I am doing an axle flip on my 1949 3600 and remember reading an article about moving the axle back X amount to center the wheels on the openings. Of course I did not save the article.......and cannot find it. Any help?
If I remember, I believe Robert did this. (Mobleortho) I believe our host sells the part that he used to move the centering post. Might check his posts. I think he left his axle under the spring instead of putting it on top the spring. Don't guess it matters. Man, you are going to drop that back end, huh? What will that drop it, 4-5 inches? How much will your front axle be dropped?
This may have little to do with this thread, but I found this in that link (see above) and it looked interesting enough to share: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8413128#post8413128 I can't imagine what this engine has been thru - maybe why it is so cheap.
Used Engines O.K., that's a thinwall 194/230/250 engine used from 1963 ~ 197? . If it was rebuilt , it wasn't well done as I see flaking paint and other misc.defects meaning it asn't done correct y or by anyone with experiance . He doesn't mention what size it is , the most common is 250 , a good engine but hardly worth more than scrap value unless you can test run it , easy to do , just look at the scads of them running in Flea-By ads ........ If he posted the serial# , you could easily check out at least what displacement it is and when made , where too , plus what it was originally , truck or automobile , stick or slushbox tranny . These can be very good upgrade engines *but* , they're thinwall design and dont suffer well the average American's failure to ever change the oil & filter so badly tapered cylinders is always a problem , no way to check unless you do a leak down test or yank the cylinder head off.... Caveat Emptor here ~ this might be a good thing from some person who knows nothing about it and simply must have a (yawn) SBC V-8 in their rig , who knows ? . Last year I bought a complete thinwall 292 L6 engine for $100 , no Hot Rod goodies , it was cheap because when I showed up , it was stuck " from sitting " although I'd been told it was running when removed for a V-8 conversion , he didn't even know it was a 292 so I paid scrap value and sure enough , when I removed the (hard to find , pre - SMOG) cylinder head , it has water in two cylinders so I may or may not need to bore or sleeve it..... If I'da paid the original asking price , I'd be steamed , this way , veryone came out happy . The head is now rebuilt fully and awaiting me to plop it on my 1969 C/10's 250 L6 engine .
