The longest build thread ever, at least it seems like it!

[Kaiserjeeps]

Ok so where did I leave off? My Buick engine did not seat down into the Buick Frame horns as planned. I measured the 71 J4000 out in the yard and found that the gap between frame rails was roughly 5/16 wider than the M715. I am not sure if the hopped up 502 that was in my truck or rough off roading may has caused the change, but it is fixable with hydraulic's. The rails appear straight and my eye is pretty good at seeing things like that. The bolt hole centers are spot on for the transmission cross member. So I will bolt that in and start pushing with a port-O-power. I also placed a call to Todd (fisherman) and asked him if he had any issued putting his buick 350 in his 67. It went right in he said.
Both sides look like this. Those are new rubber mounts.



So I thought something was different. The M715 shock towers have the pin welded in a few inches from the top verses a full size Jeep truck or wagoneer. So if a guy wanted a little longer shock travel for a rig that flexed offroad, you could swap in civi shock towers. I would bet you would never ever get stuck again...



While my truck had a 502 in it, this Buick 350 came with it. I was surprised to find a Poston aluminum intake on it. Seeing the HEI and a high volume oil pump makes me wonder if it has a lumpy cam or??? Poston for anyone who knows buick is a buick dedicated builder that makes good performance parts for the 350-455's etc. Pretty cool. I will be opening up this engine to see if it is in good shape. Good bearings, no flat cam lobes from low zinc oil etc.
The 350 also came with some spendy ceramic coated headers. I wonder if they will fit this rig?



So story of my life this summer. I hoped to finally grind some hours into this truck build and now I have two plow trucks to fix and some full size jeep parts to make and ship. My plow truck is ship shape and ready to go. Has been for a month Who am I kidding? I love this stuff.