Freightrain

Ya, pretty sure my old 673 had flywheel studs, no piston coolers. Mine didn't have oil cooler either.

Kevin All is getting me a box for me while the motor is out.

Bought it in 1992, all original 289ci/spd OD. Turned into racecar in1995 and have run it ever since. Still a stick shift. 427 FE, 5 spd. Has gone 10.15@130 mph. This picture is the track I started at, Magnolia dragway. The name is a take off from a fellow years ago that ran an original 1964 R code galaxie called "Galactic Warrior". Liberty Equalizer 5 spd, same transmission they run in Pro stock today. The badasses you can buy. It's like jewelry on the inside!

The single disc behind my 237 pulls 30k lbs easily. I have the pump, tank and lines for the power steering.

Friday night in the garage. The pan is on. Geez that was a PITA, sorta. Lost a front big bolt, got all the rest in and the two fronts would not start. Had to bang the pan around and they finally started. Had to jerry rig the one bolt until I buy another but at least it is torqued down to set the RTV. Went ahead and bolted flywheel on. I wire wheeled the lugs and they are pretty straight yet so I won't be screwing with them. Just will make sure new clutch plate floats good. Did get the compressor bolted on last week. And a new coolant line made. I will be cleaning up the injection pump and get it bolted on next. I can now clean up the corners of the block and wash it up for paint. Baby steps. I know now that the new rear seal is in, the crank is WAY harder to spin. Wow, that tightened things up. No, the three injectors have not come out yet.

I would follow Brockys advice. Get it running and then see how they drive. If you have never driven trucks like this it won't be a quick thing to just hop in a drive. 26 yrs ago when I bought mine it took a summer of driving to get proficient and comfortable.

The "20" is not really the number of useable gears. Lo-lo can only be used in first gear,so 16 real gears in a single over box down to 13 in a double over box.

Most quad boxes are really just a Triplex with a deep under which is only good in 1st gear. So you don't really shift it that many times. A double OD quad has even less gears as you don't split 5th at all. Just a heads up if you aren't aware of how they shift.

I ordered generic felts from a supplier and once I pressed them into the channel they pinched tight and glass is tough to move. I kinda rubbed some fuzz off with a razor blade and used some Vaseline on them to make it easier. I would have been in trouble if I had actually gotten power windows for it. They wouldn't have been able to move. I hung the new door shells on my truck in my tiny stall. Ya, it was a PITA. Did wait to install glass, so it was "easier". I hung them, aligned them, then drilled pilot hole in hinge so I could take them off and get them painted. Wash, rinse, repeat.

My local shop did my core for $1200. Bit smaller then your large version.

Vent window is in first. Then assembled door panel with glass rolled completely down. Once panel installed you can roll the glass up into channel in the vent window. My new felts for vent channel is too tight and windows are very hard to crank. Been loosing up over time but slowly.

Good to see you back Swishy. Always enjoy your videos! Love the pics of heavy stuff!

This∆∆∆∆∆ Could have a clutch brake on the quad box, could have 2" input and 9 spd could be smaller and shorter. Back box will be longer for quad over duplex which changes driveshaft. What reason are you wanting to change them? Is the quad a double overdrive?

Well, $399 plus shipping got me the rear seal installer tool from Freedom Tool. Lickety split, the rear seal is installed. I installed the housing and then installed base, the "E6" spacer, and wrenched the wear ring and rear seal right down. Only problem was the wear ring wasn't down enough so I used the "E7" spacer and it took it down .025 deeper the flywheel pilot. Nice. Spent some time with wire wheel to clean surface rust out of pan(hot tank makes bare metal rust if you don't get something on it). It's ready, the gasket has been flattened out for the last few weeks, two tubes of RTV ready, bolts ready, blue lock tite ready. Likely not get back to it until next Tuesday. Have plans Thurs and all weekend so it has to wait. Too late to worry about getting it all up now. Still no luck on the injectors. I tipped the heads up some so the blaster will get all the way around the tube as it sits in that pocket. Tick, tock.

Liquids to soften crud, air chisel and a puller. Haven't trashed an injector yet,but surely beat them to death. Only stripped two of the spacers so far.