complete rebuild and new member

Hi every one I have a 68 b2000 I've had for 6 years. I blew a head gasket 2 years ago parked it and brought it back to life this weekend so I could use it as a gas saver back and forth to hunt camp. After the machine shop build took 3 days one person no lift no garage
.I got a rebuild kit from rock auto for 280
Machine shop cost 250 .40 over
Installed a weber carburetor 280 no more vacuumed lines
Oil purple royal full synthetic fan belt about 100$ at orileys. I may be forgetting something but a great fun build. So I got about $810 in the build plus beer cost.... it was so easy if I can do it anyone can welcome all questions and comments

Post up some pics!

I'm going to assume that 68 is supposed to be 86.

*** Full synthetic is not recommended until after the break-in period! ***

Welcome to the site.

Agreed!!! Made this mistake on my eg hatch built the motor to handle more boost and used full synthetic oil and K&N oil filter after about 1 week of break in I started to notice my temp gauge rising a bit and more smoke than usual coming from the exhaust. Then with in 2 weeks it got a lot worse. So I stopped driving it after my fear became a reality I fried my rings and seals due to blow by and excessive heat for using synthetic after a completely fresh rebuild. But a friend of mine did the same thing and never had a problem. So good luck and welcome to the site! Pics would be nice