A '54 named Busty

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by Gregski

so picked up one of these protractor gauges and checking what I guess may be called engine pinion angle, for years I relied on my eyecrometer for engine placement and my trusty butt-o-meter for driveline wobble, but trying to graduate to the next level, so any insight is appreciated, the first page i Googled said 3° on the enjin so shooting for that

Just checking. I'm not familiar with that device. Does it give you a measurement relative to the truck, or is it degrees off of level, so you need to take vehicle rake and slope of your garage slab into account?

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by LT7A

Just checking. I'm not familiar with that device. Does it give you a measurement relative to the truck, or is it degrees off of level, so you need to take vehicle rake and slope of your garage slab into account?

the latter and I know my garage slopes forward (as evident by a pile of sockets in the two front corners of the garage at the end of each project, ha ha) however when I set that dial gauge on my garage floor the rise over run was negligible so I called that a zero and shot for 3° of engine slope downess towards the rudder