I have aquired a 92 S10 t5 ( electric speedo) and an 06 colorado rear. The stock rear will be coming out tomorrow and the prep work will begin....
Russ, In your experience.... is it easier/better to use the older (pre-'89) T-5 and change the drive/driven gears to use the factory speedometer, or use the later transmission and buy the converter for the speedo? Or.... convert to an electronic speedo? My plan is to use the first option... just looking for an opinion of someone with experience. Thanks! Damon
82-86 uses the mechanical speedo....if you can find one. You can change the gears to correct speedo readings. Many electronic guages now use GPS, makin life much easier.
So, the parts list grows......64-67 vette 327 block, 58 truck bellhousing and shift fork, 86 astro 11" clutch and pressure plate, adapter, 93 S10 T5 trans. Stuck them all together and have a few issues..... Found that I may need a longer clutch release bearing...mine is 1 1/4" and the shift fork is very near the bellhousing. Maybe for a pre 72 truck? Anyone know an application? Also need to find the bushings for the shift arms on a 53 3 speed. I believe they are cork where they go through the side cover.
Oh heck~ that's YOUR painting??? I thought it looked mighty sharp to be old lettering, but the way it goes right over the rough spots makes it look like it's been there a l-o-n-g time! Rock on, Russ!
I let it sit for a few days, then wet sanded with 600 paper, concentrating n the upper part of the door where the sun would hit it more.
That is slick! Believe me~ When I saw that I didn't think for one second, "CHIEFS!!!" And NO, I didn't see something like this on the side of my truck in my mind!
More likely pilfered from Indian Motorcycles. Indian Land is the community, it used to be the Catawba Indian reservation, circa 1700s. Got the engine in it again and everything on, it ran, I have my engine guru coming by today to double check and put the tune on it. I will try to take pictures of what all we have done to it before I send it home.
I would certainly hope so! That kind of reminds me of the (let me butcher this spelling right before your eyes) Techumsie engine logo as well. Anyway, that is a fantastic job with the brush there, Russ! Seeing this truck all back together would be great!
BANGING HEAD ON KEYBOARD..........The engine is full of water. Drained a gallon or so from the oil pan before oil started coming out. #6+7 cylinders are full of water. Explains why it wouldn't turn over this morning. Pulled intake, no obvious issues. Pulling engine AGAIN to Monday.
Oh , Crap Bummer that Russ ; I wonder if it'll turn out to be a head gasket or crack somewheres.... FWIW , this side shifter seals were indeed cork but Viton O-Rings will do a much better job and last forever ~ use the fat ones , buy a kit of multiples and test fit 'till you find the size that's right . I do this all the time on my Vintage LBC's ~ they were very fond of die cut cork circle seals , I am not .
AAAAAAAND it is out again. Found a pinhole in #6 started leaking immediately. Pulled it in about 1 hour with the help of a few autoshop students. Going to get some sleeves.
So apparently we have a core shift block. #6, 4, and 5 have pinholes. Engine shop is looking in their pile for another block.
Bad Blocks I wish this was a rare event ~ we had loads of bad blocks in our fleet's 350 powered trucks , I well remember one that was machined .010" off center ~ it ran terribly (vibration) and our stupid Management let it run to 10,000 miles so it was off warranty (not that a Municipality ever uses the warranty) before it grenaded catastrophically (a medium duty truck run flat out does that when hobbled by junk engine) so I had to buy an entirely new Target 350 engine . I don't suppose it's worth the hassle to re sleeve the whole block ? .
Its ALIVE!. The truck is running! My helper, Kevin dove it to his house from the H.S. as I am painting in a local elementary school this week. We will do the lst few tings and hopefully deliver it this weekend.
