I got the transmission bolted up and leaking frost plug replaced, motor mounts on and was all excited about FINALLY, after 4 years of all this siting here, getting it together. Apparently I also forgot I needed to change something on the engine too. I couldn't get it to set down far enough for the bolt holes to line up. It came out of a 69 C10...:sad:
Now I need to get a Chevelle pan and change that too. :( Anyone have a spare pan I can buy ?
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might want to shine up the engine compartment a bit before you bolt it in :) ;)

j/k, looks good sitting in there

Wait.....It took 4 years to get it together.....well its start but some gas in a spray bottle and a wire brush and clean it up and then may be spray it down with some paint.

might want to shine up the engine compartment a bit before you bolt it in :) ;)

j/k, looks good sitting in there

Can't be havin' the engine compartment the only shiny part of the car........:noway:

ya need to throw some dirt on that water pump :yes:

If you are using headers you are going to wish you put them in before sitting the engine down, at least the drivers side.
Ron

just go to the summit racing site. 30 bucks. for brand new panhttp://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=SUM%2DG3510X&N=700+4294908216+400304+4294925232+4294840133+4294 840045+4294908021+115&autoview=sku

well that didnt work. just look up SUM-G3510X

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214916&page=3

Lots of good stuff in the BBC INFO thread

see top of page 3, post #31

If your old truck engine comes with an oil pan.....
Earlier trucks have a passenger car pan that looks like this:

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/3/web/3027000-3027999/3027956_40_full.jpg

This pan will fit your Chevelle or Elky. If it is longer in the front of the sump, you will have to buy another pan. Better to know this now then find out during the middle of the night when you are trying to drop the engine into your car....
And for sure, the Corvette oil pan with the trap door does not fit a Chevelle. Ask me how I know this. Painful lesson for me and my pal Tom in 1980 trying to stuff a crate LS-7 454 into his 1970 SS Chevelle...