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A day at the classic car junk yard

2nd January 2008 by Carl King No Comments

My sister came down from Canada with her husband and kids, as well as my best friend growing up. Naturally the girls wanted to do nothing but shop and the guys had better things in mind, like a day at the junk yard. I spent a bit of time trying to find a good classic [...]

Replacing a chevy 305, Con’t

23rd May 2007 by Carl King No Comments

I’m no emissions expert and replacing the motor in my 86 GMC with all those vacuum lines seems to be a challenging proposition for a classic car guy like me. Even though the vacuum lines are documented on the sticker in front of the radiator, I had to make my own drawing. The sticker shows [...]

Replacing a chevy 305

23rd May 2007 by Carl King No Comments

Wow! It’s been a marathon 2 weeks. The Chevy 305 motor in my 86 GMC seized and I had to swap it out with another Chevy 305. At first I didn’t realize the engine was seized and thought the problem was the starter. I bench tested the starter and it seemed to be working fine. [...]

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