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That is the same advice Wanderlust gave me - which makes me sigh. Thank you
That is not what I was hoping to hear - but thanks
SO - I won't repost pictures of the pistons above - but how do I get the rings out of the grooves? Of the 24 rings I have, abour 3 of them have...
2 gauge 0 gauge Either of those will work. As you know, make sure you have a good ground connection.
I am sorry about your trouble. You could file in small claims, serve the business notice yourself, write up your claim and arguments and present...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A couple of piston pics and a fairly typical example of a cylinder
As it turned out - it wasn't much of a fight. 6 of them more or less fell out with a little tapping from a hammer handle. 1 was REALLY stuck, and...
The crank & cam turn. #4 cylinder was a rusty mess - #7 was about half as bad - the rest were fine (at least as far as that goes for having sat...
It is certainly rust on the timing chain - there is also some slop in it, but that is not what is / was keeping it stuck. Need to get the damper...
All 8 pistons are OUT - tapped them out with a wooden hammer handle. #4 was the worst offender - for that I needed a short 2x4 and about 6 whacks...
[ATTACH] Here is (left to right) #1 & #5 after I wiped some oil off of them. There is side-play in the rod+crank journal everywhere. About equal...
I tried that a lot - even used a cheater bar. Oil, hammer, crank for days and days while I worked on other car stuff. At this point since the...
I will try that tomorrow or Thursday. I also need to go borrow a puller to remove the damper so I can get the front off.
The first picture is the worst of the ridge (#1 & #6 both look about the same ... these are the cylinders that drank lubricating oil like a sieve...
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/stuck-292-y-block.1247126/ I posted the update over here - in a thread with a more appropriate title.
I gave it all of the PB Blaster Max and Liquid Wrench it could drink. #1 oil would disappear after a day or two and #6 would take a week or so to...
I am picking up from this thread: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/292-y-block-valve-spring-removal.1245880/ with a title that is more...
3x2 looks very cool. 2x4 gives more power and is easier to maintain. Aesthetically speaking - I think 3x2 is Hot Rod esque, while 2x4 feels like...
Really love the exhaust
In that case, you might be able to get them to pay you $50 to tow it away
Well - I got the engine out, and then put it back in. Silly me, I assumed I had the adapter arms for the engine stand I was borrowing. I did not...
Dadgummit - I forgot to say THANK YOU for your counsel
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Body wise - It...
Bwhahah ... My singular accomplishment in this domain is a lawn mower engine I did in 7th grade shop. I know that a 390fe gives me twice the...
I have had them work ... But the ones that work are the ones you can hear. About the size of a shoe box. I have not had luck with the ones that...
I will hopefully let you know next week - home and job are interfering with my garage time.
It did move ... I beat on the piston tops with a hammer + a stick and it moved. [ATTACH] Back and forth about 1/2 ~ 1 inch of piston travel...
The bellhousings are not interchangeable.
Thanks - he shared a couple of those pictures with me in response to a different question I had, but I didn't realize he took a similar...
You are the 3rd person in my Puget Sound area who has offered that observation.
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