I bought a v8 conversion linkage from Chevy Duty or Jim Carter. It works
with the stock pedal and works OK. I have had times where it would stick,
usually when open quite a bit, so it takes some adjusting to get it right.
>From: "Devin Timmons" <64bowtie@quik.com>
>Reply-To: "Devin Timmons" <64bowtie@quik.com>
>To: "oletrucks list" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Subject: [oletrucks] motor swap
>Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 21:03:37 -0700
>
>hey gang, got the 327 dropped into my truck this weekend. Took about 4
>hours
>to get the 235 removed, then about another 2 hours to actually get the 327
>sitting on its mounts in the engine bay. Came home from work tonight and
>spent 3 hours arguing with the transmission about going in place, but with
>the
>help of a neighbor, it finally went in. Sure wish I had known I had to
>seperate them to do this. Now I have run into some other little problems.
>I
>understood that I would have to do something with the throttle linkage, but
>hadn't been able to get a good look at it until I was actually taking the 6
>out. What I had worked fine for the 6, but how did the factory set it up
>to
>work with a 283? The only catalog I have here is LMC, and they don't list
>anything for that. I'd rather stay with stock looking stuff than go to a
>cable, so any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>Devin
>'57 3100
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