Poor Truck

Things have not been doing so well with the 'ole truck these days. I've had to make a major change in direction on the path way of modifications. I decided I'd fix an exhaust leak. The leak was where the manifold bolts to the head. Long story short, here's what the head looks like off of the engine with several broken studs.



Here's what the block looked like.



I took the heads to a machine shop. He took out the studs but tore one head down to tell me what kind of shape they were in. Bad shape. Decided to buy new heads rather than throw a bunch of money into old cast iron junk. The boxes arrived today.



Here's the clean deck (nearly clean)



Studs installed



Head Gasket



Heads sitting on the block



Torqued down



I sat the intake manifold on to take a look



I then test fit the intake manifold gasket / bath tub thing before I put the RTV on. Good thing, it was for a B block. The B block is smaller than the RB and it didn't fit. If I would have had the RTV on there I would have had a real mess to clean up. Now I get to spend some more money at AutoZone tomorrow to get the right gasket.

Once I have the right gasket, then I can bolt on the intake, the valve cover gaskets, and carb. Then I can remount the A/C and the alternator, put the belts back on and reattach all the electric. Then I get to test fit the headers. I hope these headers work with the truck. They are Summits cheap headers. I know I'm going to have some trouble, the collector is 3", the reducers are 2.5", and the exhaust line itself is only 2". That means I have to find a way to get from 2.5" down to 2" or from 3" to 2". Not cheap either way. It will also likely be a pain in the rear. Too bad I just had the the exhaust redone too. This would have been part of it.

Live and learn.

Usurped

The Superbee Blog has been usurped by my "new" '68 Dodge D100 Pickup.

I've been posting about this on my normal blog, but think I'll start posting all the relevant stuff about the truck here.

I had to go to Baton Rouge, LA to get this truck. So far, I love it.

Here's some pictures (these are the ones they sent me before I went to buy it. I'll have my own up here soon):
Front

Passenger Side

Driver Side

Rear

Engine

Interior


Vital Statistics
440ci and 727 from a '68 car w/o HP.
8 3/4 rear - gear set?

Modifications / fixes since purchase
New Holley 750 with working electric choke (The GM Quadrajet w/o a choke had to go)
New tires (BFG's baby)
New exhaust (dual 2" with Dynomax Super Turbos and Superbee tips)
Fixed the leaky passenger side axle seal and installed proper adjuster retainer
New plugs
New air cleaner
Oil change
Refreshed the rear gear oil

Upcoming Fixes
Fix driver side manifold leak
Front Disc Brake conversion
Fix heater
Replace windshield gasket
New side window window felts

Wish list
Headers
Cam
Intake manifold
Eddy heads
Electronic Ignition