Well, just to update,
I got the transplant in last Saturday. Sunday was the day to nail down the details. So..
The water pump that was on it wouldn't jive with my P/S bracket and the boss on my new water pump was drilled and tapped instead of being drilled all the way through for the pivot bolt. My compressor was having issues and my electric drill crapped out on me. DOH! So I figured I would finish up underneath and bolt up the converter and whatnot. Well, one of the lugs on the converter was stripped out and the bolt wouldn't tighten up. Thinking I'm smart, I rotate the converter one lug (there's six and only three are used) and try again. Guess who has two stripped lug holes in their converter. DOH! So I figured I would just button up the topside, swap the valvecovers out because the shiny tall ones won't work with my plug wire retainers and accessories. Drop the distributor in. Mount the carb and find out that my power brake hardline won't mount up to the port to the back of the carb because it gets bound up by the throttle cable mount..... DOH! I'm done for the day........
Soooooo, Monday at work, I drill out the boss on the new water pump, grab my 10x1.50 tap and a metric converter bolt. When I get home, I'm back on track. Waterpump is on, accessories are bolted up, converter lug tapped up to the metric size and the bolt installed. Exhaust pipes bolted on and it's late. Sooooo until.....
Tuesday.
Get home late, drop in the new spark plugs (which look way cold, may have to change that). String in the plug wires and top off the coolant. Anyone notice I didn't mention the power brake vacuum line issue? Yeah, me too. So I grab a one inch spacer off of my shelf and drop it on. The line mates up, the bogus fuel line looks happier, life is good. So, it's time. Still no love on the drill front, so I spin the engine without power to the distributor to get oil pressure up. (I know, but it's a used engine that ran decently, ya work with what ya got). Hook up power, fill the float bowl, cross my fingers and hit the key.
She cracked to life on the second revolution. Runs a little lumpy and LOUD as hell. Apparently I mucked up the donut on the passenger side head pipe. DOH! It's nine thirty, I am not going to cheese off the neighbors, I'm going to bed..... Sooooo....
Wednesday
Get the donut swapped out, do a little base dialing on the carb and she starts right up, set the timing and she runs pretty good. A little more cam than I remembered hearing, but not bad at all. I probably will have to monkey with the carb and maybe change up the curve on the distributor, plus I am seriously thinking about a hotter plug, we will see. For now, it's some test and tune around the neighborhood.
Kermit lives again.....
I should probably start doing something about the rust.......
or maybe a 6.0 LS swap....
