Recent content by LAVA

Trailbeast, You had my answer. It was the torque converter bolts. Thank you

Yea, I did also check to see it the pipe was hitting anything. All if clear there

I did have to pry the right side out to get the new gasket in. I was thinking somewhere in the exhaust has to be my noise. So I tightened all of the exhaust gaskets at the collector too and started it. The sound was still there but its not there at 2000 rpm. When I let it warm up for a...

I had felpro exhaust gaskets on my headers and they leaked bad. I put Remflex gaskets on and now it sounds like a random engine knock. It's not constant, only every few seconds and comes and goes. Can a exhaust leak cause this? Or is this a random failure in the engine?

I have a 185 thermostat in my 340. It stays right about there most of the time. Do I need to go up to a 195 or is 185 good enough for operating temp?

Thank You 12many, excellent idea!

Thanks for all of the replies. First, I wasn't implying that the transmission was fine without a kickdown cable, I know I need a kickdown cable. I was only stating that the shift points were in their proper spots after sitting 20 years. Second, using the pedal instead of the carb for full...

I bought a 40 Plymouth project car with a 340 and 727 trans. Got the car driving and took it for a 1 mile ride. The trans worked fine. As I finished the car I put a Lokar kickdown cable on it. Here's the problem; Without the cable the trans works fine. With the cable it won't shift to 3rd...