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If you grab a main cap from another engine there is a high probability that it won't align close enough to line bore. You might have to try half a dozen caps before you find one that is close enough. ( Of course you MIGHT get lucky on the first one.....but I never have!)

Ground the opening so I could drill and tap to 1/2". Got some steel tubing packed it full of sand and welded ends tempoarily with a tiny vent so I could heat and bend it enough to work. Welded it to a 1/2" nipple and attached it all to a fabricated screen assy.

The 273 caps are approx. 1.996 tall and the 340 caps will be approx. 2.247 tall. Same bore, but they may not line up exactly so if the fit is close they will need a line bore. The 340 caps are usually a few thousandths wider on the outside. Bolts are different length and 340 had special bolts...

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The Caterpillar dealers usually stock a lot of the fasteners that haerdware stores etc, don't too. I've found quite a few heavy and extra heavy washers, heavy nuts, etc, at mine.....or they can look 'em up by dimension and usually have 'em in a day.

Did you try calling them? Even when Ken still owned the business he often didn't have them on the shelf but would make them when he got an order.

If you call ARP they will tell you that this is the first they've heard of it but if you hang in there the person at ARP will send you their fix.... a bolt to replace the stud.

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The first two 69s I worked on were red and I was a little bit surprised when I started seeing that the normal color for 69 were blue/turquois. They were definately a different color (more blue) than the turquois used on big blocks.

If you need a back glass there is a guy just east of St. Louis with one for sale.

What is it currently pulling for vacuum?

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Oil Filters WIX Baldwin Length 51515 B2 5.197" 51068 B233 4.338 51085 B34 3.836 51348 B7491 3.404 51335 B7221 2.483

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Where do you folks get cylinder head gaskets for a 273 that don't have a 4"+ fire ring? I used the last of my stash a few years back and now when a friend wants to rebuild his 273 I don't find anything at parts houses other than the ones for 340/360 bore.

I thought S&S Cycles bought and owns Crane cams...? I also thought General Kinetics was bought by Lunati, then when Holley bought Lunati GK was just shut down....?

From my old memory as far as street cams go, the Crane Fireball was either really popular back then or they gave away a lot of stickers There were also quite a few Crane Blazer stickers in the windows of cars that went clickety clack.

You will not need the tool if you exercise reasonable caution. You do not need to remove the distributor. Yes, a dab of silicone is the tried and true method for sealing the timing cover corners back up to the pan gasket. Your new timing cover set will probably have the small end pieces for...

A friend waited several months on completing his 455 build due to cam core shortage. His builder told him the company that supplies the cores to aftermarket cam companies has committed all of their capacity to an OEM. He was finally able to find an individual who had several cams saved for...

What was called turquois for small blocks was very different from the turquois of the big blocks. The fact that it was called turquois has lead to confusion but it was more of a light to medium blue with none of the pale blue/greenish cast of the big block turquois.

Welcome! Back in the 70s a friend put a 318 in an old military surplus jeep to use as his ranch buggy. He got an adapter bellhousing from JC Whitney. We fabricated everything else. I would assume someone still makes adapters for your combo as older Jeep/v8 swaps are one of the most common...

I've had that happen too. I had a Comp timing chain for a very mild build and when I put it on there was way more slack than I thought it should have so I dug through my stuff and found a used Cloyes Tru-Roller and installed it. It is still running strong. Some of the new replacement chains...

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A friend ran those on his old Willys Jeep with a 340 in it for several years with no issues. He ran them for header clearance. He did change oil regularly though, but no problem even revving into the higher 6k area.

A Tractor Supply might have fine all thread B7. If not Fastenal will or most general machine shops keep some fine thread all thread, they might sell you a piece.

Get a piece of b7 threaded rod and thread it all the way into the good threads so it bottoms out. Then you can use a nut on the snout end.

You wil have to find a good rear main cap from somewhere. (these can come from a 318 as they are the same but 318 forward caps are shorter.) The others can be bought aftermarket from places, like ProGram, and fitted. If you get used factory replacements or aftermarket they will need to be...