68 C 10 stepside "My American Bulldog"

[spike38]

New shiny thing for the day.
New aluminum oil pan!
Isn't she sweet

Spike

[oldblue1968chevy]

thats a pretty motor dude! makes me wanna pull my 3 month old, oil leaking sob and replace with felpro rubber seals (heard there better) and repaint with some of that por 15 engine paint (heard theres such thing)

oh and degree my cam lol your gettin it done!

[67chevy1series]

hey spike there is a cup thay the horn cap pushes onto , could you take a picture of what it looks like . if you have any extra i would be wiling to buy one i hear that the one i need is 60 to 68

[spike38]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

thats a pretty motor dude! makes me wanna pull my 3 month old, oil leaking sob and replace with felpro rubber seals (heard there better) and repaint with some of that por 15 engine paint (heard theres such thing)

oh and degree my cam lol your gettin it done!

Fel-Pro's do cost a little more,
But past experience has taught me,
There worth it!!

Besides, My motor is an "84".
Mr Gaskets oil pan gasket is a 4 piece,
The Fel-Pro was a 1 piece,
Less chance of leaking.

Spike

[spike38]

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

hey spike there is a cup thay the horn cap pushes onto , could you take a picture of what it looks like . if you have any extra i would be wiling to buy one i hear that the one i need is 60 to 68

It will be a couple days, Before I go to the shop.
I could take a picture, But I may still use mine.

Spike

[spike38]

BTW, I just picked me up a new Holley carb.
Last thing to finish out the year.
Of coarse, It won't get here till next year,
But at least it will start the new year out right!!!

Spike

[RCbowtie69]

nice!!! holley

[spike38]

Originally Posted by RCbowtie69

nice!!! holley

It's just a 600 cfm box carb, W/electric choke
But for my little motor, It should do fine.

Spike

[spike38]

My 2006 Sebring convertable, Is a jealous b!tch!

Here I am, Buying goodies for my truck.
And my Sebring has had more issues in the past month,
Than it has had since I bought it.
I think it's a jealousy thing
This time, It was a cross over housing.
A 4"x4"x4" piece of plastic. That connects the
front head, To the back head, To the fill resivore, And
finally to the heater core.

It was $87 at wholesale. I don't know how much regularly?
Might be the same, For all I know. Plus $13 for extended life
antifreeze.

And of coarse, One of the bolts was under the intake housing.
Had to bend a wrench, To get to it.

Spike

[67chevy1series]

wow thats chrysler for ya being jealous that it cant hang with the older uncle!

[spike38]

Got to do a little work today!!
Installed my new Holley 600 CFM carb
The harmonic balancer, Fuel pump,
Sand blasted, And paint some of the
Smaller brackets

Spike

[oldblue1968chevy]

looks very nostalgic! i like the breeather, valve covers!!

[tantrumpipeline]

now that's an engine! The air cleaner looks sweet, love it

[67chevy1series]

wow i love it i like that air cleaner and a 67 air cleaner the best from chevy!

[oldblue1968chevy]

those and the dual snorkel!

[cable666guy]

nice progress, man...you'll have that wrapped up in no time!!

[67chevy1series]

oh and the brake cables today i had no idea those long brake cables could be so neatly put in that small box! thanks spike!!!!!

[spike38]

Thanks everyone!!!

Today, I'm going to bolt up the tranny, And do a dry fit.
I think that this cross member may have to be removed,(pic below)
In order to run a SBC with a THM350c tranny.

Spike

[oldblue1968chevy]

why did you flip your trailing arm brackets upside down?

[67chevy1series]

too make then fit better since he lowered it right??/? ya that is a manual transmission crossmember

[68GMCCustom]

my CPP crossmember has the brackets in that same position.

[spike38]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

why did you flip your trailing arm brackets upside down?

When you lower a truck, You change the geometry
of the trailing arms. By moving the pivot point from
bottom to top, You get about 3 1/2" of that back.
This will help the handling and ride.

Spike

[oldblue1968chevy]

So 4" rear drop, it'd be a good idea to flip flop my trailing arm crossmember?

[spike38]

Got my engine an tranny dry fitted
Figured out where to mount my tranny support,
And that I need to remove the mount from the manual tranny.
But seeing it sitting in the frame, Was great.

Spike

[spike38]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

So 4" rear drop, it'd be a good idea to flip flop my trailing arm crossmember?

I just turned the clips over. And you don't have to do it,
It's just to help handling a little.

Spike