Craig Healy wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 CH> I have a 2 ton mongrel in the driveway now.  Basically my 
 CH> snowplow rig. '83 Chevy schoolbus chassis (shortened), Ford 
 CH> 6-cylinder engine and automatic trans, Eaton 18500 two speed 
 CH> axle, and a '47 Chevy cab. I do need some body parts, BTW...
Wow.  I've never been able to figure out how some folks managed to do stuff 
across brands like that,  unless you've got some hellacious facilities or 
something.
-> CH> I suspect I'll let that '66 go.
->
-> I'll see if it's still around when I get this truck done.  And if
-> I've got a place to put it.    Right now the truck is sitting at
-> a friend's place,  I don't own,  I only rent here and there are 
-> too many vehicles here now
 CH> I know that song, only too well .
If I can keep going at this job perhaps I can do something about that as 
well. It's awfully demanding,  though,  in a very physical way,  and I am 
starting to feel like I'm approaching my limits there.
-> CH> Will keep the 440 engine, however. A forged crank/non-thinwall
-> CH> block engine is a good thing.
->
-> Yep.  I may want to step up some from that 318 I'm sticking in the
-> truck, once I put it on the road and start hauling around a 
-> camper with it.
->
-> CH> And this also has the crank drilled for a standard-shift pilot
-> CH> bushing.
->
-> What's that all about?
 CH> Some of the 440s weren't drilled for the standard shift pilot 
 CH> bushing, and some were only drilled buy not finish-reamed.  
 CH> This appears to be the right diameter to have the bushing 
 CH> installed.  Chrysler has some assembly line quirks.
Oh,  you mean standard shift as opposed to automatic?  I haven't done much of 
that sort of thing,  most of what I've ever owned has been auto...
Speaking of which if the guy I got the truck from can get a hold of these 
torque converters he's got someplace, I get to try and figure out which one 
of three or so is the right one to go with the transmission that's in the 
truck.

email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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