Recent content by ChrisRom

I am thinking this is what happened - somehow the distributor shaft jumped a tooth from the cam. It doesn't have a bronze gear, but it does have the brass insert for the dist./pump shaft. The gear at the end of the camshaft looks a bit worn, not broken.

no, it is a simple hydraulic flat tappet setup. It does have the 273 adjustable rockers.

The mystery deepens... just open the timing cover and everything looks good there. No sloppy chain, the motor is in timing. Next suspects are the teeth on the camshaft or the distributor shaft.

Do you guys install chain tensioner on a LA block? I see them out there for magnums... are they the same?

Thanks, just did the test. It has slack quite a bit. I guess the mystery is solved. The crank pulley moved >15* before the dist. rotor started to move when I went in the opposite direction....

Thank you everybody. The engine run well for few years (summer driving) with a small tick. I always suspected it was something with the chain because the valve train was checked and re-checked. It is an aftermarket single row chain, not nylon.... I'll pull the timing cover this week and see...

I have a low compression 340 in my 65 Dart. All of a sudden I had an engine surge, the engine kept running, I shut id down and would not start again. I checked everything on the outside and all seem fine, nothing obviously wrong. Then I put a timing light on it and start playing with the...

It is actually a Mercedes color - It is called Firemist Red and it was used on 2000's sportier Merc's. Homemade paint job thou with O'Reilly's paint. Cheapo....

Thank you guys, I think I solved the mystery..... Bad miss-fire on one or more cylinders. I changed the HEI module and went for a ride around the block. Same shuddering and bogging. Then when I came back home, I didn't turn the light on in the garage and open the hood. Looking careful at the...

I am thinking is the TC too..... wonder if one can install a standard 904 non-lockup TC in a lockup transmission?

It is the early 904 with lockup and it engages automatically. It has a hydraulic circuit built in the transmission and I think is a function of fluid pressure. The TC is standard stall that came with cars in the mid 70's with this type of transmission.

I have a 3/8" aluminum plate on the firewall where I installed the HEI module. I'll try to change it with a spare one and see if that will improve anything. It may be the HEI thing....

Here is a better picture of the engine bay.

Don't know if this is a transmission or engine problem, so I am sorry if this is posted in the wrong group. I have a 65 Dart, originally came with a slant 6 but I did a swap to a 340 I had laying in my garage from an earlier project. So it is a 340 SB from a 73 Challenger, stock cam, Edelbrock...

I wanted initially to install a 727 behind the 340. It didn't fit right, not enough space. So I installed a A999 from an early 80's van. It has better first gear and lockup TQ. In the rear I did a 8 1/4 with 2:94 gears. I also have some 3:55 gears for it but for what we need the car (cruising)...