Recent content by Noxnabaker

Alright, that makes sense, I couldn't figure out how to fasten it & so on... & yep, picture you'll get by just looking at images of it if you google. :)

Howdy again folx! A serious MoPar racing pal said about my chain that it didn't really need replacing yet so I just got the tensioner but I can't for my life figure out how to place the round circle spring, could anyone show with a picture? My pal is away on holidays & around here it's mostly...

When I put a new timing chain in a -77 318 some years ago there was a tensioner on that engine... Today I was gonna do it to my -89 318 too & found NO tensioner on that one! So is it that some slowheaded mechanic's been on & in it before or is it the folx up in the factory office who's been...

Obviously hot stuff this... :)

I already saw the Ishihara-Jonson & some scrapers, & so I reckon the best is both. But if I was to use only one?

Alright! I thought the noise was from sludge & that's why the engine went apart to star with but now I understand the plate or ball or its seat might be worn, right? The plate in those that had plates do have groves from the springs, so I reckon the "ball-ones" are the ones to prefer, no trace...

Now that I'm down to it & even had my pals enginestand here I have a question about what to use... I've been look'n at different options such as: plates on the sides of the crank, fitted on the block & the bended "upsidedpwn tunnel" plate that covers the whole underside of the crank & has slots...

...but now it makes me wonder what the difference might be when put'n in new tappets of the same model & if there would be a noticeable difference...?

So many posts & finally a seriously GOOD answer ! ! ! Took a while to get thou... ;)

& while I'm at it, here's the 2 I got from the web:

As I stated in #5, "cuda888" (who I doubt have export engine) had the exactly same thing, even pictures of it, if you just read previous posts... The small spring that holds the ball or plate have the same strength, it's the bottom bigger spring that's different. Both engines had the same...

Ahhh... here we go! :) No, you don't have to take them apart. When I first googled this I found this forum & a guy showing the same thing so I reckon it aint only Euro cars that had it. SO WHAT ABOUT this then: would it be better to have harder or softer springs in the lifters??? (& post #8...

342 readers & not one single person knows this? I reckon it must be the most difficult question in MoPar history! If it was a cartoon it might've been fun...

I find it rather strange that nobody else has overhauled a hydraulic-roller-lifter-equipped small block here in this forum & discovered the same as me & found out the reasons? But most I wonder why they have different hard springs? Isn't there anywhere to find out? I mean that maby there's...

Yep I realize that, but I still wonder if strong or soft springed lifters are best... what do you think? I would think stronger for less play in higher revs, but what do I know...? The little spring that holds the plate or ball seems to be the same thou.