derekf
09-05-2005, 01:40 PM
(I also posted this over at Team Chevelle so my apologies to those who read it there as well.)
Yes, this is probably a post better suited to some sort of classifieds - but I don't need it to be a brand new shiny carbon fiber shaft. I don't even need to own it, I just need to borrow it for about 10 minutes.
I'm starting an LS1 conversion on my El Camino. I figured I'd start with a dyno run of the 396 as a before. Well, during the dyno run my front u-joint failed with disastrous results (could have been worse, could have been on the road).
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2005/09/08240502-1.jpg
The tow truck that brought the car home, well, he sucked at driving. He accomplished getting the car into the grass next to my driveway but also accomplished leaking hydraulic fluid all over the neighbor's grass and driveway and leaving huge ruts in his side yard so if I don't want to anger the neighbor I really need to not bring another tow truck around for a while.
I need to get the car into the garage so I can start tearing it down. My driveway has a healthy slope so I can't really push it up. It's also got one of those giant driveway gates so I can't really use another car to push it around.
Anyone in the DFW area got a driveshaft that fits a 69 Elky with a short tail TH350? Best option would be to borrow it just long enough to get the car into the garage but I'm not completely opposed to buying one. I don't need anything spiffy; doesn't even need to have great u-joints so long as it can hold up to the immense strain of getting the car up the drive. Once the engine swap is done I'm sure I'll need a different length driveshaft anyway so I'd prefer to go cheap here.
The front u-joint cups on the existing shaft were destroyed when it was spinning around so I don't think having my existing shaft repaired will be all that cheap.
Renting a driveshaft would be fine as well; I've got cash and I've got beer. Anyone able to help? Pretty sure that 68-72 is the same length and others may be as well.
Yes, this is probably a post better suited to some sort of classifieds - but I don't need it to be a brand new shiny carbon fiber shaft. I don't even need to own it, I just need to borrow it for about 10 minutes.
I'm starting an LS1 conversion on my El Camino. I figured I'd start with a dyno run of the 396 as a before. Well, during the dyno run my front u-joint failed with disastrous results (could have been worse, could have been on the road).
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2005/09/08240502-1.jpg
The tow truck that brought the car home, well, he sucked at driving. He accomplished getting the car into the grass next to my driveway but also accomplished leaking hydraulic fluid all over the neighbor's grass and driveway and leaving huge ruts in his side yard so if I don't want to anger the neighbor I really need to not bring another tow truck around for a while.
I need to get the car into the garage so I can start tearing it down. My driveway has a healthy slope so I can't really push it up. It's also got one of those giant driveway gates so I can't really use another car to push it around.
Anyone in the DFW area got a driveshaft that fits a 69 Elky with a short tail TH350? Best option would be to borrow it just long enough to get the car into the garage but I'm not completely opposed to buying one. I don't need anything spiffy; doesn't even need to have great u-joints so long as it can hold up to the immense strain of getting the car up the drive. Once the engine swap is done I'm sure I'll need a different length driveshaft anyway so I'd prefer to go cheap here.
The front u-joint cups on the existing shaft were destroyed when it was spinning around so I don't think having my existing shaft repaired will be all that cheap.
Renting a driveshaft would be fine as well; I've got cash and I've got beer. Anyone able to help? Pretty sure that 68-72 is the same length and others may be as well.