Everything touched by human hands somehow gets screwed up. Oddly enough, everything else 60 years old and going not messed with is working like a champ. The PO loved this old truck but I sure wish he would of bought a repair manual. He sold me this truck and I knew I would have to go through it but I hate replacing parts destroyed by incorrect installation. Good thing I decided to take this old girl apart bolt by bolt. The top end had a couple bent push rods from an incorrect valve adjustment causing all kinds of noise. I get it quieted down and hear something down in the bell housing I do not like, went looking and found this:
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seems, the PO installed the clutch disc in backwards causing the clutch disc springs to grind the heads off the flywheel bolts. How loud could that of been when he first fired it up after the clutch R&R?? Almost had to take a cutting torch to the heads of the flywheel bolts because there wasn't enough meat to grab to remove.
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Try working through the bell housing on that one. I decided I had to go through everything though when the brake job he did wasn't stopping the truck. You have replace the leaky axle seal before putting the new brake shoes on, and then when you do put the shoes on don't mix the secondary and primary shoes up. Rant off. I feel better now. I could go on and on, but wont.
Anyone want to share some of their ill fated experiences with poor workmanship?

Last edited by sstock; 04/27/2014 2:16 PM.
1953 Chevrolet 3100
261 cu inch, sm420, 3.55 rear, torque tube still,omaha orange, still 6 volt, RPO green glass, side carrier spare, all done
In the DITY Gallery
Video of the 261 running

1964 GMC 1000
305 Big Block V6, sm420, the next cab off restoration