no the only two sbc i have that are orange is the 72 350 laying next to the 67 283. my squares is in the later post pic i showed, mine has a lot of missing blue paint from 1) age and stuff 2) the pressure washer when I jetted the ******* grime off to where it belongs
and then one sbc is... john deere green.. but its just right over the blue. that was my gpas brother. he did the th350 too. no prep, right over
everything with no regard at all other than probably a piece of paper over the carb top because the Qjet is green too.At least I hope a cover...
Anyway
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this is about what mine looks like rn under the hood
At some point I need to loosen valve cover and free the coolant sensor wire from under it because whoops. worked up until my wire end broke. Was just gonna re-wire it a second time to bypass that smushed wire and put a thing on to grab the sensor part. also need to put a 4 barrel throttle bracket on. i have one just havent got that far. that is a 2jet/th350 bracket while I need just a 4 barrel, and since manual i might just get a nice simple one that can adjust for future needs.
need a vacuum advance vac tube that one is older than this truck lol. need an oil fill cap gasket. i can prob cut one with cork sheet.
The missing shroud and touching plug wires is noted. I also would like to get a head mount PS pump brackets in the aftermarket(those OE ones are always so finicky) and that will fix a slight rig on the pivot for the current one. I also would like to get a matching set of pulleys so the grooves and offsets are rather the same. I know my alternator pulley is a different groove than the others, too. But until I go to nicer newer alternator with more power, I will prob live with that as it be.
Also could go for a new fan clutch once I get a shroud, prob do that together. Fan is nice. Air filter is due soon but I would like to put a factory air cleaner on and use that setup as to 1) take longer to dirty the filter 2) have better cold weather driveability ... but..... that also depends on the THERMAC heat stove which my manifolds dont have any of that on them. Not a huge deal whatever, right?
Well the manifolds are DIFFERENT styles side to side.....
but i have a set of matching ones with a stove so I will probably put those on some time too.
I can still do an air cleaner with a snorkel, just not a THERMAC. I would want a new one put in the air cleaner anyway so i could just wedge the OE open till I fix the stove situation.
To also do air cleaner I would prob do the 90 degree fittin for the fuel so it clears the edelbrock fuel fitting
PCV and breather element are due for their change. I could probably Use a air cleaner and put the factory integral one on the valve cover and cross that out of equation.
Will be getting a bigger radiator put in once i get it refreshed just because I can and mine has a broken return nipple thus natrually its destined to have a larger one put in. its only the right thing to do even tho I wont need the trans cooler part and have no AC lol. Its why im holding off on shroud too, its actually not getting hot despite being a little low from just purging to air when cap opens to overflow, and no shroud. but i wont pretend that would stay that way.
At some point when a lot of that is A-OK, I will whip out the timing light and properly time it since all I know was it was WAY to retarded when my gpa last touched things and I just used feel/sound to set it much closer to normal. I will service the advance weights at that time too because the bushings are bad. I could use a new cap and put some thermal paste for the coil. New wires at some point in a bright color, probably accel yellow because I like yellow and would soley chose on that alone. When doing these future activities I would actually do the adjustments to the choke and the carburetor overall for proper settings. I Just figured trying to dial that all in is pissin in wind unless timing and all maintenance parts are to be refreshed etc.
In distant future a fuel pump would be wise, if im using the edelbrock then and not a qjet, I would simply get a edelbrock pump so its proper PSI but just for convenience. if its qjet, I would just get quality replacement. The metal line up to the top you can see would be wise to change because I cut the old 2jet line and put a flare and hose with worm clamps for edelbrock. not so neat or confident long term kinda thing. I would prob drop my tank from driver side, move it to the passenger side and just run one tank until I replace the bed with one that has an OPENING on driver
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Wheel. tub. And there is the 45 degree rise on the driver side of the tub snipped open to allow fueling. I did not do that i must clarify. But when i put a new tank in I just kept with my gpa oh-my choices. I Would just rather put onthe side with a fuel door and the neck will work I just need 2 hoses which can be bought new and some switcherooing on the brackets I think to be on that side an then replace the rubber line bypassing my switching valve since it looks a little dated. Maybe I would fix my fuel gauge at this time too lol. I think I would bend the opening back over and just install a slotted brace over and put a few bolts to hold it closed so its not kicking dirt and crap up like the pic shows on the neck
that was all engine related running stuffs I could think of.
Then the non-running stuffs I need to do is replace the motor mounts, cups, and the t case mount. Also readjust the crossmember for the t case so its proper on the frame (backwards atm)
Need new leafs put on
Need frame bracing which I saw aftermarket kits make nice box-sections. I can tell my frame is slightly kinked on both sides and That is what prompted my gpa to make braces but doesnt do much when its kinked. I think the box sections would be wise to 1) see how badly it is pushed on the front end and 2) Just add more external support since it was stressed and kinked. looks kinda equal on both sides so it just would kinda jack up the front a tiny bit Lol?
Need to do u joints on the front drive shaft, and also for the passenger half-shaft (driver I would have to check but might as well its a party)
Front leaf suspension could use some auxillary help to at least level when using plow. new leafs would be hard to spend when these arent broken just tired but the back ones are yike. at some point I could do some brake hoses prob for safety (cracking) and fix the rear wheel cylinder that leaks like a mFer and do the brakes back there too, there is one spot on the hard line that leaks. (to the rear)
At that point, other than being loud bad gas mileage, the road kicking gravel at me from the not-floor, and etc I could actually use the square on a road LOL. time will come.
I know you in no way asked for any of this expositioning but I felt like talking so this is what came of it.
Oh and because i Have headers on my shed wall, some time I will put headers on because the leaky straight pipe thats just sad to look at isnt really quiet anyway lol. I do have exhaust hangers new on my bench and my gpa had a dual exhaust at one time and there is still one intact pipe section I could probably put back in and just custom rig the hanging to at least get 1 pipe