Inliners International Forums General Discussion Engines on the road again

Soon anyway. Our '40 Chevy 2 door sedan has sat undriven for about the last year but I'm going to change that over the next few weeks. It has a '62 261 out of a school bus that had 42,000 miles on it when I put it in. I installed a syncronized 3 speed Muncie transmission with a 3.08 12 bolt rearend. It will get a new clutch kit, with the flywheel resurfaced, a valve adjustment, and a tune up, plus an oil change.
The car has Mustang II IFS, using the crossmember from the mustang, with manual steering and GM midsize/S10 calipers and rotors. It drives great. We've had the car since 1980 or 81 so it's like part of the family.

GREAT!! Get 'em out and keep 'em rollin'!!

That sounds like a great ride and getting it back on the road is a great goal! A friend loaned me a '40 four door for a few months in Montana over 50 years ago. I t was all stock and I was surprised at where it would go,how well it handled the snow and how it did on the highway when ever I found one.

I found the clutch to be stuck TIGHT. I tried and tried but was unable to free it so I removed the driveshaft and moved the car to a level spot where I can get it up on stands and go ahead and replace the clutch. I think I'll mark the "other two" 120 degree positions on the flywheel for the valve adjustments while I have it off.
There is a new water pump to go on the car also, before it hits the road again. I am using an early pump with the adapter plate on the later engine.

A lot of stuff has been going on and I have not been able to change the clutch yet. I bought two throw-out bearing forks for it quite some time ago because the one in the car is damaged. Today I cleaned both the new ones and will use one when I change the clutch, soon now I hope.

It's all progress! Life has been in the way here for a while. This is going to be a fun ride!