inzel Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Just picked this thing up. 104k. Interior near perfect. Nice body with a tab bit of rust on the bed. Blown head gasket. Dude said he bought it from Grandma and drove it for a few weeks. Changed the oil and the gasket blue shortly after that. Starts up and runs but blows white smoke after it warms up. I still have my other 720 with a ton of new parts which I havent put on it yet (headers, 38/38, etc etc) Im thinking that I will repair the gasket on this one and just get the head machined at the same time. Put my cam, headers, and carb on this one. Then pull the motor and tranny (and all the other parts I want off it) out of my other one, throw it on the engine stand and rebuild it from top to bottom. Couple outside pics. Ill grab more in a day or two. 1 Quote Link to comment
filthy forever Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 very clean B) near perfect interior huh? im jealous hahaha. looks like you have some good plans for it, good luck. Quote Link to comment
DaveZilla Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Nice clean truck... Excellent Score :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
inzel Posted January 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 $500... couldnt pass it up. Here are a couple more pics I have searched through the forums and found a couple good write-ups on replacing the head gasket but if anyone has any thoughts they would like to throw in on that subject... please do so. All is appreciated. Also... doing a 5-spd swap when it gets a bit warmer out. 1 Quote Link to comment
DaveZilla Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Head gasket swaps are pretty much straight forward on these, just be sure that the block deck and head surface are perfectly clean and not warped, check it really good with a straight edge and a feeler gauge for warpage, and if suspected or if anything mearures .004" or more, have the surfaces milled flat, otherwise, it's a straight forward and easy install. Quote Link to comment
inzel Posted January 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Nice. Im looking forward to getting it done. I want to get this thing on the road 100% stock to see how it feels and mod it from there. Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 love me some 720s! Quote Link to comment
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