Wait a minute---what abt the 302 and 292 I-6's ????!!!! Bob K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Bruce" <nochay@earthlink.net>
To: "OLETrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 6:50 PM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Got my truck
> Hey susan,
>
> you forgot the most important part about owning a old car/truck.
>
> 1. Finding a engine!
>
> Go cruise your neighborhood.
>
> Lets see: 454 Corvette, yumm, lots of torque, 289 Mustang, hmm, lots of
> torque also, and a ford 9" rear end, honda civic, eeew, I wouldn't taint
the
> good chevy name with that.
>
> Now, choose the engine. Also, you have to debate how fast you can get the
> engine out of the car, and any other needed pieces! :)
>
>
> Run home quickly and hope you didn't get caught. If that fails, GM Has a
> backdoor in their servers that allow anyone to order a crated fuel
injected
> 454 and a automatic trans. Takes about 2-3 days, and you don't pay a
cent!!!
> :)
>
> Dane (Can't believe I typed this out :) )
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of BLUCHEETAH@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 14:35 PM
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: [oletrucks] Got my truck
>
>
> Hi Everyone,
> I just wanted to tell everyone that I have finally gotten my truck. Thanks
> to
> all the trailering advice from everyone, the trip from Colorado to
Victoria,
> Texas was fairly uneventful, with the exception of a blown tire 7 miles
into
> the trip. The tire was rotten (as was another one) and it took me 15 hours
> to
> get U-haul to get their butts in gear and get it fixed and back on the
road.
> They did refund me all but $100 of the hotel cost and rental fee, so on
the
> way home (bored) I calculated they paid me $24.00 plus some change for my
> headaches and trouble. I'll take it!
> Anyway, I'm the proud new owner of a 53 Chevrolet 1/2 ton with a 235
engine
> in it. Has no rust anywhere except for a pencil eraser sized hole in the
> bottom of the front right fender. Has a lot of little dents and creases
> which
> I imagine I am going to pay out the nose to fix at the body shop, but I am
> very pleased and happy with my purchase. Seeing that thing sitting outside
> the house never fails to bring a big smile to my face!
> The fuel filter isn't working (shooting gas out of the oil breather tube)
> and
> I plan to either buy a rebuild kit and rebuild it or buy a new one with
the
> glass dome (like the current one) and replace it. Here are my instructions
> per my dad:
> Any suggestions or additions are gratefully welcomed! Feel free to laugh
at
> my non-mechanical terms :-)
> Buy a rebuild kit (any suggestions?)
> Take TWO wrenches and hold them and loosen where it connects to the tubes
> coming out of the engine on both sides so I don't twist the tubes. Take
> off the screws where it connects to the engine block. Remove it from the
> engine block and clean and scrape where it was on the engine block. Take
the
> fuel
> pump apart paying attention to what direction of the old diaphragm is up.
> Clean the entire fuel pump with gas or even hot soapy water and dry it
> well.
> Put Vaseline on the edges where the diaphragm meets the fuel pump to make
> sure it is sealed. Put it back together.
> Get gasket seal (not the hardening kind) and put it on the fuel pump side
> and
> the engine side and reattach it with the gasket. Reattach. THEN because
> there
> is now gas in the oil, change the oil. Run it for about 10 or so miles and
> change the oil again.
> Thanks for all your help!
> Susan
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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