My 6.0 swap into 82 Chevy

[team39763]

I just measured and ordered the driveshaft.  I measured 61.5" from pinion yoke to transmission.  If that sounds wrong, somebody please let me know ASAP.  I'm sending my trans yoke to them along with the driveshaft yokes so they could determine which ujoints I have.  I couldn't find a definate answer and I'd rather be safe than sorry.  Hopefully this turns out right, I'm gonna be really mad at myself if I measured wrong and can't use my new driveshaft.

[123 pugsy]

I've always asked the guy making up the shaft how I should measure it and no problems.

[team39763]

I used the instructions from Denny's Driveshaft, but I always seem to mess up stuff like this.

[team39763]

Got my new driveshaft today....time to go get into some trouble. Just kiddin', I'm gonna take it around the block to see if the gears are making any noise and see how the trans shifts now.  Hopefully monday I will have my registration for the truck, that way I can take it out to the farm road and do some carb tuning and mess with the timing.

[beastie_3]

Awesome ride, man.

[team39763]

Thanks. I should have the pics uploaded soon.  Video will have to wait, since I wired the truck wrong...it doesn't turn off unless I remove the key and the kill switch.

[team39763]

The video didn't come out right, so we'll have to make another one.  The truck ran pretty good today.  I jetted down(probably the wrong move).  I was gonna put the driveshaft in, but the bolts on my differential yoke are mushroomed and beat to crap.  I'm planning to cut a slot in each bolt and unscrew them with a screwdriver.  Anybody know the thread pitch on these bolts? Or the part# to get new ones?

[beastie_3]

Couldnt tell ya, but if you can save them when you take them out, most hardware stores and auto stores have templates to match them up.

[team39763]

I'll try that then.

[team39763]

Got some pics and some video for you guys.  My wife has the camera, but she'll be back in a minute and I'll post the pics, we're still trying to figure out how to upload the videos(they're some odd type of file that our computer doesn't read).

[team39763]

Sorry it's so dirty, we live in a dirty/dusty town.

It needs to be lowered 2 more inches in the front.

[team39763]

how it sounds.

[team39763]

Here's one with the new hood.  My wife is responsible for the fitting/dzus work...I was gonna be a caveman and run ugly hood pins which probably would have been misaligned and awkward.

[Captkaos]

Sounds Good,  Nice work so far.

[SUX2BU99]

Yep, sounds good. Sounds cammy too, which cam do you have? It lifts the front end nicely too when he got on it. That's awesome. You have the 1-piece window kit or are they lexan windows that don't roll down anymore?