Recent content by volaredon

Mine only cost me $450 back when I got it. I was afraid of losing out in the time I hung up the phone and got there with the cash.... I had to take it down where I bought it and re put it up here. In between buying it and putting it back up my son was working at a place that did powder...

I have an old (1986) weaver 2 post.... Pretty new for Weaver as rotary bought them out in 1989 and squashed the brand. Built like a brick **** house. Huge floor plates under the columns and THICK columns. It has no cross plate across the top but has the floor plate which contrary that others...

That was no resin. Back then many cam gears were nylon coated to cut down on chain noise. And if in fact the damper is missing the outer ring DON'T RUN IT. REPLACE THAT DAMPER There are 2 places in California that offer rebuild services, with lifetime guaranteed. Damper doctor e damper dudes...

Nothing sounds exactly like a/6, in a cool kind of way. The 4.0 on my Jeep was close but not the same.... Nothing wrong with the /6 sound just like there's nothing wrong with the classic Mopar starter sound

LA 318 started in 67 and the timing mark was on the pass side thru either 69 or 70 when they switched to the driver's side. You say your outer ring is gone on damper? Then so is the timing mark. But yeah the pass side timing mark ones had a cast iron water pump. '68 truck, 68 engine what...

Oh yeah something else to beware of Standard grade "rebuilder" pistons (brands like badger, silv o lite, sealed power)you're more than likely gonna find that the piston height at tdc is shorter than the stock original pistons were, lowering the compression ratio. Add that every aftermarket head...

Lou madsen over on the other site ("Dart270") recently talked about weight differences between the various years. On the collar for the small converter to big crank Greg ("slantsix" here) ondayko had some at one time as did (I believe) Rick covalt Greg is here occasionally as is Rick (less so)...

W T F does "dope AF" mean! Talk English!

Ok... You want to replace the engine because the PO says "it won't turn over"... Is it seized? If it's not it WILL "turn over".... When you hit the key will the starter spin the engine? That's ALL that "turning over" entails. I wouldn't take the POs assessment. See what you can do with the...

Might possibly be interested in those 20 over pistons.. pm me details

I wouldn't be drilling any new holes in the block

On mine it was #4 exhaust that kissed the piston and bent, machine shop said that set of heads, they had never previously had a set where all the valves were so stuck. Engines that had sat in a pasture for 30+ years whose valves weren't near as stuck in their heads as the valves were in this...

Yup. Sure did Won't ever buy a set of heads again on the basis of "ready to run out of the box" because they AREN'T. I spent a lot of money on those heads and the doomed rebuild just to have to spend more damn money on a redo

I remember them there was 1 parts store in town that sold them I just got a filko brand regulator for 70s+ mopars off of eBay the other day The brand I usually went for first was niehoff

Huh. Mine isn't blue. I remember the "blue streak" parts were the better grade and at least as far as caps and rotors went they usually were blue out of the box Most of the "elexion" parts I see at least recently on eBay aren't. I do remember when standard's economy line was in green packaging