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Anyone know what size holes these should have? Just the bolt size? Or should the rubber sleeve poke through too?

Actually Kevinski's pic says bolt hole size. Thanks!

Headlight buckets cleaned up and ready to go in with new hardware. Next up, rust converter on the frame and then paint.

Days and days of degreasing...

Still prepping for paint. In the meantime, is this supposed to be bent?

If you are asking about the tie bar, no it should be straight

Not an uncommon sight, but yes it should be straight.

So, take it off and drop the truck on it and put it back on?

Find a tree with a nice stout crotch and straighten it back out so you can look down it and see that it's straight.

Maybe ratchet strap ,nice work on the headlight buckets they look like the ones I have Aluminum.

First coat of some POR15 on the frame, will do two coats and then go back and do inside and bottom two coats.

While painting, seen a weepy bolt in the steering box.

Is this a 'just give it a twist' and move on? Is the plug on the top to top up fluid? What fluid? Thx!

It looks like the side cover if it is it should be okay to turn it tite a bit if it is. The steering boxes are famous for leaking and most use cornhead grease instead of the gear lube.it would not hurt to take the plug on the top out and look inside to see if there is any fluid in there.

So I'm running out of time before I have to get the hoist back to the owner. I haven't found a decent clutch kit yet and will likely have to get the engine in place before I do. How hard is it to put a clutch in with the engine in place? Assuming I should get the flywheel machined and installed first?

It really doesn't matter whether the engine is installed or not, as you have to install the flywheel and clutch AFTER the bell housing is bolted on. Inspect the flywheel to see if it needs to be machined.

I'm wondering if it's worth trying to find this elusive 10-3/4" clutch kit. Local place will do a clutch and plate rebuild for $500, but the smaller clutch kits are way less. Would it be easier for me to just find a 6v flywheel with 6-bolts? Not like I will be hauling cattle in it...

Have you tried Napa I found this but you would have to check as it looks like you have the heavy duty clutch.It may be worth it to go down to one of the older brake and clutch shops with your assembly to show them and see what they think

Local place will rebuild it for $500. Not sure if this is the norm, but it wasn't in the original budget 😒

If the local place will check the pressure plate for way less than that, and find it good, you could just replace the disk (NAPA also lists that).
But for less than $200 a complete kit from NAPA is the way to go.

Napa doesn't seem to ship over the border and NAPA Canada does not have this clutch.

Here's a pic of the flywheel, any issues?

Napa uses the same part numbers for both Canada and USA here I he Canada sites price .I thought used the Canadian site on the first picture but oops.

Ok was reading some more and came across a old thread and they mentioned the same Napa part number and the fellow said it does not have the 9 bolt ,so the Napa part looks like it wont fit he mentioned in another thread that chev of the fourties’ have the parts but they are not in a kit but separate and pricy

Thanks, ya looks like I can get mine rebuilt for the chev of the 40 prices.

For the flywheel, is this considered a 'stepped' one? Any concerns of the shape it's in?

When I did mine I was told to machine the flywheel ( I don’t think it cost much it was like machining brake drums or rotors it has a stamp on it indicating the minimum thickness I think ) I would clean it up by hand with some emery cloth and see how it looks you would be able to see better if it has hardened spots or other imperfections from the clutch spinning and heating it up if it cleans up good I personally would leave it but I am no pro .Let’s see what others think

I just had my flywheel for 9" clutch resurfaced. Cost me $95 US (Alaska prices). I probably could have cleaned it up with some emery cloth, but it was kind of rusty and pitted. I agree with Kevinski. Clean the flywheel and look for hardened spots, cracks or deep gouges. If you find those, get it resurfaced.

Pretty deep pit.

Looks like burn marks too. Guess it's of to the machine shop

Ok, here's the game plan, open to any suggestions...

Frame is painted, firewall Penetroled:

Next get the 216 balancer painted and installed - just line and rubber mallet?

Install bell housing - antiseize on bolts?

Motor mounts installed on engine and bell.

Install engine. Flywheel at machine shop now and still looking for a clutch.

Am I missing anything?

No, use a heavy hammer and a block of wood. The rubber mallet will just bounce off.

Not antiseize - threadlocker.

Blue threadlocker? Will this go on most bolts?

I'm using Permatex High Strength Red Gel currently. I was using Loctite 680, but that's because is was needed for a specific application.
But the only time you really might need high strength is for critical applications (driveshaft u-bolts, etc.)
Blue is probably fine for the bell housing and most other fasteners.

Ok, I'll pick up a blue and red.

That took a stupid amount of time... Square holes suck

Floor done, two coats of rust converter and two coats of POR15.

Just heard back from the rad shop. To recore my Harrison 3121499 - $600+! Wow, things are adding up...

First piece installed on new engine, balancer from the 216, with a little permatex in the key hole.

Next I will put Blue threadlocker on the bell housing bolts and tighten to 45-55lbs...

Blue on motor mount bolts too?

Looks like things are coming together,I don’t think I used much thread locker but that was years ago. .I do remember for the red that it won’t come off without heat found that out by breaking some bolts that had it on.

I'm assuming I need this? New one just has a bolt in it...

That's the block drain for coolant. You can either use the petcock shown in your pic or a pipe plug (do NOT use a bolt, as it won't seal well in the tapered threads in the block and may damage them.)

Today's the day! Unwrapped for the first time and going in. Any suggestions?