Test Drive

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Reply #25 – September 23, 2018, 10:20:01 pm

Quote from: Old phart phred – September 23, 2018, 06:59:25 pm

The DW put s set of jugs in her VW motor whith it setting on the kitchen table.

I totally rebuilt a vw motor in my dorm room, when confronted going down the elevator and out the lobby with it. I told them it was a school project. All good. A millisecond after i said i do, my new wife informed me she dosent do repairs. That's ok because i warned her i don't paint or do sheetrock, wallpaper, or picture hanging. And why the hell do you ask me what i think, like it matters.

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Reply #26 – September 24, 2018, 04:36:22 pm

While we are telling stories. 46 Chev Convertible, burned up the clutch on Friday nite, on Saturday, removed tranny and replaced clutch in driveway in time to get to dance that nite. I did know that you could not do things like that.
Gary B

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Reply #27 – September 24, 2018, 04:50:59 pm

OK, to take this one "further astray":

Newly married. We were living in Dallas. Had a job interview in Sunnyvale, CA on Monday. Had a nice 1971 VW pop top camper.

55k miles on it (mostly in Texas heat). For those not familiar with that vintage air cooled engine, it was past due to drop #3 exhaust valve. SO, on Wednesday before leaving on Friday, pulled the engine for a preventive "rings and valve job". We are in an apartment, so no clean work space/garage.

You guessed it-- dining room table for the reassembly on Friday. Dianne was due home at 5PM when we would leave. She was NOT, repeat NOT supposed to be home for lunch. Surprise, she came home for lunch. Boy was she in for a surprise. And, as she informed me in no uncertain terms the surprise was on ME. Caught red (actually oily) handed.

She went back to work, engine fully assembled (did sheet metal in the parking lot), stabbed it and we left at 5PM. Pulled into Sunnyvale Sunday PM. Yes, did the 1,000 mile oil change and then valve adjustment on the road.

It is truly amazing how many ways boys can find to get put in time out!

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Reply #28 – September 24, 2018, 06:08:24 pm

1967 Chevrolet
Had new tires put on all the way around. Noticed muffler had rotted thru and tailpipe was pretty bad. Had new exhaust system put on.
Driving home I noticed valves making too much noise. Found out the camshaft had soft lobes on that year 302 V8.
No garage so car pointed toward the back of our (new) white house so tools were close. Sunny all day, not a cloud. I wore shorts, shoes, and nothing else. Changed camshaft and lifters, done about 6:00 PM after four hours work on the engine.
DW helped me remove grease and dirt spots from my body. Turns out they acted like sunscreen. Rest of me was beet red.
Went to bed, got up at 4:00AM and we drove to Houghten/Hancock on Lake Superior by noon, then drove back to Wausau and spent the night. Next morning to Tigerton and then to Elkhart for a softball tournament, then back to Fond du Lac. Car ran great.

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Reply #29 – September 24, 2018, 06:30:07 pm

Quote from: nitehawk – September 24, 2018, 06:08:24 pm

Sunny all day, not a cloud. I wore shorts, shoes, and nothing else.

Norm,

We ALL hope this was a LONG time ago. Yes, I work that "uniform" (and looked pretty good in it"), but as with machinery, time is NOT your friend!

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Reply #30 – September 24, 2018, 06:49:46 pm

Three of us had identical painted Chevy orange 327 cu inch v8's with the same corvette 7 fin valve covers and the same 3310 Holley single carbs.

After Friday street races we would get together and figure out who was racing who Saturday night.

Internally the motors varied a lot.

We had a cherry picker and were extremely practiced at the installs and could sway all three motors between the three cars(two 58 vettes and a 65 chevelle) in three hours. No fluid losses as we pulled the engine and trans with the driveshaft still in.

Guys would want to see under your hood prior to racing. Looked the same. No block serial numbers as they were from the parts dept.

Everyone lost by two car lengths no matter their mods. No money. Just for fun

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Reply #31 – September 24, 2018, 06:58:19 pm

Quote from: nitehawk – September 24, 2018, 06:08:24 pm

1967 Chevrolet
Had new tires put on all the way around. Noticed muffler had rotted thru and tailpipe was pretty bad. Had new exhaust system put on.
Driving home I noticed valves making too much noise. Found out the camshaft had soft lobes on that year 302 V8.
No garage so car pointed toward the back of our (new) white house so tools were close. Sunny all day, not a cloud. I wore shorts, shoes, and nothing else. Changed camshaft and lifters, done about 6:00 PM after four hours work on the engine.
DW helped me remove grease and dirt spots from my body. Turns out they acted like sunscreen. Rest of me was beet red.
Went to bed, got up at 4:00AM and we drove to Houghten/Hancock on Lake Superior by noon, then drove back to Wausau and spent the night. Next morning to Tigerton and then to Elkhart for a softball tournament, then back to Fond du Lac. Car ran great.

What model Chevy did you have, the only 302 available in 67 was the DZ 302, it only came in the Camaro's, it used the Duntov 30/30 camshaft and solid lifters, as hot roders we were building 302's in late 62 with a 327 block and a 283 truck steel crank.

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Reply #32 – September 24, 2018, 09:27:41 pm

Hmmm, maybe 307? Memory is slowly going. Impala

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Reply #33 – September 24, 2018, 10:49:46 pm

Quote from: nitehawk – September 24, 2018, 09:27:41 pm

Hmmm, maybe 307? Memory is slowly going. Impala

That would be the base v-8 for that year.

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Reply #34 – September 24, 2018, 11:23:38 pm

So my HS buddy had a yenko 302 camaro that ran like heck, i assume because it was oversqaure 327 with the 283 crank. No match for the 71 boss 429 mustang that got offered me for $3500. Headbutt, headbutt. Just didn't have the financial means at that time, and hey i might of killed myself in that car.

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Reply #35 – September 29, 2018, 08:33:05 pm

Running like a Swiss watch. 200 miles to Sandpoint the long way for fish Taco's. Beautiful ride along Priest River and fall colors . No codes, perfect oil PSI, temp and boost. Oil clean as a whistle, and NO usage.No leaks or drips
Wenatchee and Leavenworth next weekend.
Chris

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Reply #36 – October 06, 2018, 01:25:08 am

Almost worth keeping?

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Reply #37 – October 06, 2018, 07:53:11 am

Volkswagen story. Driving through Dodge City KS at three in the morning on a Sunday and it was driving rain. My 66 Baja bug started bucking and then just quit. I got out and checked for spark and didn't have any. When I lifted the distributor cap the center post had "blown off" of the cap. Knowing there would not be a parts store open probably until Monday, I knew I had to come up with something.

I had a pop rivet gun in the tool box, so I pulled the center out of a pop rivet, and carefully balanced the rivet part on the top of the rotor contact. After carefully setting the cap back on and snapping it in place, I said a prayer and fired it up. I ended up driving all the way to Tulsa, and around the town for a week. Finally bought a new cap before heading back to CO.

Fun times

Len

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Reply #38 – October 07, 2018, 08:47:55 pm

Quote from: Caflashbob – October 06, 2018, 01:25:08 am

Almost worth keeping?

Yup, love it.

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Reply #39 – October 07, 2018, 09:07:54 pm

Gracerace you should be good to go, for the next 300k miles before the engine needs major service again

what's not to love. They advise me to roll the connecting rod bearings at 150k, is that just swapping the top and bottom bearing shells on the connecting rods?

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Reply #40 – October 07, 2018, 09:24:24 pm

Quote from: Old phart phred – October 07, 2018, 09:07:54 pm

Gracerace you should be good to go, for the next 300k miles before the engine needs major service again what's not to love. They advise me to roll the connecting rod bearings at 150k, is that just swapping the top and bottom bearing shells on the connecting rods?

Yes, but not sure if you need to do that. If it ain't boken, don't fix it!
Mine were fine, I just did the rod bearing's and rings only, had the head freshened.But the motor looked perfect inside, just one stupid $8.00 broken oil ring. it ran fine before.
Chris

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Reply #41 – October 07, 2018, 09:41:33 pm

When I was a diesel mechanic, on trucks with the 3208 it was standard to roll in new mains and replace the rod bearing at 150K very easy and not expensive. The reasoning was that would be where the most wear would take place.

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Reply #42 – October 07, 2018, 10:18:30 pm

Craneman so roll in, means replacement, wasn't quite sure what that term meant. So just drop the pan and bearing caps and and rotate new ones in, plasta gauge em after torque em. Sounds too easy. At 94k my oil pressure is above specs.

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Reply #43 – October 07, 2018, 10:39:21 pm

I guess you could plasti gauge them, but we never did. Putting new standard bearing in never should be tighter that when new.

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Reply #44 – October 08, 2018, 09:32:34 am

You dont need to plasticgauge them , just verify that the old bearings are standard and swap in the same size.
Drop pan, loosen rod nuts, tap the bolts to back the rod up a little. Remove rod cap and use a pen or small scribe to pop the upper bearing loose and it will "roll out" away from the keeper notch.

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Reply #45 – October 08, 2018, 05:12:59 pm

Quote from: gracerace – September 29, 2018, 08:33:05 pm

Running like a Swiss watch. 200 miles to Sandpoint the long way for fish Taco's. Beautiful ride along Priest River and fall colors . No codes, perfect oil PSI, temp and boost. Oil clean as a whistle, and NO usage.No leaks or drips
Wenatchee and Leavenworth next weekend.
Chris

Ahhh..spent my first Honeymoon @ Priest River in a 49 Ford F! p/u with a cabover ......

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Reply #46 – October 20, 2018, 09:22:40 pm

UPDATE:
1st major run yesterday and today. Leavenworth Washington from Post Falls Idaho.
No codes, no errors, engine bay looks and smells fresh and new.
NO oil leaks. No oil usage. Oil still looks brand new (barely could read it on the stick it's so clean). 10/30 Delvac.
Oil pressure at 62 MPH 50 PSI, At 70 MPH 60+.
Better then 9 miles per gallon, no tail wind, no tow car, full of water and fuel. 62 MPH @1700-1750 RPM's
Engine fired right up in 40 degree temp, no block heater.
Bedroom doesn't smell like a old dump truck!
753 miles and counting.

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Reply #47 – October 21, 2018, 08:22:48 am

Quote from: gracerace – October 20, 2018, 09:22:40 pm

UPDATE:
1st major run yesterday and today. Leavenworth Washington from Post Falls Idaho.
No codes, no errors, engine bay looks and smells fresh and new.
NO oil leaks. No oil usage. Oil still looks brand new (barely could read it on the stick it's so clean). 10/30 Delvac.
Oil pressure at 62 MPH 50 PSI, At 70 MPH 60+.
Better then 9 miles per gallon, no tail wind, no tow car, full of water and fuel. 62 MPH @1700-1750 RPM's
Engine fired right up in 40 degree temp, no block heater.
Bedroom doesn't smell like a old dump truck!
753 miles and counting.

Graceracer were the pictures taken in Leavenworth WA? Looks like a very neat town.
Chris

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Reply #48 – October 21, 2018, 08:23:22 am

Quote from: Chris m lang – October 21, 2018, 08:22:48 am

Gracerace were the pictures taken in Leavenworth WA? Looks like a very neat town.
Chris

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Reply #49 – October 21, 2018, 10:39:53 am

Quote from: Chris m lang – October 21, 2018, 08:22:48 am

Graceracer were the pictures taken in Leavenworth WA? Looks like a very neat town.
Chris

Yup

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