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For the first 60 years engines used cork and rope for sealing and weepage was normal. After neoprene and other synthetic materials came into use there was no longer migration of fluids through the material itself but the biggest contributor to leak free engines has been with pressure control...

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LISTEN UP FOR THE FINAL TIME!!! There is NO reason why ANYONE cannot get a 100% LEGAL title by using the Oklahoma Title 42 law. It makes me want to upchuck reading all the horror stories of dealing with various states DMV's and the robot monkeys that staff them. Oklahoma legislators had the two...

That shaft HAS to have some type of center hanger bearing.

Our 2 post Rotary lift has flip up pads that reach the frame before the arms hit the running boards. The 4 post Rotary one just drives the truck onto it. It has the rolling jack feature so one can do anything on it that you can do on a 2 post like brakes or suspension work.

Everything you described fits a 48 to a "T".

What is the wheel bolt pattern on the axles. Five on a 4.5 inch bolt circle is Ford or Chrysler, five on 4.75 bolt circle is early mid size GM, five on five is big GM cars and GM pickups, five on 5.5 Ford pickup and of course six lug can be early Chevy pickups and all sorts of 4wd, modern...

We had a Honda 125 and a short wheel base mini bike so OF COURSE we had to do an engine swap which left the mini bike a suicide machine. Outside the shop was a dirt pile with a concave dip near the top which the guys turned into a mini hill climb. The "killer" machine was reducing my shop crew...

The electric fan is auto revolving which means the air pulled past it with the engine fan causes it to turn. Have you ever seen a fan being hauled in the back of a truck spinning from the air passing through it. To prove the point just take the fan belt off and rev the engine---the electric fan...

On a search type in "speedometer drive and driven gears". Numerous hits will come up. The ones I used to use most is TCI and The Transmission Shop. The reason I say "used" is because we no longer use gears/cable speedos but gps speedos instead which are dead accurate no matter what gears or...

Only took me five years (my brain uses snails instead of neurons) to remember, "hey, we did a Jimmy with the same color scheme only reversed". Customer wanted metal work and paint only so not memorable. Is the green and dirty white something that was a factory color scheme option? The butchered...

We have an AD in the shop right now with the mount kit that takes the flat head Ford cushions. This one has a MII ifs so just the passenger side is what you would use on both sides of yours. The left side has a custom frame bracket to give room for the steering shaft to the rack and pinion...

Andy, If your factory radiator is in GOOD shape it will cool a V8, especially a 283. We usually add an aftermarket fan shroud with a/c but I've personally ran one without a shroud but I am in the country so spend little time in heavy traffic. A search of aluminum radiators for your truck will...

Andy, You have a couple choices with your bell housing rear mounts. First is Speedway #91018033 which is the one we use most as it puts the mounts pretty much out of the way of steering and exhaust and makes engines very stable, unlike the flopping around of the timing cover plate mount of the...

Guy's, If you want to read over a really crude "how too" you can go back to June 9, 2018 and read my post: "Okay---Here Goes". This was AD Engineering kit #3 so later ones had been tweaked but basics are the same. Right now the post is on page 8

Classic Parts #37-975S. For a classier looking bolt we use Albany County Fasteners button flange socket head 5/16-18 x 3/4 stainless bolt @$1.00 ea. SKU#58014

A 3.73 is a good gear for an overdrive transmission but too deep for your 350 trans. Since you have a 350 automatic you must have a non torque tube rear end so something around 3.08 for just cruising or 3.36 for light hauling. These are GM ratios where 3.00 or 3.25 are Ford ratios. Our host and...

You will be surprised by the Mar-K facility; it looks more like a college campus than a manufacturing operation.

Yes, but they were black plastic or maybe hard rubber.

Nate, I believe the 2001 four banger is a 2.5 liter but no difference, they are one of the most durable engines ever made. Just put in a new timing belt every 100,000 miles and they are good for at least a half million miles if oil and filter changed every 5k miles. If the timing belt breaks...