What do i have?

Ricks70Duster340 said
Interesting that there are two fuel filters, one on the inlet and one on the outlet! Very interesting alternator setup too.

I do that on everything.

Protects the pump and the carb. What makes me cross eyed is the 2nd filter after the pump also ends up with sediment.

Yeah, I took the belts off half drunk, it was weird getting everything back together. I think his idea was to make sure the belt driven straight blade fan roars, but thats irrelevant now that I'm going to an electric fan, and now im forced to fix the alternator. The trans cooler runs at 300psi, and the manual clearly States in huge print do not idle the machine in drive without moving for more than 45 seconds as temps of 450* can quickly be achieved. Its got a serious torque converter. This little 318 has had its dogshit worked out of it, and about to get some more.

For years I just used a solar panel on the battery to keep the coil hot. That was honestly the ONLY electrical item on this machine. Feels dirty, weird, and unreliable adding more copper wires....

So I decided on a GM 1 wire. The housings are the same for bolt line up and adjustment.

Edit, you were quoting the TL12 machine with post 69 318swap. This is the H50 with the 1969 318.

Demonracer said
An ex father-in-law of mine had an early (68-69) LA 318 hooked to his sawmill. He and two of his other sons-in-law ran that thing until he finally sold it with the property it was on in 2005. He got it when he bought the land it was on in appx (70-71). There is no telling how many hours it turned a 48" sawblade to rough cut timber he and the two boys felled and rough cut timber year round.

Yes! neighbor did the same with a 440!!