WL: Wood Cuttin' Truck (Dale)

[fmstruck]

Every self respecting Redneck really needs to have a jacked up 4x4 in order for his life to be complete. I am no different.

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I first built this truck a couple of years ago out of about 4 pickups that we had accumulated. While the cab is an '85, the average model year of this truck is 1976. It was inspired by an old green '74 Chevy K20 that Dad had back when I was a kid and we both dearly loved.

Power is provided by a '69 12.5:1 .040 over 427 Big Block. That is why I run it on Propane since the octane is considerably higher than gas.

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I've always wanted to find a better body to put on it since it's sooo rusty. I put it together with what I had at the time, though. Thanks to SCR, I found a decent body and since the weather is gonna be nice I thought I'd get started on the swap.

I had to wait a while to snag this tag number.

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More pics and info to follow.

[Kelvin]

wanna sell it

[Hillbilly]

I have frank for sale

[Yngvar]

Nice plate and I like the truck

[fmstruck]

wanna sell it

Not really.

[fmstruck]

This is my donor truck. Mateo Punzar had it for sale a while back on here and John and I split it. He wanted the BBC and I wanted the body.

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Anyone got a grille for a '77 GMC?

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It's far from perfect, but the cab is not rusty at all. Corners and rockers are good and floor pans are good.

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You can't see it, but the front fenders are rusty. I know it's been painted and I think someone put el cheapo or used fenders on it. Maybe they hit a deer or something, I don't know.

[fmstruck]

My plan is to put another pair of el cheapo fenders on it, and paint it desert camo tan like a CUCV. Perhaps flat black, I don't know.

[Hillbilly]

i vote desert camo and a lomax.

[fmstruck]

Lomax would be cool, but if I spend a grand on a t case it will be for a TeraLow 4:1 for my Jeep.

[Hillbilly]

fail

[Lepa]

Very nice.

[82355]

I didn't realize that it was a legit 427, I figured it was the standard 454 block with a 366 crank. I vote no to any sort of Camo.

Martin

[MadmaX]

olive drab.

[Hillbilly]

I didn't realize that it was a legit 427, I figured it was the standard 454 block with a 366 crank. I vote no to any sort of Camo.

Martin

Who would build some kinda half assed 427 like that?

[82355]

Who ever said it was half assed? I think they are cool, and it gives 366's a reason to exist.

[Hillbilly]

Who ever said it was half assed? I think they are cool, and it gives 366's a reason to exist.

454-496-509 these are cool motors 427s are ghey.

[MadmaX]

not that there's anything wrong with that.

[fmstruck]

I didn't realize that it was a legit 427, I figured it was the standard 454 block with a 366 crank. I vote no to any sort of Camo.

Martin

It was an original 427, but the rotating assembly got transplanted into a mid 70s 454 block. It is however an original steel hi perf 427 crank and the heads are the original small chamber castings. The original block had 3 sleeves in it by the time we abandoned it.

[82355]

I work on engines with six sleeves in them every day.

Martin

[regal403]

My Triumph had 2 sleeves right from the factory!

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[Hillbilly]

I work on engines with six sleeves in them every day.

Martin

My Triumph had 2 sleeves right from the factory!

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You guys are silly.

[fmstruck]

Made some progress today with the help of a few SCR regulars.
The truck got a new name in the process.

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Joe keeping the mood light.

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Picked up some passengers.

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Hope to get it running and moving tomorrow afternoon.

[82355]

Is it running yet? I made it home alive.

Martin

[fmstruck]

Yes, it runs. Got done about 6:30 this evening.

[82355]

Roach some broadies???

Martin

[fmstruck]

I had to leave, so no. It will run and move but it needs a lot of the same kind of sorting out of the electrical system that you had to do with Billy.

[82355]

I hear ya.

Martin

[fmstruck]

I had a customer no show, so I decided to finish my body swap.

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It would have taken about an hour if not for this infernal Propane tank.

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Much better.

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Marty thinks this looks better than the GMC grille. Since he gave it to me for free, I will say he is right.

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[Lt4TransAm]

Looks good

[82355]

Nice grille.

Martin

[C.J.]

that is sweet.

[Hillbilly]

Nice grille.

Martin

too bad it says chevrolet

[regal403]

Is your truck not a Chevrolet?

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[Hillbilly]

gmc is better.

[fmstruck]

Is your truck not a Chevrolet?

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It is not.

[82355]

Nice grille.

Martin

too bad it says chevrolet

I didn't read Chevrolet on that thing anywhere???

Martin

[regal403]

What is uniquely GMC about it?

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[82355]

It has a GMC body on it currently. It has a Chevrolet engine . . . . .

Martin

[Hillbilly]

So the 454 across the street is a gmc 454? Ever seen one of those gmc el caminos? The are cool as hell.

[regal403]

Oh, I didn't realize that was a GMC body. Looks just like a Chevrolet to me.

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[Hillbilly]

They are way different.

[regal403]

Like what?

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[Hillbilly]

grill, tailgate, dash emblems, fender emblems, owners manual, hub caps, vin number, emission decal, Rpo sheet, gvw decal, paint colors, interior options,

[jorge]

you forgot "name" too hillbilly

[Hillbilly]

I ment to put etc at the end.

[onedayjake]

Personally I like it the way it is but if I were going to paint it I would go satin black rustoleum, nice and cheap.

[KyleJ]

Looks good as is. Bedliner the whole thing.

[Hillbilly]

its really too nice to mess with till it rusts more or is dented more.

[82355]

I agree. Just leave it brown for now, it looks nice.

[regal403]

grill, tailgate, dash emblems, fender emblems, owners manual, hub caps, vin number, emission decal, Rpo sheet, gvw decal, paint colors, interior options,

So nothing is really different. Gotcha.

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[82355]

So the 454 across the street is a gmc 454?

No . . . . . . . it is a Chevrolet big block . . . . . . .

Martin

[Hillbilly]

So the 454 across the street is a gmc 454?

No . . . . . . . it is a Chevrolet big block . . . . . . .

Martin

But it came in a gmc so its a gmc.

[82355]

No, that makes it a "Corporate" engine.

Martin

[regal403]

Who gives a **** about bigfoot?

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[Hillbilly]

Who gives a **** about bigfoot?

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?

[fmstruck]

?

[jorge]

¿

[regal403]

****ing noobs.


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[fmstruck]

I scored a gauge cluster, an unbroken dash pad and a GMC grille from another buddy the other night so I installed all of that stuff. Apparently at some point the Start circuit of the ignition switch flamed out, so some moron decided it would be easier to hack in a pushbutton instead of replacing the ignition switch. I fixed that too.

The headliner was falling down, so I went to Wal Mart and got some tan material and re-covered it. The glue never works, so I used paper fasteners like these to hold it up. You just push them through and bend them over.

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I also cut the hole in the floor for the Tcase shifter. The hump in the floor is way different than my old truck, so I had to bend the snot out of the shifter to make it work.

[Lepa]

Who gives a **** about bigfoot?

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DON'T TALK **** ABOUT TOTAL

[Lepa]

pics of headliner lol, good progress.

[82355]

Too bad about the GMC grille.

Martin

[c0z]

Who gives a **** about bigfoot?

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:lol: :lol:

Truck looks good. I dig the brown.

[toom1h]

Truck has got a great body. I can see why you picked it up for how much he was asking.

[82355]

Pics?

Martin

[fmstruck]

I'll get pics tomorrow.

[82355]

Today is yesterday's tomorrow.

[fmstruck]

That's deep.

[regal403]

Confucious say, "man who go through revolving door is going to Bangkok."

[fmstruck]

Got the dash together and fixed my headliner. The material I recovered it with looked more tan at the store. It looks gray in the truck. Oh well, It kills a lot of noise. Yes, everything is a different color. Someone could recommend a good upholstery dye.

Installed a new deck with aux port for ipod.

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You can kinda see the funky angle at which my tcase shifter sits.

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The headliner

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That's about all I've done lately.

[82355]

Nice.

Martin

[C.J.]

I agree. Just leave it brown for now, it looks nice.

[JD 01SS]

I agree. Just leave it brown for now, it looks nice.

Yup i agree reminds me of my **** brown 76 i think you saw that one jake

[Hillbilly]

Confucious say, "man who go through revolving door is going to Bangkok."

You forgot to say naked.

[regal403]

Whatever.

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[fmstruck]

Installed a new master cylinder today after rolling through a stop sign cause the old one failed. I had a little sticker shock at the $16.37 price tag. I guess nothing's cheap anymore.

[82355]

Here is that homemade battery tray I was telling you about Jake.
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Martin

[fmstruck]

That's right where all my propane stuff sits.

[burnoutnova]

I didn't realize that it was a legit 427, I figured it was the standard 454 block with a 366 crank. I vote no to any sort of Camo.

Martin

It was an original 427, but the rotating assembly got transplanted into a mid 70s 454 block. It is however an original steel hi perf 427 crank and the heads are the original small chamber castings. The original block had 3 sleeves in it by the time we abandoned it.

Theres an orange 70 camaro running around Beatrice with 5 sleeves in a 454... you guys may have seen it. Nothing wrong with sleeving a block if its done right.

[burnoutnova]

So the 454 across the street is a gmc 454? Ever seen one of those gmc el caminos? The are cool as hell.

I thought the GMC version of the Elcamino was called a sprint?

[fmstruck]

Theres an orange 70 camaro running around Beatrice with 5 sleeves in a 454... you guys may have seen it. Nothing wrong with sleeving a block if its done right.

I never said there was anything wrong with it, but it had 3 sleeves already and would have taken 8 sleeves to make it a good one again. Since we had a good 454 block, it seemed the better part of wisdom to use it since we had no car to match the numbers of the 427 block, and thus no sentimental attatchment to it.

[burnoutnova]

Theres an orange 70 camaro running around Beatrice with 5 sleeves in a 454... you guys may have seen it. Nothing wrong with sleeving a block if its done right.

I never said there was anything wrong with it, but it had 3 sleeves already and would have taken 8 sleeves to make it a good one again. Since we had a good 454 block, it seemed the better part of wisdom to use it since we had no car to match the numbers of the 427 block, and thus no sentimental attatchment to it.

It makes sence to do what you did, I probly would have done the same thing.

About the only advantage to keeping the 427 would be 4 bolt mains, but I suppose the 454 might be a 4 bolt to. Would have cost more than it was worth to put 8 sleeves in to.

[Hillbilly]

Not all 427 had 4 bolt mains and I doubt a 390 hp 427 did. Same as a 325/350 hp 396 2 bolt mains.

[Hillbilly]

I didn't realize that it was a legit 427, I figured it was the standard 454 block with a 366 crank. I vote no to any sort of Camo.

Martin

It was an original 427, but the rotating assembly got transplanted into a mid 70s 454 block. It is however an original steel hi perf 427 crank and the heads are the original small chamber castings. The original block had 3 sleeves in it by the time we abandoned it.

Theres an orange 70 camaro running around Beatrice with 5 sleeves in a 454... you guys may have seen it. Nothing wrong with sleeving a block if its done right.

seems like a waste of money. I can get a 454 for 250-300 and it would still be cheaper than 3 sleeves.

[regal403]

Oooh dang, Hillbilly, why don't we just call you the Shaggy of the South?

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[toom1h]

Doesn't have enough hair

[Lepa]

:rofl:

[82355]

Jake, you want a 4" shackle flip kit?

Martin

[82355]

http://www.offroaddesign.com/catalog/shacklekit.htm

A $189.00 value. Interested?

Martin

[burnoutnova]

I didn't realize that it was a legit 427, I figured it was the standard 454 block with a 366 crank. I vote no to any sort of Camo.

Martin

It was an original 427, but the rotating assembly got transplanted into a mid 70s 454 block. It is however an original steel hi perf 427 crank and the heads are the original small chamber castings. The original block had 3 sleeves in it by the time we abandoned it.

Theres an orange 70 camaro running around Beatrice with 5 sleeves in a 454... you guys may have seen it. Nothing wrong with sleeving a block if its done right.

seems like a waste of money. I can get a 454 for 250-300 and it would still be cheaper than 3 sleeves.

I put sleeves in myself, and they're like $30 bucks and you can cut them in half and use on sleeve for 2 cylinders... and this particular car I'm talking about was one that was done where I work, not by me but another guy there who he's friends with... so it was cheaper in this situation. But yes, its normally like $100 to install a sleeve and hone the cylinder.

[regal403]

Hey Jake, what are you going to do with the white cab and box and the brown truck's chassis and drivetrain?

That could make somebody a cheap beater 2wd cityboy toy hauler...

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[fmstruck]

The body and box are just sitting on it and not even bolted down. The chassis and drivetrain belong to John, and I think he has a home for the 454 that's in it so you'd have to come up with a motor. Seems like a lot of work for a rusty 4x2.

[regal403]

Probably make a better trailer.

[fmstruck]

I think that's its destiny.

[regal403]

I think I've found a new crush anyway:
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[82355]

She is a beauty.

Martin

[burnoutnova]

I think I've found a new crush anyway:
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That thing is siiick... is that hugger orange? GET IT

[fmstruck]

Since too much is never enough, I ordered this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SCAT-BB-CHEVY-489-496-ROTATING-ASSEMBLY-STROKER-KIT_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem300209430218QQitemZ 300209430218QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAc cessories

Also scored a pair of 781 casting cyl heads and a Mercruiser takeout hyd roller cam.

All this is going in a Gen 6 454 block that Schmidt Machine had in the back room.

Hope to have this in for pulling season.

[82355]

Lovely.

Martin

[RED]

Jake ur the man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One day i hope to grow up and have a pullin truck like u and John or a 85 BB 3/4 ton some day! Cant wait till pullin time! We have to go back home and kick everyone around or i can watch u guys !

[STOK5OH]

I can get a 454 for 250-300.
:joe:

[fmstruck]

I would guess he means a core. I paid 200 for my bare block. It was standard with 10,000 miles though.

[Hillbilly]

This is what I ment unless you buy a $600 truck, sell the body and parts and you will end up with a $200-$300 454.

[82355]

Pics? Progress?

Martin

[fmstruck]

I get the 496 out of the machine shop tomorrow. I will not have that in for the weekend however.

[82355]

Pics?

Martin

[fmstruck]

I may have the 4.56s in though. We'll see.

[fmstruck]

Pics tomorrow. Patience.

[82355]

I may have the 4.56s in though. We'll see.

I thought you were getting rid of that truck?

Martin

[fmstruck]

Yes, as soon as I get the axles swapped.

[Hillbilly]

So lets see 496 with 4.56 axles. Are you trying to make me spend more money? You know I can't be on the short end of the stick. Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I guess its time for twin turbo on propane.

[fmstruck]

It's easy enough to mess with your mind without making you spend money.

[82355]

So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pics???

Martin

[fmstruck]

I was gonna bring the motor to the shop today, but it was drizzling all day. Maybe tomorrow. You are not a very patient person, Marty.

[82355]

So, pics?

Martin

[fmstruck]

Pics for Marty. You all can look too.
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[regal403]

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk117/fmstruck/100_0192.jph

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[regal403]

I spy a Kawi. Need parts or a parts bike? Sell them or it to you cheap...
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[82355]

Can't see them at work. . .

Martin

[fmstruck]

I spy a Kawi. Need parts or a parts bike? Sell them or it to you cheap...
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That's a customer bike. It's near perfect so no need any parts, but thanks.

[Hillbilly]

Looks slow. Didn't get your heads flowed over lunch maybe later.

[regal403]

I spy a Kawi. Need parts or a parts bike? Sell them or it to you cheap...
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That's a customer bike. It's near perfect so no need any parts, but thanks.

Want a title-less project bike anyway?

[fmstruck]

What's the issue with the title?

[82355]

Joe doesn't have it would be my guess . . .

[regal403]

Oh, I have the last title issued to it... Just not in my name and not from this state is all.

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[Hillbilly]

I can sign names pretty goodly.

[regal403]

It'd need a bill of sale forged, new title made in P.O's name, new bill of sale forged, new title in my name, and then it'd be good to go.

[Hillbilly]

Can't we just sign the title, have it inspected and go?

[regal403]

Can't we just sign the title, have it inspected and go?

The California title was signed by the guy I bought it from. Unfortunately, I did not notice that until 6 months later and he moved. :doubt:

[fmstruck]

Update:
Motor is together in Long Block form and the valve train is together. I guess we decked more off of the block and planed more off the heads than I thought since the intake doesn't fit. Off to Schmidt Machine to have a bunch shaved off. No, Marty, no pictures. It's all bagged up and put away till I have time to finish it.

[82355]

So, pics tomorrow?

Martin

[82355]

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=254028

Jake, check out this guy's throttle linkage at the carburetor. You should try that, wouldn't have to worry about overspeeding the engine.

Martin

[fmstruck]

I like that.

[82355]

I thought you might.

Martin

[fmstruck]

Motor is pretty much ready to set in the truck, now.

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I wanted to put serpentine drive on the front, but the kit from GM is like $800 so I had to pass until I found this set of plates from Kwik Performance that takes a the serpentine mounts from a small block and adapts them to a big block.

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You also have to remember to get a water pump for a 92^ 454 or it will be spinning backward and pumping no water.

Here's the link to the Kit.

http://www.kwikperf.com/bbc_serp_kit.html

[Hillbilly]

is it in yet? The engine I mean.

[fmstruck]

No, it is not. I wanted to have it in and drive it to Topeka, but that's not gonna happen.

[Hillbilly]

There is 24 hours in a day, just work the ones fom 10pm on.

[fmstruck]

Got stuck on parts for the money making jobs today, so this is my progress since 9:30 this morning.

Out with the old

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More to come.

[82355]

I like pictures.

Martin

[Bobby Light]

I want the mike tyson valve covers.

[fmstruck]

You are dumb.

[fmstruck]

Well here's how far I got today. Hillbilly helped me set the hood on quick after work so I should be able to finish it before my other parts show up tomorrow. I was a little peaved that my new tall valve covers wouldn't clear the firewall. I cleaned up my Mike Tyson covers and put them back on. :)

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[82355]

I like.

Martin

[Hillbilly]

I really like those wire holders.

[82355]

Does it go vroom vroom?

[supeRtunermatt]

ive gotta say that body looks much better on your truck

[82355]

ive gotta say that body looks much better on your truck

It's the front axle.

Martin

[supeRtunermatt]

very true

[Hillbilly]

4x4 makes even the ugly kid cool.

[fmstruck]

Wow, what a moron. Me, that is. I got it running and got owned by the 3 keyway timing set. It ran, but wouldn't pull an old lady off a stool. I knew something wasn't right so I pulled the water pump and timing cover off and sure enough I had lined up the 0 keyway with the top gear instead of the 0 mark about 3 teeth away. It's a wonder it ran at all.

[82355]

Did you break in the cam?

Martin

[fmstruck]

Yes.


Is this another CK5 moron question?

[82355]

Good Job!

Martin

[fmstruck]

I don't know if this thing runs any better than my 427 or not. I think it's just different.

[82355]

Needs more compression?

Martin

[fmstruck]

Well I think they run about the same. I think the cubic inches make up for the fact that the 427 is 12.5:1. It seems kinda big, dumb and lazy though and not crispy like the 427 was.

[82355]

Like me? You were two minutes late with that last post. Way to eff up the rythym.

Martin

[82355]

How the hell do you spell rythym?

That doesn't look right.

Martin

[82355]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rhythm

That is an odd spelling.

Martin

[fmstruck]

Rhythm.

[fmstruck]

nevermind.

[82355]

neener neener

Martin

[Hillbilly]

Where are we at on this. I know your smarter than me but hank ran 1000 times better with more intial. Your old 427 had way more cylinder pressure so you didn't have as much intial timing because your mixture would fire much more quickly. I suggest bumping your timing to 25 and test driving to see if it makes a difference. Hank was big fat and lazy but now runs so much better I can't believe that was the only change.

[fmstruck]

I bumped it up a bunch the other day. I don't really know how much, I just grabbed the dist and gave it a tug, but it runs a bunch better. I think I need to limit the total like you did.

[82355]

Haha. Don't own a timing light?

[fmstruck]

I own two really nice timing lights, I just didn't happen to have one in my back pocket at that particular time.

[82355]

But you had a distributor wrench?

Martin

[fmstruck]

The distributor is tight enough that it won't move on it's own, but loose enough that you can move it if necessary.

[82355]

I figured as much, I was just effin' with ya.

Martin

[fmstruck]

I took the driveshaft over to Johnny's Welding in Beatrice yesterday to get retubed after I put a big dent in it last time at Tuttle. Should get it back by the weekend.