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I had an off day today so I went out to start the beast. It's been sitting out side all winter and turned right over. I just had to put some gas in it and away she went. What's kind of sad is that this engine has no oil pressure, low compression but runs great. It started and ran better than my C-10, which gets 10 times the attention. I added some water and tranny fluid, put some air in a couple tires and sprayed some lube into a couple hinges and the shifter and beat around the friends farm for a while. Almost forgot, I also got a little poison to help fight the critter invasion. Little buggers started eating my original manual.

Then I came home and got started putting rings on the pistons. I picked up a vibration damper at the local yard for $20 and got a line a posi rear axle for the blazer project. He has a 87 blazer 4x4 with a posi, and other trucks that are 2wd. I'm going to see if the axles are a direct swap so I don't have to redrill the rotors to 5 lug. $150 for that. I might see if he will trade me for that ford engine I have.