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Sunny clear and cold..for the wet coast. Supposed to snow on sunday..my only day off. But the frosty silver lining is if i get out there with the air hammer and 5 or 6 pots of speed mud i should be able to pound off all the tar while its nice and brittle. So thats my plan. And a mechanical once...

I hear you with that. every time i send something away i immediatly kick myself..unfortunately it cant all stay. So heres a couple pics of "The Victim" I'll have to put a propane mixer on it and see how it runs. The back end is coated in tar and gravel but the body is good and the chassis is low...

You wouldnt have that 427 still hanging around would ya?

Wellllll..better late than never.. i take delivery of the donor truck for the repower tomorrow. Unfortunately the VIN says its a 366. Not that big a deal to me really but i will be on the hunt for a 427 to replace it when the 366 coughs its last gasp. Lots of other usefull parts on it for other...

Well...i got a day off..but not enough time to go pull the new engine for the deuce. So i put the new hood on the 1960 GMC 930. I've been waiting almost 8 years to find a '60 GMC hood for it. One more job out of the way. Happy day

Bah...work has conspired to occupy all of my waking hours of late. The high deck chevy v8 is still sitting in the other truck in another yard..safe for the moment. Little has progressed since the last installment save the purchase of a bullmoose craneto help with the heavy lifting around the...

Because i am a curious monkey.. Does anyone out there know the bore and effective stroke of the stock air pak output piston in our trucks? I'd like to do some figuring before i go opening the brake system and let all the rust in. There are different wheel cylinders for the Canadian Vs...

Well.. Covid and the SIr Wilfrid Laurier have conspired to burn up all my free time. The Laurier went back in the water yesterday 1 full week ahead of schedule so thats a good thing. Maybe tomorrow i'll be able to do something usefull in the yard. I have a line on a 427 industrial that i'm...

Another job out of the way..I'm trying to maximize crane placement by doing 2 conversions at the same time. Altered the chevy CUCV K30 frame to work with the big block chrysler and its stock mounts. Spot on in all the right places. Tomorrow ill get started on the rear crossmember and mounts.

Aaaaand..its out. Eyeing things up with the tape..it looks like the allison is about 5/8" longer than the hydramatic. The allison flywheel housing is 1 1/2" deeper. The block is a full 10" shorter in length so that leaves 8 7/8" of wiggle room and extra clearance to the distributor/firewall. The...

Ferries..definately ferries. Rolls royce has its own version that is a sealant as well..those crazy limeys. I'll have to check the torque on the flange retaining nut. If it wasnt cranked down enough maybe the leakage is an indication of spline wear.

The castleated stover nuts are a great thing. They act like a die and give the crud a place to go as youre winding them off..when its going back together ill be using liberal ammounts of ceramic anti sieze. Once its on there...even if you cant see it..its on there. What a huge improvement in...

I did find one curious thing. The front output on the tcase is leaking. Not through the seal..through the splines. Pulled the driveshaft and it puked a little oil. Good thing the plywood..er..spill kit was there.

I have this covid thing beat..i only breathe out.

Ready for lift off..its all unbuttoned. ill light up the crane and yank it out in the morning.

I crawled under the 135 this morning and started removing the driveshafts and linkages..pleasantly surprised that it wanted to come apart. Had the jack shaft split and the front driveshaft out in less than 30 mins. I think the worst of it will be getting the floor plates out. I hosed everything...

Well the big book of spicer says 4° caster for the early dana 70F and 6° with power steering..itll be interesting to see how much pinion angle they built into the housing.

Thanks! Ive been at the right place at the right time several times over the last 35 years. I've wanted my own M135/211 since i was about 7 so the first yard ride will be a big deal.

Well..ive boxed myself in a bit..have to get this truck a little more completed before i can yank the power pack on the M135. Hopefully rock auto will zap my new rubber engine mount isolators over quickly so i can get on with the big fun. Im gonna have to recheck the king pin incination on...

Todays pics from the rust pit. Unloading some props and goodies..2x203 transfer cases for future doubler projects..currently top secret. A mopar 400 junk block and crank to mock up to the giant spicer 5spd so i can start figuring out the engine mounts and tcase placement on the 426max...