Actually, Drew is helping me. I bought his engine & help in the transplant.

Lacking any other ideas, we pulled the distributor and rotated it 180. I figured it was easy enough to reverse if it did not work.

And she fired!

The GMC truck is indeed rejecting the 235, as the starter did not fully retract from the flywheel. Thus, when the engine ran through all the gas we'd put in the carb it messed up the starter. Easy enough to get another....

Thanks for the help guys! Dickson


1950 Chevy 3100 short bed
1951 GMC 3/4 ton long bed