Re: jimbosprint 1972 C20 - the good, the bad, and the ugly
 

Thanks Mike ^^

The pieces are starting to come together now.

Talked the transmission shop into giving me a good deal on a replacement rebuilt TH350 (by trading them some graphic design and a box of business cards).

Then took the drive shaft to the that shop to get new u-joints, center support, and balanced.

Then I went to Valley Fasteners to get some new lock washers and replace a couple missing nuts/bolts. Of course I forgot some and I'll have to go back.

Then I went to the muffler shop to get a price for the dual exhaust and turbo mufflers.

Productive day! :metal:

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Nuts, bolts, washers, and more - all organized in Ziplock. I sure hope taking the time and care to do this will make putting everything back together a little easier.

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It absolutely will, but if you are like me I ended up replacing 100% of the nuts, bolts and washers on the truck and if you do you will have sample bolts to make replacement easier.
P.S. Lowes is way cheaper than your local hardware store for fasteners.

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Good lookin C20 there. Thanks for sharing your build!

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I've been very busy prepping, priming, and painting. No chrome for this engine.

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More pics

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And now the block is Chevy Orange. :chevy:

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You have been busy and it shows ,looks good.

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Nice work with the paint!

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Nice truck! Sux that your drive train turned out to be no good, but The crate and new tranny should be nice. Well done on the paint. :metal:

Re: jimbosprint 1972 C20 - the good, the bad, and the ugly
 

Out of curiosity what made you decide to go with a TH350 instead of a 700R4 when this was the perfect opportunity to do it.

Re: jimbosprint 1972 C20 - the good, the bad, and the ugly
 

I know the 700R4 would have been better, but there's nothing wrong with a well built TH350. (and TH350 is on the SPID)

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It doesn't have a 4th gear (overdrive) :lol:

Sorry about your problems, but it sounds like they wont be with you for long.

Re: jimbosprint 1972 C20 - the good, the bad, and the ugly
 

Jimbo, how often are you planning to drive the truck? If you want it to be a daily driver, it might be wise to consiider an OD tranny. I wish I had an OD tranny for my truck, but it's coming, sometime down the road.

Re: jimbosprint 1972 C20 - the good, the bad, and the ugly
 

Your making great progress on this truck. Keep it up. I haven't done much to mine lately, so I'm feeling pretty worthless compared to you.

Re: jimbosprint 1972 C20 - the good, the bad, and the ugly
 

I'm not that worried about it. I have a little Mazda3 hatchback for mileage and I work from home (no commute). And my transmission is already back from the shop and ready to go in.

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I still have another coat of paint to apply to the block in couple days, but I couldn't resist quickly mocking up the exhaust, distributor, and plug wires.

I hope it works as good as it's gonna look. :D

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Lookin Good!!! :metal:

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Jimbo, since your going hei, have you considered the corrected hei distributor caps? They really clean up the wires.

http://www.4wheelparts.com/Performan...FRFffgoddHgAlw

Re: jimbosprint 1972 C20 - the good, the bad, and the ugly
 

That's pretty cool, but I'm about out of money to spend on this for at least a while.

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Yeah, I'm with you on that one... why do you think my status updates have slowed down so much. -$. I have an hei distributor at home that will be going on the truck, and eventually so will ome of those corrected caps. My 99 Tahoe had one on it from the factory, and I really liked it, but the disteibutors themselves were junk, they were plastic and if you tightened the cap too much, the mounting ears snapped off. When I got my tahoe it had a zip tie holding the cap on. I used to twll people it lets the cap wiggle for variable timing ;-)

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Photo gallery updated (210 photos!). Link in sig below.

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I just browsed your web page, didn't know you had a nova, I will have to post up a pic of our 73 SS.

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Awesome. I sold mine 8 years ago. Waaaay too long to go without a classic Chevy! I loved that car, and I want to make this truck even nicer.

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The truck with no name

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I think you should put the good by top pic, the bad, by engine pic, and the ugly by the dent ;-) and do ot left right left

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At least I got something done today. I replaced the resistor wire that went from the bulkhead connector to the old coil with a nice healthy 12 gauge wire for the new HEI distributor.

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I think I need to do that too. HEI would be nice.

Re: jimbosprint 1972 C20 - the good, the bad, and the ugly
 

me too, I have a distributor already that I have been sitting on for a while, time to put it to some use

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$90 for HEI from Summit. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-850001r/overview/

I had the same one in my Nova and it worked well.

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Did you get the whole combo kit or just the distributor? Just wondering if the extra $30 is worth it for the kit.

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I just got the distributor. I think it was ~$45 for wires from Napa for wires that will work under the stock exhaust manifolds (I asked for wires from later 70s).

Not a bad deal for the kit if you can use those wires.

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Got a couple more little things done today while the paint on the block cures competely. :metal:

The transmission crossmember was re-installed into the frame. Amazingly, it went back in a lot easier than it came out (and I didn't even get that dirty).

I got the alternator fan and pulley painted to match the rest of the pulleys and brackets.

I also got a few timing marks painted on the balancer. 0 is marked to use the stock timing indicator, and 30-32-34 for total advance timing.

And I removed the redneck cruise control next to the gas pedal that had some evil 2" screws going through the firewall.

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:lol:

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The plan is to put the motor in on Wednesday! :metal:

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Got a few things done this morning. So excited to get this running that it's hard to sleep.

Re: jimbosprint 1972 C20 - the good, the bad, and the ugly
 

Hey can you post the part number's on the manifolds for me please? Thanks.

Re: jimbosprint 1972 C20 - the good, the bad, and the ugly
 

LH - 39324?9 (could be a 3, 6, or 8)
RH - 3905364

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Wow ,looking good ,keep it up.

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Disaster. :censored: The block is missing a hole drilled for one of the plug wire shields. I don't know what to do. I will take them all off if I can't use this one. Ideas?

Add to that some LMC incompetence. :banghead:
"This part you sent me doesn't work, can I exchange it for a different part?"
"Okay, sir. Please email us a photo of the part you need."
"Photo sent. Do you have the part I need?"
"Customer service will look at the photo in a day or two and get back in touch with you.
"Thanks!"
Couple days later I get an email that says they shipped something. I call and ask if it is the part I needed.
"I don't know sir. All the account says customer service took care of it and sent you new parts."
New parts arrive today and are exactly the same part that I got the first time, not the part I asked for or sent a photo of.

Also, thanks for insulating this cartoon plug loom so I can only use 2mm wires on it.