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  1. 2xcrash

    Got the girl out in the sun!

    The benefits of living in the desert. I think it was 78 the day I rolled this out...My summer sucks at a 110+ for 2 months...
  2. 2xcrash

    got any pic's??? Fuse panel mounting.

    Anyone have pics of how they mounted their fuse panel and how they ran their wires during the build. It would help a lot trying to figure out what Im doing. (instead of doing things 2 or 3 times like I have been) Thanks
  3. 2xcrash

    Got the girl out in the sun!

    Got her out in the sunshine
  4. 2xcrash

    How much room? Does this look right?

    I'm going to have to recut and reweld both mounts. The caddy mounts are offset by about an inch so the chevy would be crooked. I've got my headers comming in next week so the only other issue I have pushing the motor back is the steering mount. It barley covered the caddy. So I'll move it...
  5. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    I love the history between advice!
  6. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    Bob. Are you talking about fixing up the caddy motor or working with chevy motor? Id love the help. I work in torrance and have a studio out there too....
  7. 2xcrash

    How much room? Does this look right?

    So since I scrap the Cadillac and going to the small block Chevy the mounts I have right now leave me with this see picture below. Does this look okay how much room do most guys have between the far wall in the distributor cap. By going with the cradle motormouth I won't have to cut anything up...
  8. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    Nope. As of now I'm focused on the 400, the motor has been sleeved all in all it looks good. It's just the one cylynder that's jacked up...
  9. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    Well here's the rust. More than just a rub it out mess. Got a sbc 400 for the project.
  10. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    So have you ever walked into a shop and the hair on the back of your neck stands up. That's what it was like when I went to see the 327. So I bolted out of there. But I did find a 350/350 runner. Got to hear it run and the trans is freshly rebuilt. Guy started to redo his gear then decided to...
  11. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    I'm going to go the "weld a nut to the exposed part of the bolt " route. Ive got nothing to lose with it now. I figure the sure way to get the motor unstuck is to buy the 327 combo, that's just the kind of luck I have!:rolleyes:
  12. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    Sorry guys. Stepped away for a while to Spend some family time and now out of town for work. The bolt is still in the snout. I cut it with a dremel and tried to screw it out.... Nothing. So I decide I'll pull the trans off and see if using a flywheel turner will help. Well I've got the 50-53...
  13. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    Didn't have the state in my location... La Quinta is in So Cal. 20 min east of Palm Springs
  14. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    Thanks Everyone for the advice. I'm really hoping that I can make this combo work out. It gets frustrating when you don't have the experience working on this stuff. Being a newbie and making a mistake on this old caddy set up cost a lot more than a SBC does. I'm working out of town all weekend...
  15. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    I don't want to go any further on the T till I know how bad this is going to be $$$ wise. Ive had issues getting this motor/trans combo to work with my limited knowledge. If it's going to cost me more to rebuild this motor than it would to find a good running SBC/trans combo I might have to redo...
  16. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    No driveshaft on this yet. still have the trans hooked up to the motor. Desert dry with temp swings, 120-80 sumer, 80-50 now. Anybody know what I'm looking at for a rebuild assuming that the heads are good. The motor was rebuilt then driven less than 20k miles. I'm not looking to hop it up just...
  17. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    Thanks for the help. I don't know shit! Trying to muddle thru this by myself. Any help, helps!
  18. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    So I'll ask another dumb ???(cause those are all I know) motor was a runner. It was stored in a desert dry garage for a year. How could it get so sized up?
  19. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    I took the balancer off. Left the washer on. Soaked it with marvel mirical oil overnight. Went this morning with a wrench turning clockwise and the bolt broke flush.
  20. 2xcrash

    Busted bolt

    Motor has been together since I brought it home 1 year ago. Also I saw the motor run before I put it on my truck with good oil pressure

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