-> 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
-> across brands like that,  unless you've got some hellacious facilitie
-> something.
Trucks are bone-simple, actually.  The engine required a couple of
brackets to adapt the Ford mounts to the chassis, and the trans mount
dropped right it, oddly enough!  I took the cab mounts from the '47
chassis and adapted them to the '83 chassis.  Made a mount for the
rear of the cab, and it bolted on.  Really didn't need anything
more than torches, arc welder, and the usual drills and hand tools.
Did this one in the side yard, not even in the garage.
-> -> 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
-> that sort of thing,  most of what I've ever owned has been auto...
Yup, needs a hole to put the standard shift pilot bushing.
-> 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.
-> 
The trucks do use a different converter.  The stall speed is a bit
higher, or so I'm told.  There is not external difference, except
for some with added balance weights for externally-balanced cranks.
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