The case of Brakleen ran me 61.99 after tax. But if I don't use it all, I will put it on the shelf in the shop. I have been reading the manual on this procedure over and over.
I may not have all the funds or fancy tools available to me that some of the other bolters have here, or the ample room to take everything out of the truck and do it "textbook". But I do have the ambition and patience to do it another way. If anyone wants to bash me or try to discourage me, have at it... your just wasting your time. I want to get this truck finished so badly, my girlfriend wakes me up every nite cuz I am talkin in my sleep about it. LOL... Probably find the naysayers have never laid in the dirt or stones on their back at night, in the winter, changing out U-joints because their vehicle HAD to be fixed by morning to get to work. And had it work fine when done. There is a certain kind of satifaction from that PITA work that they will never experience.
I have plenty of plasti-gage and will check my bearing clearances when I install the crank. If I need more shims, I will have to source some material for that. Thank you to those fellow bolters whom understand that sometimes the motor must be left in and a little extra elbow grease will be needed.
I spent most of the morning cleaning up the bell housing, clutch parts, front cover and parts, main caps and bolts. When assembly begins, I want everything ready. Brian
