Recent content by '59Imp

Moving onto the trim... I'm trying to fix some stuff on the front fenders trim. Its pushed a couple inches forward from its stock location, and I'm trying to move it back. Not working out so well as planned, I'll just say that... Do things ever go as planned when working on a car? :doh And...

That covers everything then! Thank you very, very much Paul! It is very much appreciated! :D

Thanks very much Paul for the info about the trannys! I was sort of thinking about a 6 spd too, but didn't want to cut up the floor to do it, so thanks for that too. Now I got questions as I'm still researching on this topic, do you know if the 4 spd stuff such as the speedo cable, back up light...

Yeah, I still got all of the original style oil canister stuff, since I'm the one who converted it to spin on in the first place. I was hoping that it would save me the hassles that the original style can give, but it seems that the spin on is just as much of a hassle now if not more. I'm going...

Oh dang, I should've believed you! :doh

Some very encouraging news... A while back, I found out exactly where the recent bad oil leak was coming from, the one that I thought was the rear main. OK, so I put in a conversion kit for the spin on type oil filter. I had my suspicions when I first put it in, as I had to fight it for it to go...

Thanks Steve. Yes, I'd really like to know how to go about changing this over to a 5 speed. If I don't get more replies on my build thread here about changing over to the 5 speed, I might start a new thread specific to that topic...

Thanks Don. So here is how the motor build is going to go... Going to do it one step at a time, and see what I see when I get it all torn apart. What I mean is, I already know that the cam and lifters are shot when I drove her for the short time with little to no oil... So will be definitely...

Another thing, when I get her all put back together, I would like to be driving her with a new tranny, a 5 speed manual. I've got a few concerns/questions... I've heard that it was an option to have a 4 speed in these, and seen the repro parts for the 4 speeds. So I can easily put in a 4 spd...

Never could find a gear driven timing set for this 348, so I guess nobody makes it... Too bad, I kinda wanted her to have a little bit of that whine, but oh well... More positive news (for as positive as this can get), is I found pretty much all I need to rebuild this motor from Show Cars. They...

Before I pull the motor, I want to know that I can first find all of the desired parts I want to put in. I've been trying to find a gear driven timing set, preferably the quiet type, for the 348 Chevy, and not having much luck. Yes, I want to put one of those in. I know some people may hate em...

Yeah, oil definitely got flung everywhere, that's for sure! All the way back from the rear main to the cats eyes! I was trying to make it ASAP the 1 mile trip from the service station to home on the 3 quarts of oil before the lifters started clattering again. NOT something I would recommend...

Thanks for trying to help, but its not the oil canister. It couldn't be, I've already converted it to the spin on type. Haven't had any leaks there since I converted it to the spin on type. I'm pretty sure, 99.9% sure, that it is coming from the rear main. I spent a good amount of time looking...

The fan shroud is correct for the big block(348), as the small block one is larger. The radiator looks to be correct for the big block too. As for the transmission, I don't know for sure on this, but I don't think Chevy would put the 348 and Turboglide together in one package. The Turboglide's...

I'm just still wondering how I could have blown the rear main out just like that? I mean, I wasn't even hot roddin her that much... All of a sudden, next thing I know, the rear main goes out, oil light comes on, lifters start clattering the next. Literally, it happened just like that. Makes me...