Recent content by hieneken49

Worked Great! Took out the paper gaskets. I did enlarge the bolt holes on the valley pan slightly since they were just a bit off but other than that it lined up perfectly. Well see if theres any leaks when i get her bolted back in the truck. Thanks Again everyone for you input.

i didnt notice a thicker than normal gasket, whats a steel shim?

its a performer 440, new valley pan.

So i have a 68 440 im working on, it is in a 83 ramcharger but that is irrelevant to this question. I bought the truck with this engine in it with a bent pushrod and valve. I tore down the engine and had the heads rebuilt, now im putting everything toghether and im having some issues with the...

U wanna do the valve job MRL? Im pretty close to you.

what do you think about the water in that one cylinder? when i unbolted the headers water came out of that 3rd cylinder... should i be worried about the block being cracked? Can i run those pistons like that? I know the valve is bent for sure so i know i need a valve job at the least. I was...

well its def got a bent valve, i pulled the head and all four cylinders are scored by the valves, i dont know why that happened, i guess someone f-bombed up somewhere. Looks like ihave no choice besides a full rebuild. I guess i could pull the pistons and replace em? is that possible without...

will pull the rockers again tomorrow. Thanks for the ideas. I saw the video didnt work, heres a new link, http://vid36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/hieneken49/VID_20140824_124009_145-1.mp4

Hi, so this isnt for an A body but i figure the pros are all here. I picked up a ramcharger with a 440 BB. The engine is a 1968 440. I had no oil pressure in the engine and a rough idle after buying the truck. I did the oil pump first which didn't fix the issue. I figured it had a spun bearing...