Later engines were all roller cams . I put rollers in my 496
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Noticed a chainsaw case out at the curb with other trash pickup items. Could always use a case . Picked it up and there was a saw in it . Think I should have left the saw . 
No thanks enjoy. I've cut stuff mashed together three stories high. Far easier for me to pick a dying off or dead oak still standing or a leaner. Those go fast and brush stays in the woods. I'm considering getting out the 90cc quad this year and use that with a small yard trailer.
Last fall I went in and mowed the low bush blueberries down in two central spots to process wood and load trucks or trailers where the trees can be yarded by rope lines or drug out. Things are bit thicker fourty years later in these woods. There is so much dying wood around here and there people are looking to load it for me. I'm considering going back to a bundle operation this time instead if doing bulk. I have my choice of cutoffs from new home/condo construction also. You get paid to pull those cans off-site. The pallet repair houses near me are quite busy now doing rebuilds and the woods has an endless supply of dying hardwoods around here and ash trees. Plus the local tree services, at both locations acually three, are looking for people to drop wood on. I made the shift to milling but now the market is going up on firewood a good amount. Never had a processor but I know a guy who does about forty minutes away from all my locations. I'd have to hire young people to split and load wood. Just a climber, faller and some bucking. Mostly milling now days.
WoodAbuser
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Likely all it needs is a carb clean. Then it will show up all the Huskies.Noticed a chainsaw case out at the curb with other trash pickup items. Could always use a case . Picked it up and there was a saw in it . Think I should have left the saw .
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You can toss in link bars and one of these sticks if your going to bother rebuilding the older blocks. Around 89' or 90' they started the roller packages. If your cam has the old eccentric you can still run the mechanical fuel pump. I've gotten away from much of it for too long now. I'm sure everyone and their brother now makes bolt on intake systems to mix and match anything under a 520 cube.
I sold all those to women. They start easy and require almost no tools to maintain. They come with a free fuel can of E free gas 1.2 gallons mixed and a new scrench. I'll include mix oil if asked. Never a complaint but they need a quick lesson on starting procedures.Noticed a chainsaw case out at the curb with other trash pickup items. Could always use a case . Picked it up and there was a saw in it . Think I should have left the saw .
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This will totally be old school in this truck . Not even changing to HEI Rochester quadrajet turbo 400 and 3.73gears just like it was born with truck will outlast me
How about a 260?Stihl waiting for that 026 to show up in Stihl PA.
No hatin' my flippy caps now
You won't even pick up the moldy trash pine they sell here or the mixed "hardwood" bundle. Stinks to, they wrap them in plastic for extra mold and mildew.
Updating to a roller cam is a smart move most times. Less issues, more grunt and no more bad lifters or rocker arms. These are factory stocks not hot cams. I can check them for fuel pump eccentrics. They came from early 90s truck engines 5.7L Vortec series one or two. Definitely not flat tappet.
Updates to HEI is another good move or swap your distributor guts for MSD parts with a magnetic trigger. You do need to replace the original resistance wire or balast resistor but no other changes are needed. Far better system update then Mallory Unilite was with the optical eye.
In the mid 70s we used Mallory photocell ignitions quite a bit and never had any problems.
They worked 1,000 times better than points!
They worked 1,000 times better than points!
As I recall, the stuff I saw was in mesh bags but it looked like the dirty old ash and maple I finally finished burning up as either firewood or "trash." Nothing like the beautiful oak we've been burning this season.
Oh for sure.
They got cooked in boats from the alternator surge Above 16V when you released the trim button.. Worked well for what they were. I prefer a magnetic trigger or CDI systems.
I have 12 old vehicles . Pre 72 never had an oil related problem this one is most likely due to a soft cam . In an engine that will very rarely see north of 3500 if at all the upgrade isn’t worth it . My AMX is running a group 19 AMC high lift cam with stiffer springs on flats . Has 67k hard miles never an issue still running points
Found a Picture of when I pulled it to change out the transmission which blew first gear . The clutch was also way to stiff so I put a Centerforce clutch in . Got rid of the scatter shield and put the stock bell house back on
We had snow on the hills a couple of weeks ago, a rare event for this time of year. We're normally more worried about fires outside the house in February.
I changed maybe fifty soft cams in 305 V8s and 262s. They were sad at best. Normally three or four lobes were going or gone. They were not parkerised properly or timed correctly. GM had some in seven degrees retarded. Real turds that woke up with stock 350 or 400 grind.
Edit: to include the 267 blocks
If memory serves, the following threads were stickies:
Splitting/Chopping Tool Review
Scrounging Firewood
Fire Pit
Lets See Your Woodsplitting/Stacking Area
With all due respect I cannot imagine how it would hurt to have these stickied?
Who knows where I can find some info on a 1958 Hyster M80 forklift?
I got a bad ram seal on the right side tilt back ram. This cap is on there! And, is coming off tonight with a welder, a stick of steel and the big sledgehammer. She won't budge. I'm just curious if they used round or square seals in the cap seal?
It's already bad so frying it won't be an issue. Some JO beat up the ram many moons ago on the bottom side, likely flipped it to hide the hideous thing, so I have dents in the chrome ram to deal with now and the cap seal failure.
I got a bad ram seal on the right side tilt back ram. This cap is on there! And, is coming off tonight with a welder, a stick of steel and the big sledgehammer. She won't budge. I'm just curious if they used round or square seals in the cap seal?
It's already bad so frying it won't be an issue. Some JO beat up the ram many moons ago on the bottom side, likely flipped it to hide the hideous thing, so I have dents in the chrome ram to deal with now and the cap seal failure.
You didn’t take my advice, I said to pull on it to make sure it’s locked.
Your the curse/cause of it for bringing that **** up.
