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thanks..im logging all this info into my head...i have waited 3 and a half years for this day...and now its coming fast..im bring the engine home...
i know one is a g but the other is another letter... i dont know which one being im not down there... so somewhere in its life on head got...
ps my 1956 olds does have a park posistion
this is the 455..it was in a boat for 3 months which brings up another question i know on boat motors they useally have adifferent cam...is there...
someone asked if i was gonna use a HEI? i didnt know what that meant..so never mind about that cuz i dont know either..and my experience on wiring...
the first set are 3 prong wires that went to the old regulator on the inside fender... the circle one connected on the post on the inside fender...
im putting a 455 olds engine in a 1956 olds car...is there anyone out there that has done this? what i need is info on what i need to buy to make...
I i live in the desert southwest..im more worried about heat than the cold
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Im buying a water pump for my early 70's 455 olds engine..question..is there a shorter water pump as i plan on putting that 455 in my 56...
im going to bond some metal on my ride...im thinking of using lord fusor..question is for those out there that use this or another brand..where...
thanks badshifter....
so i wonder why they sent me that rubber boot...as far as the peg..am i suppost to use that? and am i putting it in the right way? thanks
I got this brake booster of ebay and it came unassembled without instructions..i pretty much know how all it goes together except the 2 peices in...
i checked in the space behind the bolt and felt the bolt head and its round...not even a type you can get a socket on... im thinking its one of...
yep the lower one is just a nut..the bolt is in the fender pionted in to the car (photo #1).. the top one though screws into the fender as seen in...
ps on that facebook page we have people fron italy germany and all different parts of the world...some just had cars shipped from the usa to their...
im thinking ya would have to register..meaning make a account...you pretty much can make up a name and anything else so you dont have to worry...
i was the same way on this facebook thing...but i have to admit this one has tons of people with tons of advise right at the drop of a hat...i...
PS.. im Shane have fun with your build
https://www.facebook.com/groups/54to56Olds/ click on this you will like :)
ps this lower bolts from the outside are useally rusted good...on my first car a tryed to wrench them and broke all of them off...a pain....the...
like i say there are only 2 bolts inside that you unloosen and they hold the fender to the cab....i have pointed to the holes from the outside...
these are the two you dont want to mess with..unless you want to straighten out your hood placement...the are by the upper firewall
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I just took off both my front fenders...there are 2 bolts that are inside the car that you have to access by pulling that lower pannel made out of...
seems the 700 is the mid size between the 400 which most people put in and the 200... if i go with the 700 am i gonna have to cut some of my x...
thanks for the replys
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