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sixtywagon


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Well, after a couple JD/Cokes, went out to the garage and set the motor in the wagon.  Not tightened up yet, but its in!!!!

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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari
1960 Laurentian Safari 
1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped)
2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD
2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD)
1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD

 

Calgary, Alberta, but raised in Peterborough
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sixtywagon wrote:

Well, after a couple JD/Cokes, went out to the garage and set the motor in the wagon.  Not tightened up yet, but its in!!!!

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Very cool Kenny.I just happen to have an original first run of small block Edelbrock-curved script finned -valve covers that I will never use.Would look real cool on your small block.Just throwing that out there.

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Send me a pic, if you can...I bought a set of Corvette finned covers, But the edelbrock ones sound way Kool!!!

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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari
1960 Laurentian Safari 
1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped)
2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD
2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD)
1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD

 

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Sweet, great week-end to work on it!

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  Dreamin of what it could look like   LOL

 

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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari
1960 Laurentian Safari 
1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped)
2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD
2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD)
1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD

 

Calgary, Alberta, but raised in Peterborough
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari
1960 Laurentian Safari 
1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped)
2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD
2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD)
1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD

 

Calgary, Alberta, but raised in Peterborough
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is that for a BBC or a SBC?

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LOL, Just a SBC!!!!

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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari
1960 Laurentian Safari 
1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped)
2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD
2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD)
1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD

 

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How's the wagon project going?  Got her driving yet?



-- Edited by 1965CS on Wednesday 14th of August 2013 11:02:28 AM

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 Awesome!  It's amazing how much easier the job can be with the proper tools!! 



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No, Not running yet....Work is getting in the way...LOL Gonna open another bottle on Friday and see where its gets me, At least I'll be in the garage and not out creating havoc anywhere...LOL
Scratch that last comment, I'm not 18 anymore LOL

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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari
1960 Laurentian Safari 
1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped)
2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD
2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD)
1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD

 

Calgary, Alberta, but raised in Peterborough
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Hey, where'd you get the orange spark plugs???



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They were "special" GM performance items....LOL

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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari
1960 Laurentian Safari 
1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped)
2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD
2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD)
1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD

 

Calgary, Alberta, but raised in Peterborough
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Love it ,like the valve covers nice touch. Im also shocked to see a quadrajet, great carbs . Keep the shots coming


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Love it!! It's amazing what you get done with your left hand staying cool!!

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Well, I guess takin a motor out with JD helping is OK, But re-installing , well, he doesn't do so well...
Went out to get the trans bolted up and got that done. Tightened all the bolts, tightened the trans mount, on to the flywheel.....
Dammit!!!! I didn't change the converter, still has the powerglide converter in it, now I have to start all over again, as the bolts on the flywheel don't line up with the holes on the converter...LOL
Maybe I'll give Jack another shot at fixin this tonight.......

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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari
1960 Laurentian Safari 
1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped)
2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD
2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD)
1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD

 

Calgary, Alberta, but raised in Peterborough
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ooh i did that once with a t350 tork and put a pg in cracked the housing....shoulda had jd n coke!

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No its just F**kin with me...LOL Got the converter changed, set the motor back in, got the trans bolted, and the converter is too tight.... Maybe have the flywheel on backwards? NO MORE JACK WHILE REPLACING MOTORS!!!! LOL!!!

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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari
1960 Laurentian Safari 
1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped)
2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD
2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD)
1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD

 

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Why are you swapping torque convertors. Shouldn't you be swapping flexplates / flywheels. I'm not a tranny expert but I'm thinking either the convertors aren't compatible or you didn't get it in all the way. Either way if it's tight you may already damaged the transmission pump. Hopefully not for your sake.



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The flywheel/converter out of the powerglide is 13" and the turbo 400 is 14" the bolts on the T400 flywheel don't line up with the powerglide converter... Only other solution is to find a different starter that will work with the PG converter/flywheel.

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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari
1960 Laurentian Safari 
1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped)
2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD
2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD)
1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD

 

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There are some flexplates out there that are drilled for different transmissions. Six holes - three holes at one diameter and three at another. Or drill yours. Just remember measure twice and drill once.



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