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Old Nov 10, 2001 | 08:19 PM
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Old Nov 12, 2001 | 09:28 PM
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What a great site! As a new older truck owner, I sure appreciate all the great advice. I have two unrelated questions that I hope y'all can help me with.
Firstly... how large of a tire can I fit under a stock 1973 4 X 2 pickup?
Secondly, and more complicated... my truck has a remanufactured engine which I was told is a 302. In the Haynes shop manual are listed two different spark plug gaps for the 302 depending on the year. The 73 is .035 and the others are .044. How should I know which size to use?
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Old Nov 12, 2001 | 10:43 PM
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Tires, Spark Plugs... Please help.

What are the Casting numbers on the heads ?
There are two sets of numbers, BTW.

78 F-150 429CJ Silver Ex.Pkge
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Old Nov 13, 2001 | 04:36 AM
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Tires, Spark Plugs... Please help.

For the plug gap, if you have points, you want the .035, for electronic go with the .044. Sorry, can't help with tire size.
 
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