Re: Bad Neighbors? Craigs List Has The Solution!

Posted by Billy NY on June 08, 2014 at 21:03:01 from (66.67.105.23):

In Reply to: Bad Neighbors? Craigs List Has The Solution! posted by Bryce Frazier on June 08, 2014 at 20:06:53:

You've got good taste in trucks, now I won't entertain ford vs chevy, or any of that, for any reason, my neighbor is the same way, he's had them all, in all the brands in his long life, we just had that discussion and agree, who cares about any of it, good and bad in all things mechanical and life itself LOL !

I like k series chevy,gmc, still have an old rusty one with a what was in '91 a new well completely rebuilt 350, early one, 4 bolt main. It was originally an automatic, and I did convert it, funny thing was, I had no experience doing anything of the sort, I just had motivation, it was a challenge and in a few weekends, working on it in a yard we had at work, it was done. Best thing about it was a great napa store just over the fence and another parts place that sold spicer, turned flywheels, just good places I could just about walk to. Trans and complete drive train came out of a mid 70's rotted out K10, 30,000 miles, used on a farm only and rusted out quickly. Friend at work gave me everything I needed, I figured out the rest, even got a few things from a GM dealer, little odds and ends. Odd arrangement, 270 ratio in the differentials, and a 4 spd with the low hole, when I took it down the highway, speedo was off by a lot and you probably want lower gears, but I was proud of my work, I did it. Neatly punched hole through the firewall, installed the trans/NP 203 or 205 I forget, gear drive transfer case all on the cross member, with a floor jack. CLutch assembly, I never did a clutch job before, flywheel surfaced at the shop and the heaviest clutch I could find went in it. I brought it home hear 170 miles from where I had it, just put plates on it and went. new u-joints in the driveline, spicer lock out hubs, drive train on this is solid. One time from the pavement, I had a tractor trailer in the driveway, got stuck on ice and snow, was dropping off a storage trailer, that old K10 with a fresh drive train and all the rest, in low gear, gave enough assist to get that tractor and trailer moving, quite a load, I was shocked, figured I was way over my head, but being on the pavement, flat ground. Good, simple trucks, mine has sat a long time body not so good, still ok for a plow truck, I'd save all the drivetrain, engine, axles etc. and build another, favorite would be a step side, 350/4spd, spicer lock out hubs, and whatever else makes sense, thought I'd share that, having an interest in '61-'66 Ford and '67-'72 Ford as well, K series were also a big time favorite too !

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