Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!
Woke up around 10:30 to pee for the 4th time. No I don't have a bladder or prostate problem. I have a drinking problem. Ever since I stopped drinking alcohol…
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…
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…
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…
1999* Chevrolet Silverado K1500 pickup
* This vehicle was built and sold as a 1999 vehicle but it is in the "old" body style which supposedly was only built till 1998. The new body which…