Recent content by chuckl1966

Of course the pics don’t say much about the quality of the paper being used but they do show the amount of the pleats. I’ve been using Purolater for years now and never had a problem. I used Fram in my old F150 with the inline 6 and had a lower end knock on start up. Found that the check...

Bob. Thanks. Where can I get that pump??!!

Ok. I have 3/8" line coming from my gas tank and the stock pump has a 1/4" inlet and outlet. And a 3/8" line going to the carb. That's were I'm getting into adapting line sizes. I bought a 3/8" braided line kit to clean things up but the threads on the outlet of a mopar pump is not a standard...

Ok. My tube bending stacks up to the best of them. But I need to know where is the best place to mount the pump below the gas tank. I have a Holley red and in it's directions they want it mounted below the lowest part of the tank. Or would another pump work better.

I would like to get away from the mechanical fuel pump on my small block. I have to use too many adaptors to reduce from a 3/8 fuel line to ¼ in and back out of the pump and then up to the carb. A lot of hoses and clamps, looks sloppy. I looked at an electric pump but it suggests that the...

I got looking into some of the suggestions and I also had the plug missing inside the distributor bore. I’ve been messing with this for months, thanks for the help.

This is great. I’m having the same low oil pressure problem with my 318. I had lifter noise on the right bank and presumed it was caused by low psi. I installed a HV pump, but that made no difference. I’ve pulled my motor out and found that the caps in the front lifter gallies are missing...

Well, I was going to start on the bodywork this summer, so the car won’t get driven too much anyway. I’ll use that time to get a second and third opinion. And if needed find a new block and pull the motor over the winter. Thank for the info. You’ve all been a great help.

I've Always used their tech page and links. I've e-mailed them a few time and gotten a good reply. Even about small blocks. I do think forabodiesonly has a better forum, as does moparstyle. Oh well, better luck next time.

This engine is out of a 74 Barracuda. I bought the car as a donor car for a 66 Barracuda I’m working on. The guy I bought it from said the engine had been rebuilt. I tore it down to the short block, I could still see the berry ball marks in the cylinders so I put it back together. With the...

Sanguine. OK. I removed all the plug wires, one at a time, and the noise did not leave. Is there a test for piston slap? Or is it a prosess of elimanation?

But that noise would not go away when the engine reached temp would it? Was the noise always there?

Does this noise also go away when the plug wire is removed? I almost don't what to know, but what is the cure for piston slap. This would make sense, this 318 was bored over .40. The engine had around 2000 miles on it when I got it. And I got it in and running last summer and I have been...

What do you mean by "piston slap"? I've heard the term but never knew what it ment. The noise is much less when the engine is at temp.

I have a 318 and have had a noise, which sounds like valve train. But I have eliminated any possibility that the noise is valve train related. So I believe my next step would by checking piston wrist pins. But what is the diagnostic procedure of checking wrist pins with the engine assembled...