look at www.classictruckshop.com click on project section then all trucks
then driveline geometry
Claude
1959 Apache Fleetside
http://www.dashlink.com/~rameyfam
----- Original Message -----
From: "william moldenhauer" <wmh678@worldnet.att.net>
To: "A.B." <bigfred@unm.edu>; "Mark Self" <markself@discover.net>
Cc: "Oletrucks list" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Engine placement
> u joints should not line up you should keep them about 3-4 degrees off set
> in other words they should be horizontal with each other but at different
> levels
>
> ------------------------------
> tailshaft ------------
> rear
end
>
>
>
> Bill 53-3600 hot rod (project again)
> Channahon,Ill.
> website
> www.hotrodstogo.com
> Go ahead and take risks....just be sure that everything
> will turn out OK.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: A.B. <bigfred@unm.edu>
> To: Mark Self <markself@discover.net>
> Cc: Oletrucks list <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 7:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Engine placement
>
>
> > I thought you should put the tranny such that it is in line with the
> > rear. This way the u-joints are straight.
> > -alfie
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Mark Self wrote:
> >
> > > I started to install my Olds 4-3/TH-350 in my '55 1st. Chevy 3100. As
i
> was
> > > positioning the combo in the frame. I was raising the tailshaft to
get
> the
> > > TH-350's pan surface paralell to the ground. When I thought it looked
> about
> > > right, I climbed out to check the carb throat to see if it was
> horizontal.
> > > It wasn't.
> > >
> > > Question:
> > > How are you supposaed to position the engine to get the carb setting
the
> way
> > > it should? I always thought you wanted the carb throat surface to be
> > > horizontal. But, if the TH-30's pan surface isn't paralell to the
> ground,
> > > won't this cause problems?
> > >
> > > Any feedback will be appreciated.
> > >
> > > ====================
> > > Mark Self
> > > Redlands, CA
> > > '55 1st 5-window 3100
> > > "Sentimental Journey"
> > > ====================
> > >
> > > 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
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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