, this is a traditional hot rodding forum, not a high tech place.
just a suggestion...if you take pictures of the truck bed, all of it in one picture, taken in good weather, with good light, in focus, and post it...
I should bring my old truck again? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Chevy didn't use gaskets between the head and manifold. They're not needed, and all they do is insulate the parts from each other, limiting heat...
I'd use an original steel pan...but it's not my car. If you're going to use the aluminum pan, just use the original type screen, and don't worry...
that last picture shows why you should not use gaskets with manifolds on chevy engines... :) 624 heads are pretty crappy, as chevy heads go....
watch the balance...lifting an engine below it's center of gravity can result in it flipping over.... I've attached a chain to the rear intake...
depends on the pan...if it's stock depth, then use the stock 350 filter (really a screen) that you bought, with a couple real short 1/4-20 screws....
I'd put the odds of 4 bolt at 95%, and the odds of steel crank at 5%
13 years late? Thanks
Most of the truck 350 010 blocks were 4 bolt mains. If you care, drop the pan and see.
1978. Not 1968. The two digit year on the casting date was a random thing, you can find single or two digit years over several decades. The short...
I bought one of these for my vette...haven't installed it yet. Says in the description that it's sfi approved, but didn't find a sticker on it....
Do you have a test light?
could use a better scan of the picture, but even that might not help much. 36 buick was a 3 window with a split rear glass, similar bumper...
which terminals are you jumping? pictures are a big help.... and you made sure the battery cable and ground cable and all that are connected...
like deja vu all over again :)
a link from the source of the article.......
no date code, I've seen that before.. the casting number ends in 6, not 8, they're hard to read. It is for 55-56. But like he said, lots of...
that's why I bought a Hurst. They work a lot better than the originals. Lots of these transmissions were installed in cars with the shifter...
or just get the bolts snug, but not very tight. Learning how tight to get bolts is an acquired skill, many of us started when we were young, and...
you're new here, so probably haven't yet learned to look at the date of a post before replying? No biggie...just gets a bit confusing when others...
Good to know, 17 years later :)
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