A Console for Betty
I know the engine isn't fixed yet, but this has been bugging me for a long time, and I have a very short attention span. The existing center console is…
Plasma Cutting Table
I have wanted to build a plasma cutting table since the day I got the plasma cutter. I have used a variety of different objects to cut on, including the…
Welding @ the Shop
4 types of welding. Stick Welding (ARC) uses a sacrificial rod that melts into the joint, usually covered with an anti oxidizing coating that turns to gas with heat. MIG…
Organizing the leftovers
Now that the chevy 350 throttle body injection motor is not going to be going into Betty, I need to get it put back together and get it out of…
The donor Betty rejected
I have been very slow to get this replacement engine finished. There has always been something nagging me from the instant we changed trucks in the the junk yard and…
Betty’s naked block
It has taken a while but I have managed to tear myself away work long enough to strip the block bare. I didn’t think I would go this far, but…
Cleanup on isle 1 of the Shop
I am notorious with those that know me, for taking care of everyone else and ignoring my own things. This has compounded itself over the years in the shape of…
Betty’s engine specs
Based on the info available from the various casting numbers and my memory of the junk truck we pulled it from, this is what Betty will be getting. GM block…
Betty’s new block teardown
Today I managed to remove the rest of the connecting rods, pistons and check all the bearings. Con Rod Bearing part number and pistons behind To figure out if the…
Betty’s new heart.
I am happy to say that the engine Tres and I got from Wrench-a-part is in far better shape that I would have expected. Sadly as it normal with my…