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@@BuckMcghee thank you 🍻🍻

Our "good enoughs" are clearly different

@@whiplashmachine doesn't answer my question.

Fine. It would be quicker to hack at it and hope for the best😁

@@whiplashmachine that's bs.

Oh ok

@@anthonythibodeau81 them buses are pretty tough

Nah. If I did I would've showed them😏

Left him mumas today. He prefers the couch over shop lol

The earlier years were a bit thicker but had shorter decks and lots of inconsistency in deck heights and core shifting. Your 72 would be a good one as it's not super thin like the late models and has the factory target of 9.025" on the decks. Which give room for squaring.

@@happygarage6310 that was a Harland Sharp rocker spacer for Ford FE. Needed some adjustments.

@@happygarage6310 I was told a die grinder was used. Click the related video link for full video

@whiplashmachine never have I ever. It should be common knowledge for someone doing such things that a socket normally works in a pinch. I got a like on the longer video, I'm sure, I'll check it out again

@@edsmachine93 oh I hear you👍 Not to one up you here but I have turned in thousands. Ten years in very busy automotive machine shops servicing garages, dealers and backyard wrenches. Plus we had a huge parts division. So many would bring their rotors and drums in for inspection and if not worth turning because of condition or cost comparison to new, we would sell them a new one.right tjen and there. But I turned dozens a month, every month.

@@happygarage6310 thanks 🍻

@@lcmotorvehiclerepair3961 thankyou, I appreciate that greatly🍻.

@@midway27272727 the plate locates to the mains using the mounting bar and also the cam bore with fitted plugs.

@@whiplashmachine Thank you !

@@edsmachine93 Hi Ed. Yea, these older ones are always fun to see how out they can be. So far for me it has been the 60's big block Chevys that have been out the most. Especially 396/402 engines. Explains why so many intakes broke the bolting ears off back in the day Even the intaks had incorrect angles. I just recently trued up a pair 427 tri power intakes that wouldn't seal and both of them were a few degrees off from 90°

@@edsmachine93 Thanks Ed. I know, I am away long periods at a time but allis good. I have come into an opportunity that will allow me to spend more time making video's on my shop projects. Just finishing up some little details and then I can dust off the recording/editing gear.

Same crank between both.

@@FordRanchero289 there not technically the same crank though, one has the additional oil sling ring on the back and the other dosnt 🤔

Thanks Ed. Definitely not a common job. Even less common with the limited production 400 blocks. Not sure I ever had to do that to a 400 yet.

Thanks Ed, been quite busy. Lots of changes going on over here. All for the better though👍

I would trust the jig. You don't know the history of the engine, it may have been decked by a shop badly in the past, and even if it wasn't not everything that left the factory was 100%

This comment just proves you have never measured blocks before

@@joey66436 I absolutely trust my fixture. I have inspected it with multiple machines to ensure it is true. I am the first one to manipulate this block. The fact is was out roughly 0.010" over that distance from the centerline means very little to the production blocks. They vary greatly and the older they get, the more out to lunch they become. Some of the Chevy engines from the 60's and early 70's are out so far, you wonder how the intake gaskets even sealed. By late 70's, the blocks start to measure much better and by late 90's they are usually pretty damn close. But still not as good as they could be and since I need to run a dial accross the decks anyways for my setups, might aswell try to pin it ss close as I can

I held it up, showed it and mentioned the size in the video😢 23/32

My bad sorry

Thank you, I appreciate that very much🍻

Thankyou. Nothing too exciting around here for builds. May find some extra time soon for video making though.

Oh yeah. This one was easy peasy.