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Originally posted by BigRedFord04
IN ANY EVENT....STFU!!

this is not the kitchen.

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*ahem*

:annoyed:

Hey Austin call my cell when you are working on your truck ...esp at night after tues....I should have plenty of extra time.
Seth

Worked quite a bit this past weekend. Got an engine hoist from a customer that came into Ho'Reillys buying a sh¡tload of Edelbrock stuff for a small-block chevy...he even delivered it to Hensel's (4 hrs after he said he would, but hell...at least he showed up). We got the motor out Friday nite after ~10hrs of f*cking with stuff all day. It sat on a stand saturday and sunday, i got everything disassembled as much as I could then with Brett's help took it to Vilas this morning. they're going to clean and vat everything today or tomorrow then call me back with a more precise estimate on what all i need now that they have it in front of them. I ordered a Crane CompuCam last week and that should be here in time for reassembly. Very anxious to get this all done, hopefully in time to be able to go home for thxgiving.

1012

I finally got "the call" from Vilas today. My motor is ready to be picked up. Bored .040. New pistons, rings, rods, bearings (main, rod and cam), new cam, high volume oil pump, timing set, short block assembled w/ all new freeze plugs. Heads milled, all new valves, seats, guides, freeze plugs, etc. It was originally supposed to be done last friday or maybe this monday but then they realized that they still needed to turn the crank (.010 rods/.010 mains) and that added 3 days b.c. of scheduling w/ the guy that does the assembly. Anyway...it'll be goin' all back together this weekend @ hensel's if anyone wants to stop by. i'll be workin' on it 'til dark tomorrow then all day saturday 'til its done. wish me luck, hopefully all goes well.

1031

this was the post i was waiting for. we finally get our driveway back.

maybe not as soon as you think after today:D

let me kwno when you are going to be working on it again, and if you need to take the motor back, ive got a truck

He was out there til 2am this morning.... He should be back at Skinny Jason's to work on it after work (after 6:00)... Thanks to John for coming out and allowing me to not do anything all day :D

big red started about 10 minutes ago.

BigRed lives again! It took some doing. I got everything ready to go and went to fire it up and the damn batteries were dead from the 12V light i used for the entire project. We hooked up Hensel's truck w/ some cables and let it charge for a while and then it came alive. After the 1st firing we there was a pretty sizeable water leak...did some checkin' and found that the thermostat had fallen out of the groove it mounts in in the water outlet housing making it so it couldnt seal all the way. 30 mins later and a little wrenching had it fixed, sealed and ready to be fired up. Drove it home shortly thereafter. Did the proper cam break in. Now i'm having to get used to driving it again. With the new cam and very large (HUGE) exhaust leak it sounds pretty fearsome echoing off buildings around campus. :D Gotta change the oil once i reach 100 miles then again @ 500 and after that i'm good to go all out.

Good to hear it is up and running again. What did you decide to do about the cracked exhaust?

well...since while i was driving around yesterday and noticed that my inspection is due this month, i think i might try JB Weld :D...definately dont have the $$ to pay to have it fixed :rolleyes:...gotta go give plasma today to pay for gas.

1034

Can it be welded?

It can be welded.. it's gonna be a lil hard to get to, but its doable. If I'm not mistaken you could hit it from underneath, as its just behind the header.. if that makes sense.. if not, I plead "stupid girl"

yeah, it can be welded, but all the other previous welds need to be cleaned up 1st so that i can hope the next one wont break too.