GGAAAAAAHHHHHHH
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GGAAAAAAHHHHHHH
So I've been doing a poor mans rebuild on the engine, replacing all the gaskets, cleaning or grinding rather the 45 years of oil and dirt buildup from the engine and doghouse, and painting it all up. really it needed an oil pan gasket, headgasket, and valve cover gasket. let my dad put on the oil pan, forgot to put the oil pump in, and in putting the pump in the rear piece of the oil pan gasket lost it's integrity somehow and when we started it up it started pouring oil! DARN IT! all that was left was to put the head on, now gotta drop the pan, possibly have to lift up the engine again, and fix the gasket...
But on the brightside, it ran incredibly smooth without a single miss!!!
But on the brightside, it ran incredibly smooth without a single miss!!!
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aww man that sucks, have you ever put a gasket on before? you dont tighten them down hardly at all, maybe 10-12lbs. on the 352 we rebuilt we put some make-a-gasket down also because of them not being on so tight
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ya, I've done it before, i think it just got missaligned somehow... just gonna drop it and throw some rtv in there I think...
And I meant hood, not head! haha, if there was no head I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't run, but that's just a guess, haha
And I meant hood, not head! haha, if there was no head I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't run, but that's just a guess, haha
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I was fixin to comment on I never seen one run minus the top end components; that's a bad running machine.lol
Question; did you clean out the oil pump pick-up assembly during your cleaning?
Mitch
Question; did you clean out the oil pump pick-up assembly during your cleaning?
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well figured it out, the gasket had actually slipped off at the bottom of the curve, there are no bolts to hold it in place there. Got it sealed and put back together, but still leaking out that same spot! just leaking, not pouring, it's a hell of a lot better than it was when I started so can't really complain, but all that work to get it to not leak and now it's still leaking... ggrrrrrrr.... possibly rear main is bad and didn't realize it...
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Oh, man....hope you get it figured out. Nothing more frustrating than "fixing" something for several hours only to find out you "fixed" the wrong thing. Voice of experience...
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well the whole fix took about a month! if I only spent a week or a couple days on it, that would be one thing, but spending a couple hours almost everyday for a month cleaning and painting and fixin stuff... that's why it's frustrating!
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