Recent content by jcwren

It's not around anymore, but we moved up here from Flowery Branch about three years ago, so I'm not familiar with much of the history. I did ask about it in a Farcebook group, so we'll see what they have to say.

I'd be interested in seeing your run stand setup. I also see you're in GA. Which area? I'm near Clarkesville.

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What do you mean by 'first run' engines. Engine that came in the vehicle?

Head gasket went at somewhere around 164K miles. I had lent it to a friend, and she's not a car person. She went out to start it and it started clanking, then white smoke. She said she smelled "a sweet smell" a couple days before, which was obviously coolant going through the exhaust. I wasn't...

I've never bought a junkyard engine before. I actually need two engines, a 5.9L Magnum that will go in my '71 Dart, and a 4.2L V6 for a '97 Ford F-150 that blew up. While I expect to do a little freshening up on one, I don't want to need to do a full valve job, new rings and bearings, line...

Definitely why I wanted opinions of people who've done it. I put long tube headers on my C10 with a straight 6, but there's room enough to take a nap in the engine compartment. And I've helped put headers on a couple of friends Chebbies, one of which was a PITA. But never in an A-body, and I'd...

Thanks. Yah, I have a load leveler, so I'm good there. Also air over hydraulic on the hoist :) Makes life a lot easier. Now if only they'd come with a release valve that had more than the "hold engine in place" and "drop engine on floor" positions...

Thanks, good info. I'll be doing this on the ground. This has what I think is the original 6 cylinder radiator, and I'll replace it with a Cold Case or something. Will having the radiator out of the way give the clearance I'd need? Are you recommending pulling the trans first and then the...

I'm not adverse to that, but I thought the long tube ones were a nightmare to get installed.

I'm going to pull the 5.9L Magnum in my '67 Barracuda to replace a leaking freeze plug and some other work. I'd like to replace the stock manifolds with headers, probably TTI shorties unless someone tells me why I shouldn't. It is a 4-speed car, and at the moment it has slant-6 torsion bars...

My '67 Barracuda has bucket seats, and I'd like to find some replacement hardware for them. Both seats are missing a stud on each. One thing I'm not clear on is if the seat tracks are supposed to bolt directly to the floor or if there's a spacer that goes in there. I've seen replacement bolt...

OK, that explains it then. The only reason I can imagine they did that was to make sure the bolts were inserted the correct direction. I don't know for sure which way they're supposed to go in, but the bolt heads should be closer to the rear, threads towards the engine?

I guess I'll just drill them out. It's odd that one side takes a 1/2" prefectly, and the other side is just a hair too small to pass the threads.

Hmm, curious. The holes in one side of the crossmember are 1/2", as are the holes and bracing tubes in the frame. It's the holes in the other side of the crossmember that are a little smaller.