wow, thats alot to digest i'll have to look a bit further on what the specs on my little motor are

20 Pages!

On the turbo thing, there are a lot of factors...time to study up , Pokey!
O.G.

Orville Redenbocker is one of my heroes!

OK, back to truck stuff!
Have ya ever asked around lookin for some parts, without any luck for a long time seemingly, and then ya hit the "mother load" really near ya?
I did.
I had been lookin for slant six stuff, and thru a friend of a friend, I heard of a guy that had some slant stuff layin around in a junk pile.
I tried for over a month to get in touch with him, and then one day I was out at another friend's house.....guess who calls?
The elusive man with the slant parts!!!
Come to find out, the friend that I was with is in the model car club with him!, and the funny part was is he asked if he knew me or anything about me!....friend tells him, well we have been friends for 15 years, and he is standin right here as we speak!
friend says we will be right over!
As I write this, I have 1 complete late 60's low mileage engine, and enough parts to build one more plus, and a 904 auto, not to mention 3 bellhousings,several flywheels, etc etc....
I still get to go get 2 more blocks, an 833 od....oh and I bought an 8 3/4 too.....
so far I am at less than 300 bucks!!!

The lesson here is don't give up, mebbe ya do a lil dance when ya find what ya are lookin for, just be patient, it will come around if ya ask enough folks ....
Did I mention I found a dozen more with trannies for the pullin? FREE...LOL
Time to build some block and tranny racks!..and shelves...I will make room....

Patience pays!
O.G.

I have heard of things like that happening just not to me yet, well i have been busy i have the motor mounts changed , the trans mount changed and the stock fuel tank dropped out and the fuel cell all plumbed my friend that built my traction bar dropped off the other bar so i'll have a bar on each side as soon as the mounts are built. funny how the warmer weather stokes the ambition level, i should be ready to drive it again this weekend. WoO hOo on 20 pages!

got the truck off the stands and drove it today sure is different with new mounts ! its supposed to rain tomorrow but i think i'll drive it anyway

Be careful it could be slippery.....Keep between the fence posts

no rain , it was nice and sunny and sure made the day better knowing im driving it home!

back to the first page

drove the truck again today its amazing how much it shakes at idle with new mounts in it

Are they solids?
Those things buzz your teeth!....and everything else, not fun on the street if ya drive it much...

Solid mounts are nothin'. I once had a 65 Coronet that had a 440 mounted with elephant ears bolted directly to the frame. Didn't buzz my teeth at all. But the moron that installed the motor (I bought the car that way) bolted it in with inch and a half self tapping bolts. Stood on the gas one time and the engine stood up and saluted me!

I agree, i think solid mounts get a bad rap, but when used properly (nice smooth balanced engine assembly) they arent hardly noticable in a performance application.

Now if you have a rough running and tired motor that isnt quite hitting properly on all 8 (or 6 in some cases here ) then the excess vibration will obviously transmit right into the truck.

Oh, and only use a poly or rubber trans mount with solid mounts---otherwise you risk breaking the trans housing.

nope not solid just new rubber mounts, there cheap only 5 bucks each but what a difference

Wow, you got them real cheap, i think mine were $8 for each one, LOL. It surprised me the trans mount with the bracket was only $10.

I managed to get the starter back in mine with the headers already on, i got so excited of how easy it went it (old big style), that i got in and hit the key to make sure it all worked. Normally that would be ok, but i had no oil filter and no gauge hookup in the back---so yea, a couple of quarts i had in the pan ended up on the ground--doh!!!!! At least i had no plugs or wires on it to have it fire on me.

Getting close to fire up the magnum mill, just need to buy a few small parts---but the little lady and i are getting married so funds have to stretch a little.

Congrats I think????? YEA YEA Congrats and Good luck

congrats! thats cool i know exactly how that is my wife and i went through the same thing , we just celebrated our first anniversary.

Thanks guys, were getting married in about 4 months. No work today on the truck, we were working on the new bed for our 1920 model T pickup, all new oak, -----then i discovered the hot water heater leaking before we left for lunch. So being that we rent, i have to get the basement cleaned up of my small projects and tools again before the landlord comes over. Never a dull moment.

sounding a bit busy, how do you find time to work?

How do i find time to work? or relax?, LOL

Worked on the truck for a bit yesterday, im almost there, ready to fire it up. Going to have to spend some money at Summit to get some parts i need--hate to do that, but she wants the truck ready for the wedding and i want some seat time in it to make sure all is well before we really get out on the road with it.

As a side note, Im really dieing to get new wheels for the truck, the ones i want do come in the 5x5.5" pattern, but im sitting here thinking maybe just converting to 5x4.5" for easier future availability on wheels (the ones i want come in either pattern)-----what would you guys do?

if you must have the wheels , ya gotta do what ya gotta do, what kind of wheels are they? but the question is do you have the finances to change it all over? i would ask if you have the time but i think i know the answer to that LOL!