thanks all
so I too agree and have to know if I can make the old pig run
yes the seller blow some smoke up my chimmeny,and you can bet I will pull the dipstick even on nonrunning parts trucks from now on

I pulled some parts off the shelf so as soon as time permits I will get on this and report back

truck is a 52 gmc 1/2 ton came from nebraska
very solid
has a 54-56 235