Sunday, May 15, 2005

Busy day in the driveway

I have been scraping and knocking gunk off of the engine since I got it home. Today, I stood back and realized that it is starting too look pretty good. Believe me, there is a long way to go to get the old girl all cleaned up, but it is nice to see some progress. Here is a pic.

And just so I can remember where I started with this truck, here is the first picture I took of the engine, back in February, while it was sitting in the mud out at the farm. Yes, those are corncobs. I found at least 20 in the engine bay. A few even made the 45 mile ride home.

And just for grins, here is my blog entry from back then.

Before I got everything re-assembled for picture time, I installed new spark plugs and wires and a new cap and rotor. I also got the points gapped properly. I think.. We will see if this helps it run, once I install a decent carburetor.

While you wait for that to happen, you can oogle a couple of other engine pics. Here is one. And here is another.

And if you would rather google my engine, go here.

2 comments:

Rick said...

Dude, you have the factory chalk marks. Don't wash those off.

Mike said...

Yep. That is one reason I am not hitting the engine bay with a power washer. I want to make sure there are not any others left before I get the powere after it.

Those will be there when I die.