We'll see how the bores looks tomorrow. I just got it out of the truck and on to the stand. :cheers: I felt sorry for the kid so I gave him 80 bucks for it. :-D
Yep, I checked it out before I gave him the cash: 7 T 40 should mean 1977, truck, 400. Water pump housing and exhaust manifolds were cast with a "77" too. The engine looks as though it was never apart since it left the factory. It's now coated with about 1" of "Factory Rustproofing" if you know what I mean.
The story was that he had it in his Ramcharger and was out 4 wheeling with his BIL and his new Jeep Commando. Well, he smacked his BIL's Commando and broke a motor mount which put the oil filter into the front suspension which peed oil everywhere. He drove it back to Denver after buying a case of oil and contantly topping it off, lol. He said it ran when he pulled it out but he didn't run it very long and it was smoking real bad. I turned it over and there seems to be some compression, but I'll know more once I break it open. That little stunt of his really hurt the old pocket book. Like I said, I feel bad for him. Maybe I won't feel so bad when I see a piston pin through a bore or two, lol. As I mentioned before though, at this price I'll have it sleeved if I need to. Sleeving would do nothing but strengthen the block anyway.
