picked up some speakers, a cb, a hi lift, and a cd player for teh truck, got a good deal on all of it

 

Great score on the new things for the truck. Hoping the motor is coming along. I know your deadline for your project is probably approching faster then you would like.

 

Great score bud. How's engine coming along?

 

talked to the guy tuesday and he said he hadnt even looked at it yet. got some progress today, painted a bit on my door and its just too cold, gonna have to wait till spring then sand and repaint the door completely. was working on my bumper alot today, made all new mounts, made some gussets, and did some grinding on where the previous owner of the bumper welded some round tubing to mount it. he bent the mounts real bad taking it off so i made all new mounts for it and gusseted them, got 2 of the 4 mounts done, gonna finish the other 2 and make some gussets for them, hopefully it will be pretty strong.

 

no updates on the bumper, helping a buddy do a clutch in his s10 blazer, but am making more signs, here is the for sale thread

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f110.../#post51831764

 

gonna be gettin my engine back tomorrow, then its a rush to get it all back together by the 3rd. i guess we got the main bearing caps mixed up between the two blocks and that was the problem all along. I CANT WAIT TO BE DRIVIN HER AGAIN!!!

 

Swwwwwwwwweet! lol. Great news, man!

Hmmmm, feels like that came up...hehe. Actually, it's VERY hard to detect that mix up without a machinist peeping it out.

Congratz!

 

So That was it? Wow it's great news, hope it was not to much $
Good luck putting it back together.

 

Yea I feel pretty stupid about it lol, my dad ain't too happy either since it cost 4 times more than it should have

 

Don't worry, man..... you'll only feel stupid about that once, right? hahahaha. Seriously... that section on the next one will be paint marked/etched/bagged and tagged, so there's no chance of that happening again

NOW, .........knock that stuff out the park, mista.... you got a couple weeks(NO PROBLEM!)

 

Me and dad will be working on it all weekend, so hopefully get a lot done

 

Good deal bud!!!!!

 

MOTOR WILL BE READY TO GO IN TOMORROW!!!
yester day we did a bunch of work, put the pistons on the rods, installed rings, put the pistons and rods in block, put head on, timing chain, cam, valvetrain. im getting really excited this truck will be running by next sunday for sure! click on last pic for video. also i update my youtube with vids more than i update this with vids, so look me up, my username is curtismundy

 

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! lol... Looks purdy! Best wishes on the first-fire!

 

Good deal bud. Glad its coming together

 

Congratulations on getting the engine back together. At least you found the problem and that put your mind at ease. Engine looks great. You will have it running in no time at all. Looking forward to Sunday.

 

alright, got a bunch of updates, will post pics tomorrow, too tired headed off to bed in a minute, i got a problem tho, i cant figure out how my alternator brackets go into the motor, could someone post pics of the brackets? if i can figure out the alternator situation it will be running tomorrow

 

Here ya go, bud.... hopefully you can see it clearly......... Make sure you install the dipstick bracket BEHIND the alternator bracket.... Then install it into the T-cover in the proper timing cover bolt location, AND VOILA! Kill it, bud! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

Thanks chef, actually figured it out earlier, thanks anyways, but for the motor build let's just say I'm a very very happy camper!

 

ITS ALIVE!!!! she runs perfect too, ended up putting the weber on right off the bat to save me trouble sorting vacuum lines, very happy with it, idles smooth about 800 rpm, the maiden voyage want without any problems, never had a better feeling than driving it legally with a motor that i built anyways here are the pics