Put a 283 Chev V8 in my 1936 Chev pickup in the summer of 1967, when I was 18. I hadn't put any assembly lube in the engine when I put it back together, so it would hardly turn over (I had washed all the part with gasoline, so they were pretty dry). Luckily, the neighbor walked me through fixing that.
Bigger problem was the PowerGlide transmission. I had not installed the kick-down rod from the carburetor to the transmission, thinking it was just there to kick the tranny down into low when you punched the gas, and figured I could handle that manually. Found out later (when the transmission quit working) that it also controlled the oil pressure in the transmission, and wasn't optional. Oops. . .
And speaking of automatics, did you know that if you cruise around the WSU campus all of a spring afternoon in low gear in your '59 Ford Galaxie with Ford-o-matic (to take maximum advantage of the excellent dual exhaust sound), you'll burn up reverse?
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Today's Featured Article - 12-Volt Conversions for 4-Cylinder Ford 2000 & 4000 Tractors - by Tommy Duvall. After two summers of having to park my old 1964 model 4000 gas 4 cyl. on a hill just in case the 6 volt system, for whatever reason, would not crank her, I decided to try the 12 volt conversion. After some research of convert or not, I decided to go ahead, the main reason being that this tractor was a working tractor, not a show tractor (yet). I did keep everything I replaced for the day I do want to restore her to showroom condition.
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