Recent content by lud

See that what I was thinking. I can make my old slant 6 dust cover work, and the shim thing is just a spacer... I can make my slant one work too

Will do, so far.. waiting on the clutch kit to arrive and I still need to find those stupid dust cover and shim thing

We will see, wish i read this before ordering

I feel although your over complicating things... cuz ima be honest I found sum that looks close enough, and it bolted right up. No reason it shouldn't work. Atleast for my application it should work fine.

A what? The 318 I have was originally connected to a automatic. Now it's connected to a manual. Just need a dust/inspection plate and the thin metal shim peice that goes between bellhousing and engine near the starter.

Update- found a used trans with bellhousing and flywheel, ordered the clutch specified above. Reviews seemed good. Put flywheel on motor and attached the bellhousing only to than realize I don't have the inspection plate or dust cover. Can't find them for less than 100$ a peice on ebay. (Not...

So I have some cash to throw around and after smacking a deer with my 82 dodge pickup, I'm gonna have it in the barn and the front clip off. So I amise aswell throw the 318 I got sitting here in it while I'm at it. I currently have a 63 slant, in my 82 dodge, with a A833 O/D behind it all. I...

Currently building a mean 318 for it

New tires

I have a 1963 225 slant six attached to a A833 manual 4 speed transmission. I want to replace the old old one slant, with a 318 from 1985, I know the bellhousing is different between the two engines. But will the flywheel and clutch work? It's a 9 3/4inch clutch. Also, if anyone is located in...

My truck and ongoing project christened "Unlucky" (simply because if there is any relative chance something will go wrong it will) has taken me 3 years to get on the road and daily drivable. Year-1982 D150 2x4 -single cab -short bed Color- spray bombed matte black Current miles-roughly 700k...

Could you weld and smooth it out?

Appreciate that, good to know. I'll start planning a road trip to go get that soon

Manual, no kick. But very good to know. I didn't even think about the linkage...

I'm not very inclined when it comes to carbs, I can turn the idle up and down, I can unjust the air and fuel mixture until it sounds right... but that's it... my father tho, is very inclined, he can take em apart and peice em back together, rebuild em and if it dont sound right to him he can...