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I worked at a body shop in high school in the early 80's. One time I leaned against the quarter of a mid 70's Buick and it sprung back. I started...
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Exactly. That is the only way to set initial timing. Once it's up and running you can put the timing light on it.
I presoaked and pumped up the lifters on this engine.
I was reading some of the other posts about the Chinese lifters. It's too bad that crap is overtaking hot rodding like it is everything else. It's...
Last night I ran the valves and then checked the compression. 180-200 psi on all eight. Today I buttoned her up, checked to make sure initial...
I'm gonna try and work on it some tonight and tomorrow afternoon. Not kerosene, I don't even have any of it around. I didn't get as much done last...
Nothing to it. There is a piece sticking out that I caught my finger on but it wasn't blown out, just a sharp edge.
What would the difference have been if they were left alone?
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Here's the latest, hooked leak down tester to it. Two of the cylinders had 4 psi difference between gauges and one had 12 psi difference. No air...
Just borrowed the leak down tester from Russco and will try to mess with it this weekend. Gonna pump some air in and see where it goes.
My plan was to use the fittings to add air to the cylinder to see where it goes. The valves are closed so if air comes out of the exhaust or...
I was going to use the leak down tester to add air to the cylinders in a controlled (sealed) manner to see what happens. If the pressure holds the...
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