Build update

[Ifitaintbroke]

Weeeeelllllllll.......

The stroker build fell through. Had the crank and rods in my hands. Ordered the pistons($1100) and after a week with no update on shipping, contacted the manufacturer. They said the pistons would be expected the beginning of May. Canceled the order and sent the rods and crank back. That was back in April. Now it's June 21st and I still don't have my block back from the machine shop. They've had it since mid-March.

So, putting the stock bottom end back in, going all Eddy on top.

60679 heads, 75cc chambers
Performer plus cam
Performer intake(still have to buy)
Comp cast aluminum rockers
Cast aluminum valve covers
Not sure on carb yet but will probably use an Eddy 1406 for initial startup and break-in.
Points distributor with Pertronix Ignitor 3 module(multiple spark)
Cvf racing serpentine belt setup
AC DELETE
Saginaw power steering pump(from a 93 chebberado)
Too much more small stuff to list

Custom instrument cluster is complete.
Speedometer, tachometer, vacuum, fuel, oil, water, and volts all by Autometer.
AFR gauges by AEM Electronics.
Lots of hard work and frustration by me.

[Ifitaintbroke]

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[Ifitaintbroke]

Now, can anyone tell me why all the holes in the water pump are plugged? You won't guess.

[Ifitaintbroke]

[ArdWrknTrk]

Mud daubers a big problem for you this time of year?

[Gary Lewis]

Yes, that would be my guess as well.  

[Ifitaintbroke]

Wow. I didn't think anyone would get that right off. They are a problem year round right here. Painted that pump all nice in Ford dark blue, left it in the garage for a while, happened to look at it and... several hole were plugged with dirt. So, after spending 20 minutes cleaning the clay and paralyzed caterpillars out of them, I decided to plug them with paper towels so it wouldn't happen again. Worst part about  it is that I knew better. Y'all have them too?

[Gary Lewis]

We certainly do in Okiehoma.  Tuesday we were changing the fluorescent lights out to LED in our church's gym and found them in some of the lights - in the gym.  How they got in there frequently enough to build nests I don't know.  I can see one or two of them getting in once, but to get in consistently enough to build a nest...  

[81-F150-Explorer]

We have them in California too.

Plugged up the vacuum holes to a carburetor I had on the self in my shed. It didn't need a rebuild before that.

[Ifitaintbroke]

That's why I keep most of mine in the truck.

[ArdWrknTrk]

Ifitaintbroke wrote

 Y'all have them too?

 We do have mud daubers, paper hornets. carpenter bees and ground wasps (yellow jackets) that all want to set up house in your house during summer.

We don't have any insects up here in winter when it's frozen.

Sorry to hear your build plans got sidelined.
I had a used 650 AVS on my truck for a couple of years. It worked fine once I cleaned it up, but I can't say what jetting it came with.