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Gimme a break - it's my first engine build!

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Mark,
Your engine looks good & I enjoyed your Blog.
One question. What color & brand of paint did you use on the engine?
Thanks,
Harold

Hey, I'm as stoked as your are. I should be running my pump tomorrow, here's hoping it goes as well as yours did...

Vince

Thanks Harold - it's the Dark Grey that the Filling Station sells. Ultimately its a PPG Acrylic Enamel.


I was a bit nervous at first - I didn't get pressure for about 30 seconds of running the drill at a low speed, so I cranked it up a little and I felt the load on the drill almost instantly as Truckernix had described to me.

Even better, this morning I ran out to check of the sitting oil had leaked from the timing cover and it hadn't. Fewf!

Great job on your engine, and the dump bed on the truck is to cool. I could use a dump ned on my truck to help unload round bales

Hey Mark,

Are you going to leave the oil in the motor when you lift to install? Also, what did you use to prime the pump?

Thanks!

Good! and looks good.

When I rebuilt my distributor I choose the best parts out of 3 dizzy's I had acquired. So as it had been suggested by others, I took one of the spare shafts and used it. (with the gear removed!)

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Failing this, I would of used a big flat head screwdriver with its handle cut off. The advantage of the dizzy shaft is that it fits perfectly.

Yes I plan to leave the oil in - I don't see a reason to drain it - the engine will stay pretty much level as I reinstall it as will be installed onto the naked frame, no cab.

Thanks! That acrylic enamel paint goes on very nicely - Although I did sand parts of my valve cover back down to bare metal and repaint. I wasn't happy with some of the ridges I could see from the old paint not being feathered away enough.

The dump bed is what sold me on this truck when I first found it! Not that I ever plan on using it!

I'm jealous! That's amazing, I'm glad you didn't run into the timing cover leak that I did when I primed it. Looks flawless, bet you can't wait to get er' fired up and purring!

Thanks! I'm working hard to make that happen this weekend.

That is an excellent video demonstrating how that process should be done. Great work!