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The ACCEL Performance Distributor 59130 from Summit is on it's way to me ... Should have bought it at first off instead of dealing with used shi errrrrrrrrrr stuff ... Would had been money ahead .. This BBC 496" sure sounds good with what little time I heard it run. I hadn't forgotten the...

The call is up to the owner .. He said that his brother might have a dist. I'm hoping it will be a good HEI ... Did look at what Summit had to offer, Accel HEI would be a good choice .. We'll see what he comes up with ... I'd like to see new used .. I have a known good GM HEI that's in the...

No FI, just a carburetor .. Not computer controlled ... It's made to look like a magneto ... My plan is to replace this POS with a HEI ...

Well .. Fried up the 496", sounded really good then it stopped running .. Dist. took a crap, no spark !! This has been a problem from day one, sent it to the manufacturer and had it rebuilt .. Bout $550 for them to redo it .. Worked for 5 minutes ... I'm done with it ! The boys ripped me off ..

More Tach than the test stand needs, soon to see if the critter works ?

Well poo !! Tach don't work ... On the hunt for a 3-3/8" that does work ..

You betya ! Got the right side exhaust off of it at the moment cause of the starter support bracket that bolts onto the motor block needing 5/16" x 18 in the block, what it has is 1/2" x 20 .. I'm making up a insert to reduce the hole to what's needed ... Photo above is my 500 ci BBC motor...

Real close .. Might be firing up the 496" motor ( For the first time ) that's in it today .. ? Well, didn't try to fire it up yet .. Been having starter issues, that's been cured .. Tomorrow might be the day ?

That shouldn't give me any problems for a long, long time ...

Yeah, good thing it's four wheel drive and 500 cubic inches ... It'll help to pack around all that weight .. Lol About the interchangeable parts ... Close but like the solenoid fork, some difference in design makes for swapping around parts most difficult .. Shoot, the starter bolts are even...

Back to engine work, I'm keeping the old huge GM direct drive starter. Worked super well on the mouse motor .. Had the thought of freshening up since it's got a few years on it .. That endeavor went well with finding a cast iron housing that GM made for Hi-Performance big blocks in the late...

Thanks, once the fender is on the repaired panel is just a memory ...

Before the firewall sees color, had a spot of rust that needed to be fixed .. Had to cut a panel in order to gain access for the repair .. Wasn't a large rust spot, but in time it would had grown .. Above photo shows a patch that I made to weld in .. Saved the piece that was cut out to...

Thanks for thinking about me I'm doing okay, arthritis been causing a bit grief, but I'm dealing with it .. Working on making some room in the shop around the truck, wanting to do some bodywork on the Binder so I can get color on the firewall .. Still got the 406 mouse motor to pull ...

Dang ... It's starting to look like a engine ! Been a long, long Journey .. I'm here to tell ya !

More beef that may help from keeping things from breaking ... Starter support bracket was added to the soup ... Was a bit of a job cause of the 1990 big block having a 1/2" threaded hole .. Should had been a 5/16" there ? Made up a insert from a lugnut stud that converted the hole to...

Cool, got it on .. Just a wee bit of trimming on the pan .. And, was it worth all the trouble to install these bad-boys .. ?? The GM factory strut rods (also called case-to-engine struts) are designed to provide structural reinforcement between the engine block and the transmission...

On my truck's motor, got a bit of fab work to do on the Mercruiser aluminum boat motor oil pan .. These bad boys adds beef, keeps things from breaking .. Going to require modification to the boat pan for needed room ... The steel factory pan has a flat area stamped on the side for...

Found a repair on one of the heads .. I have another set of Peanut Port heads that will be swapped out .. Took the oil pump apart, it's like new ..

Surfing the For Sale ads on Marketplace ran up on this 71 Travelall .. This critter is Bad to the Bone

Thinking about parting out the recent 454 .. The crank is super nice, being the block is already at .060" oversize and has rust at the top of the bores not sure if it's saleable as is .. Pretty sure I can get under the rust by boring it another .010" ... Be at .070" over with new pistons ...

Well ... Another one followed me home .. Took it apart, crank is .010" under and looks very good .. Bore is a bit out there at .060" over .. Might bore it .010" more due to rust from sitting .. Will get a better look after it's been hot tanked .. Heads appears to be buildable, they too will...

It was my idea ... We'll soon see how well it works ? Been busy with the wiring, should have it done tomorrow .. Might hear it run soon ..