My 55 Chevy halfton 4x4

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Here's the motor coming back together....

A shot of those ported intake passages, before I decided to keep those heads on the blown 425 gasser instead....

More PIX here on my web page....
Willy :mrgreen:

 

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Forgot that the ported heads won't match up to the headers I have in the truck, and the modified headers on the gasser won't match up to the "stock" edelbrock heads, so back to square one, the ported heads are back on the gasser, and the "stock" heads are back on the truck motor!!! Just didn't want to go through modd'ng the headers (both sets) to fit the different heads, and the blower loves the ported headers on the gasser....

Went thru the brakes, needed to put rebuild kits in the front calipers and rear wheel cylinders, and had to order a new master cylinder, honed the old one "endlessly" and the rust pits just would not come out, got one and the rebuild kits! The calipers/cylinders at the wheels were in good enough shape to hone and rebuild.

The motor almost ready to put back in. Can't find the starter, know it is somewhere, it'll pop up, they always do, usually after I go buy another one!!! :lol:
Aloha,
Willy

 

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Had some time to work on the truck motor a bit, had to fit on the trans adapter (BOP to Chevy), which required longer dowel pins, spacers for the torque converter, at the six bolts and at the TC nose, it all took awhile to get it right....

Then I had to work out alignment problems for the v-belt pulleys and the alternator, power steering pump, and A/C compressor, nothing lined up! Took quite awhile to find what was needed, fab the spacers, get the right length belts, and get it all right....

Couldn't find the dist. hold down clamp, so had to fab one....

Still need to do a couple of things before it can go back in, but I am getting there....

LINK to my page....

Aloha,

Willy

 

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Added some paint to the dizzy clamp I fabbed:

amazing how much difference small things like that can make....

And put the fuel pump on, it hit the Edelbrock head, had to grind a clearance in the head, but not a biggie !!!

LINK to that web page...
Willy

 

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Trucks been running great, slight rough idle, nice rumble from the exhaust, runs great!

But I knew I had limited clearance from the new cross steer drag link, and sure enough, the drag link was bumping on the frame on the right side if I hit a hard bump!

So time to notch the frame and reinforce it....

LINK to more pix....

Tested it out on some rough terrain, no problem now!!!
Aloha,
Willy

 

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As usual you've posted clear pictures and left zero doubt that your skill with a camera, and with tools ,and in doing your own parts fabrication is FAR above average..
CONGRATS :mrgreen: its nice to see some one else,s work thats not restricted to removing components from a UPS delivered box and bolting them in place!
theres obviously only a few of us older guys or any guys who really take the effort any more to step back, and think things thru and do things the way WE FEEL it should be done, I can only think of about a dozen guys that seem to have those skills on this site
I can,t tell you how many times, guys look over tools or my cars and I get guys pointing at some part or tool in the shop, I get asked questions, like
"Where can you buy that" and when I tell them, you have to make it from scratch, they look at me like I AM from MARS"