Recent content by 410merc

hi guys, today I whent over to a guys farm to help him with a couple things and he told me he had a old caddy engine in his garage so he showed it to me it was a 390 caddilac engine distributer in the back has the round bellhousing pattern he said he didn't remember what shap it was in its been...

here's some more pictures , I hope to start a build thread as soon as the weather gets better, and thanks again guys

man thanks guys, just got to tweek it a bit then it will be perfect, if you look hard at the one side you can see it will have to be adjusted just a bit , then it will be perfect , i'll get some more pics tomorrow , I mean it thanks guys

ok lets try it again

darn pic are way to big I can't get them sized down , i'll have my daughter help me tomorrow , sorry guys

hey guys , thanks for the replys , heck I am not peeved I will try to get a pic tomorrow , just hope this info will be of some use , I will try to get some pics tomorrow , thanks again guys

it fits perfect, in case anyone ever wondered

hi guys I have a question I am just getting ready to box my frame I am using the stock model a frame , here's my question do you box all the way around the crossmember or just up to it , because if you box all the way around it the the crossmemberwould be welded in solid ,maybe not good thanks guys

that's what I need to do , when I get to the city I have to get another camera I can't get the pic's to load for anything the old camera never a problem , but on the up side glad I took that steering secter out yesterday , snowing now and looking at a blizzard

thanks torchie , I am using a stock model a frame of course I plan on boxing it , I took the secter off the pickup today and its a gemmer , what bothered me about this outfit was the tube around it but after looking at my ford truck shop manuel I don't think it would hurt to remove that tube and...

hi guys, well I got the front axle and back axle together now its time to start on the steering sector , I want to rig it up with the draglink right beside the frame rails , now here are my questions I have a sector and complete colume from a 59 ford f100 pickup has anyone ever used one of...

boy Don I am much happier already , yes heat works good , out here where I live their are no machie shops so you have to be able to figure it out on your own ,and that's a reason why I love this forum so much all the helpful people , thanks again for the replys and help

I got the king pin out , here's what I did the 30 model a king pin is hollow so I took my arc welder and laid a bead on the thickest side from top to bottom let it cool down took a big drift and 2lb hammer and whent to work the 4th hit it finally moved about 10 more hits and out it came , man...

thanks for the good luck , tomorrow i'll try it again , let ya know how it whent

thanks for the reply torchie , the lock pin was also tight I had to drill one out after a blacken thumb nail {ouch} and that king pin came right out the other side is another story it just won't move the spindle was shot on that side so I cut the spindle away with the chop saw so now I had the...