Well found the reason the Dodge was making noise in 4 wheel drive . Damn cheap Chinese junk u joint . Bought American made spicers to replace both sides 
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Re: log splitter wierd starting problem. I posted a week or two ago about having to pull, play with chock,l pull, etc many many times to get it running. New problem this morning.
Day before yesterday running fine (after the starting problem). Yesterday would only run on 1/2 choke. Today only run on about 3/4 choke. finished my load for today and considered the problem while cleaning chips/etc around the wood lot.
What would make it run that ways? Well obviously lacking fuel. Maybe filter? No, almost new machine and a filter wouldn't plug up that fast with clean fuel. Then I added in the fact that if the fuel supply wasn't shut off when shutting down, it would flood. Okay, that was a needle valve sticking open and not a problem as long as I shut down properly.
So this problem. Possibly a needle valve sticking almost closed? I tried the old mechanic trick and gave the bowl a couple judicious taps with a BFH. Actually I used my mini ball peen. Cured the problem for today. The engine is a Briggs.
That still leaves the cold starting problem. Simple solution is don't try starting it in much below freezing temps.
Day before yesterday running fine (after the starting problem). Yesterday would only run on 1/2 choke. Today only run on about 3/4 choke. finished my load for today and considered the problem while cleaning chips/etc around the wood lot.
What would make it run that ways? Well obviously lacking fuel. Maybe filter? No, almost new machine and a filter wouldn't plug up that fast with clean fuel. Then I added in the fact that if the fuel supply wasn't shut off when shutting down, it would flood. Okay, that was a needle valve sticking open and not a problem as long as I shut down properly.
So this problem. Possibly a needle valve sticking almost closed? I tried the old mechanic trick and gave the bowl a couple judicious taps with a BFH. Actually I used my mini ball peen. Cured the problem for today. The engine is a Briggs.
That still leaves the cold starting problem. Simple solution is don't try starting it in much below freezing temps.
Had a little fun today....
Sawyer Rob
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My 66 pu came new, with the 327, I did have an "66" Impala SS with a 327-300hp, 4speed though...
SR
Sawyer Rob
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Those U-joints die from rust mostly, especially if it has loc-out hubs and don't get locked in much.
SR
These have about 8k miles on them . I greased them regularly not a lot just a few pumps as not to blow out the seal . No lock out hubs the axles ,third member and front shaft spin at all times . I replaced the front hubs at the same time the hubs are spicers as are the new u joints I bought
Sawyer Rob
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My 6.5hp Honda on my SuperSplit starts in cold weather on the first pull. Try cleaning the carburetor.
My old deceased friend had a 68 Impala 4 door SS that was special ordered with a 327 275hp motor, bench front seat and a 4 on the floor. I have no idea how it got the SS emblems on it. We had a lot of fun with that car in my younger days. I did a little research on the Impalas. There were 38,210 SS cars made that year in all variations.
Sawyer Rob
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Maybe 69 was the first year for the 350? I'm working off memory here.
We had a 69 Caprice; it had a 396 in it...
SR
Sawyer Rob
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I have a couple of those HD 4-speeds in my parts dept... I believe they are SM465's...Some random pics. I'm not going for a full restoration on this pickup, just a clean driver/woods truck. It actually has a really nice bed, but I'll keep that for my 71 and build a flat bed for this truck.
I rebuilt the 4 speed:
Modified some universal bucket seat brackets to fit these seats I had:
The kits only go up to about 20-21 gallons, so I made my own with a 31 gallon tank:
Frame painted:
Rockers:
I also have a turbo 400 and other spare parts that I'll never use...
SR
100 % factory original while there is no such thing as matching number trucks because gm didn’t put partial vins on truck motors like they did in cars , it’s date coded correctly for the year of the truck . The 551 paint code and 625 parchment w cloth inserts denotes a 50th anniversary truck
Sawyer Rob
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OK, thanks...it must be 69 then.
SR
SR
I did look up this car. There was no option for the 350 in 68. I think you are right about 69 for the first year of the 350. I had a 66 Chevelle with a 396 in it.
Sierra_rider
Piss revver
Yeah, this one is the 465. I think in pre 68 or 69, they used the sm420. IIRC, the 420 used a divorced transfer case on the 4wds.
This truck used to have a turbo 350, but I found a guy on Craigslist that wanted to trade transmissions. The turbo 350 was toast in my truck, but he didn't care...only wanted the case. He was building a rock crawler and wanted the automatic...I'm a standard transmission snob, I don't even own a vehicle that isn't a manual. We also traded transfer cases, as we both had np205 gear drives, but the input shafts are different between auto and manual equipped transfer cases.
My old man is building a 63 gmc. He's got the 205 transfer case behind a 465 as well. I guess just because he can, he put the reduction unit from a np203 on the back of the 205...so it has a 4wd low-low.
I'm not a GM guy, but I know in early 68 you could still get a Vette with a 327/365 hp motor. I believe that later in the year only 350s were available.
Hope you enjoy it, that glass door will give awesome views!
