checked out the new 48 looks good so far

[oldmopar]

I had a chance to look at the 48 I picked up saturday. Looks good so far I changed the oil and did not feel any sludge in the pan One nice thing the oil canister has a drain plug. It looks like a newer engine was installed. I could not read the engine # yet need to hit it with a wire wheel. I did a compression test ran from 160-140 so that and the fact that its fairly clean and painted have me thinking that its newer. Was looking for a casting date but only found 2 sets of number

63

GWC3

L193

Right now the truck is out side in a dirt area so not easy to see things. I did get it running had to replace the coil, oil pressure was decent at about 30 at idle. The truck is basically complete except for the dodge nameplate for the hood and did find one in the glove box. It does have electric wipers not sure if original or added. It looks like a truck that someone had fixed up then at some point got sold and was just parked by new owners. It will need some work but not alot at least from what I see right now.

I was not looking for another project have more then enough lined up but I was bored and just scanning craigs list this popped up not to far me and the price was right