Carl Stevenson wrote:

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69Laurentian wrote:

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That's good news. I ordered new Delco upper and lower ball joints as well as control arm bushings from Carl Stevenson's dealership (yes, ordering them from him was still cheaper with shipping than from the GM store I worked at located 2 minutes from here-any wonder why I left? ). I figure I better get the front end up to snuff before the big block swap.

Todd

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You might have received a slight "adjustment" on the purchase price as a fringe benefit since you are responsible for starting this site

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Its true if you know some one at a dealer ship you get a good cut. My dad works at a GM dealer ship and I can get delco parts cheaper than jobber quit often

Carl Stevenson wrote:

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Which dealer is he at Vern?

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Gimli he has been there since 1972 . 71 years old still goes to work 6 days a week 9-6.

Finally! Earl came over today and helped me get the brute onto the engine stand. Things should start moving along at a quicker pace now!

Tonight I removed the alternator and fan pulley. I sandblasted the pulley and alternator brackets .
I cleaned the parts with mineral spirits. The cheapie filter on my compressor doesn't remove all the oil in the air and I get fish eyes if I don't clean them first.



After the parts dried I gave them a good coat of high build primer



Tomorrow I'll prime the other side of the parts, hang them by a wire and give them a coat of semi gloss black. Exciting eh?
There's still quite a bit of detailing/cleaning to do before she is ready to drop into the car. There are a few bits and pieces I'll need too.
So far, here are some parts I need:

An early water neck - this engine has fitting screwed into the top of it.

A fuel pump- this one has a big dent

I also wouldn't mind a decent spread bore aluminum intake. This one has a lot of smog fittings and I wouldn't mind both the weight savings and the performance boost. I want to retain the Rochester carb

If anyone has any of these they are willing to part with please PM me with your price.

Thanks
Todd

Cool, another guy with picture updates on his project. Love it!

I may have a water neck Todd but time and distance likely are against us.

Oh, and my 2 cents on this would be a new fuel pump only, not used. Any fuel pump that has been used, removed and placed on a shelf for more than a few months should be discarded. The diaphragms seem to hate being dried out and you are looking for trouble installing a used one.

Thats true

eeluddy wrote:

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Drop it in and go. As 427 Carl said, it ran good before so WTF, Let 'er rip!!

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Yeah, the difference you would notice with weight saving of an aluminum manifold would be negligible, it would only start to make a difference performance wise over 4500 rpm, how often are you planning to go there?

 

Well, a bit of a setback. I attempted to install my oil pan and soon realized the oil pickup is too far forward to fit.  The sump is a fair bit smaller on the B body pan.
Any suggestions as to where I can get the correct pick up tube? Since this one is welded to the pump, will I need a complete oil pump assy? I suppose I could grind the weld and press in the correct sump and reweld it...

Do the pumps come with the pick up?

A word of advice when you put the new pick-up back on the pump tack weld it just between the tube and the pump housing, stops that sucker from falling off or moving cause it is a crude press fit at best.

todd, very unlikely the truck pan will clear the center link.



the center link sits just in front of the rear sump.

i'm doing a sm/blk 400 in the impala.

When I put the 454 out of a '91 crew cab into my '70 Parisienne, I thought the pan was going to fit as well. NOPE!! The pan that 69 belair has posted looks right but if I remember correctly, the crew's pan was just a 2 step pan versus the 3 step pan 69 belair has posted.