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pulled the cam shaft today. the distributor did a number on it. the engine has deff been rebuilt at some point because its clean inside.
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then went to tucson and picked up a 235 block, a bell housing and a 1/2ton 6 lug front end. all for free from a buddy of mine. looks like chad (2or4wheels) and i will be doin 3/4ton to 1/2 ton front end upgrades together. dont really need the block but hoping the bell housing will fit on my truck. ? ?
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SkeeterBilt said:
pulled the cam shaft today. the distributor did a number on it. the engine has deff been rebuilt at some point because its clean inside.
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then went to tucson and picked up a 235 block, a bell housing and a 1/2ton 6 lug front end. all for free from a buddy of mine. looks like chad (2or4wheels) and i will be doin 3/4ton to 1/2 ton front end upgrades together. dont really need the block but hoping the bell housing will fit on my truck. ? ?
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Good deal, can't beat free!
 
waitin for part to come in. decided to fix the oil filtet canister. someone thought they could weld.... the brackets broke soooo they welded washers onto it??? ahaha
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cut it all off and fix it
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well got the cam in to from rockauto and to my surprise it fit!!! so im now beganin to reassemble the whole front end. still waitin on my vacuum advance and some more brake parts. gonna paint the enigine while at it. sprayed the fire wall black today.
 
New / Reground Camshaft

You remembered to buy all new tappets right ? .

And , some good quality cam lube for the breakin .
 
heres the ebay fog light, and the thing works!
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waitin for a few more parts but heres a lil pic (beacuse i like pictures in threads)
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due to my work not lettin me bartend more than 30 hours a week i can only work 3 nights. so i have quite a few days a week to work on the truck. which is good but i need money to buy parts and bills
 
Ewwwwww~~~~

A concrete floor!!! I sure wish I had one of those...

Looks great, Skeeter!

Ah, bar tending~ Pulls me back to my AF days down around Eglin AFB. Great little bar that had some *great* little(?) ladies. One song that would pop up would be Fire Lake. This one b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l young'n could really dance to that. (I kept supplying the quarters) ;)

Happy bar tending, and even more happiness working on that truck of yours!
 
got the truck running today, then saw the front of the oil pan gasket was leakin oil. sooooo off comes the pan and retry tomorrow. got a pic of dad and i workin on adjusting the valves. glad i have him around to show me things like that.
deff runs better than before. new distributor helped along with all the other new stuff i guess.
gettin a lil but closer im hoping
 

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SkeeterBilt said:
got the truck running today, then saw the front of the oil pan gasket was leakin oil. sooooo off comes the pan and retry tomorrow. got a pic of dad and i workin on adjusting the valves. glad i have him around to show me things like that.
deff runs better than before. new distributor helped along with all the other new stuff i guess.
gettin a lil but closer im hoping
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It is SO great to have a dad who knows what the hell you're supposed to do to these. My dad helps me with the wiring part. That's the thing I am SO clueless about.
Your truck is looking good though! :cool:
 
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