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Curious.........What did you end up with? I started my project with a 327 and a T-5 trans. I found the 327 on Craig's List and I tore it down before bolting it in. Man was that a good idea, it had two cracks in the block and the heads were not a matching pair. I was trying to stick to...

Wow! This project has taken a turn for the worse. Had to pull the motor & trans. and man what a pain. Looks like I'm down for a few weeks......I'm going to have to have some machine work done.

Tom, I'm using one of those generic turn signal switches that clamps onto the column. I had to do a little thinking to make it work, but I got it figured out. The wiring is done with the exception of the horn....(I just haven't decided what I'll be using for a horn yet.) I've been busy trying...

Tom those are awsome! I don't have to do it now! I thought I would have the thing finished up today, but had a little plumbing problem to take care of at the house. Hope to get some stuff done tommorrow afternoon, but it'll probably be a few days before I can take her out for a test...

This may help out as well....... Old bread rack from a grocery store with plastic Coke cartons for sorting out small pieces.

I was just going through my notes and it looks like I have to make one more harness and that will only contain the temp. sending wire, and oil press. sending wire. The only circuits left to complete after all of this, originate at the fuse panel and stay under the dash (12v for guages, 12v for...

I made two more harnesses tonight. I made the harness going from the switch panel to the rear of the chassis. It has 5 wires: Fuel Pump, Tail Lights, Rt. Rear Turn, Lt. Rear Turn, and Fuel Tank Sender. The other harness goes from the switch panel to guages & turn signal switch. It has 4...

With the phase converter I have it would be a major pain. I thought about this today and realized I also have a phase converter on the Bridgeport and it's main power switch has three positions.....reverse to the right, off in the middle, and forward to the left. All I need to do is find one of...

Thanks for the insight on the relays Tom. I'm running two relays........one for the fan and other for elec.fuel pump and they are the only two added circuits powered from the Ign. switch. My headlights are wired directly to the batt.post on the starter with a 10ga. wire which was how GM did it...

It seems as though I have the same problem with tapping tubing without having a lathe. I was wondering if you have been able to tap long pieces with your setup? Most of my tapping is on pieces longer than 2' and I'm usually putting a left hand tap on the opposite end. Is there any chance that...

The other simple thing I thought I would share is my scrap metal rack. It's actually an old bread rack from a grocery store. The store mgr. let me have it because it had a bad caster on it. I use some of the old Coke plastic trays as bins to seperate and sort out my scrap metals. I keep all...

The first thing I have to share is my lead bricks. I used these back when I was building a few race chasis and they seem to have endless uses. I made them by recycling wheel weights. YES, it's lead and it is toxic so whatever your process, be careful........wear a respirator and gloves, and...

To keep things as simple as possible I broke things down like this........ The ignition switch has four wires: Battery, Ignition/Coil, Starter, and Accessory. I made one harness for these wires to travel from switch to the terminal block on side of fuse panel. The headlight switch harness...

I really wanted to be able to match all of the wire colors from the junction blocks to the terminations, however, my budget right now is not allowing it. So after doing a little shopping at Lowes and Home Depot I found where to buy wire cheap. They both have 14ga., 12ga., and 10ga. stranded...

I've done the same labeling Tom but they sure are proud of that tape that goes in these label machines. The clear heatshrink I have is in a 3M HeatShrink kit that came from NAPA. NAPA has an electrical products catalog that has all kinds of stuff in it, but you will probably have to ask them...

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Keep the plugs on the ends of the wires if possible..........IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO DETERMINE WHAT WIRE IS GOING WHERE! What I mean is........if you know what plug mates to the headlight switch, then you know what wires mate to the headlight switch. Most of this stuff is common logic if you...

Hey guys, I'm new here but been keeping up with you for a while. I've been building a 42 Ford rat truck for the last year or so and I'm not far from having it ready to go. I haven't taken pictures of the build through all of its stages like some others and I can't offer much as far as that...