I'm one of you guys now

[joe231]

pay attention!!

[TimE]

Originally Posted by joe231

I fired it up on my engine stand yesterday.....
wait did he say he ran it on an engine stand????
yep, it is a cheap harbor freight stand none the less, crazy, huh?

You, sir, are a brave soul...

[joe231]

I was running all the bad scenarios through my head while doing it and was ready to at any moment
luckily it all worked out

[JohnC]

What's so crazy about it? It has wheels, and is obviously meant for an engine to be on it?

[joe231]

good point!

[joe231]

here is what it looks like now, thanks to lots of clean up with my angle die grinder with roloc discs, and my wife's rattle can skills

[TimE]

Looks nice! Wanna swing by and clean my 5.3?

What final color are you going to use on the motor? (Of course, that's assuming that the gray is primer...)

[joe231]

took me most of the weekend to re-seal it and clean, then Megan painted...

that isn't primer, it is engine paint, and that is the color it is gonna be. water pump, brackets, and manifolds will all be black.

this is the color I wanted, but couldn't find anything in a rattle can locally

[TimE]

[pokethesmot]

that air cleaner looks crazy...what is it from

[joe231]

that is an original '65 oil bath air cleaner

[scotts62]

Hey Tim, Joe will be over to clean your engine after he comes by to clean and paint mine up Looks good dude!

[joe231]

[TimE]

Originally Posted by scotts62

Hey Tim, Joe will be over to clean your engine after he comes by to clean and paint mine up

I'll be waiting on him!

Hey Scott, you still under house arrest?

[pokethesmot]

Originally Posted by joe231

that is an original '65 oil bath air cleaner

Is there any advantageous over a regular one

[joe231]

nah, old technology, and a pain to clean the oil out and replace it....

[pokethesmot]

Originally Posted by joe231

nah, old technology, and a pain to clean the oil out and replace it....

oh i see your just going for that vintage feel lol

[scotts62]

Originally Posted by TimE

I'll be waiting on him!

Hey Scott, you still under house arrest?

na she let me go finally

[joe231]

Originally Posted by pokethesmot

oh i see your just going for that vintage feel lol

nope, that is a pic of a factory correct restored '65...I just posted it to reference the color I wanted.....puff, puff, pass bro

Originally Posted by scotts62

na she let me go finally

hey you wanna blast some exhaust manifolds for me?

I got the 200r4 trans, think I'm going to need a longer drive-shaft too......

the guy with the 700r4 is supposed to let me know something today, and I will let you know

[JohnC]

That looks great man! That color will work really well with the exterior of the truck too. Give Megan props for her painting skills, but to be careful. There are quite a few guys on here needing stuff painted.

Oh and you used the wrong emoticon.. earlier puff, puff, pass bro

[joe231]

I have a new plan for the exterior......low gloss black with red and maroon pinstripes to tie in the maroon interior.....don't know how long that will be though.....

[JohnC]

That sounds cool. That has actually crossed my mind for mine too. The satin black paint is pretty cool looking. The engine will look pretty good against that black too.

[joe231]

yeah, now I got lots of brackets, pulleys, and such to paint black...maybe next weekend I can start the swap....

[JohnC]

Yeah I need to start doing some prep work for my engine. Seeing how fast I move! I need to find some pulleys and such that are chromed now, and are going to be black whenever I swap motors out. I may see if I can sandblast the brackets and have them either powdercoated, or paint them.

Where did you get the engine paint from?

[joe231]

you have chrome pulleys now?

got the paint at auto-zone, it is Rust-Oleum high temp engine enamel



http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct....372&sid=248959

I got this for the manifolds



http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=371