Father, Son, and Grand Father project. 1963 Valiant

It seems we get one thing buttoned up and two more pop up. Lol.

We sealed up the leaking transmission line. So that’s good to go.

But……than we discovered our drivers side valve cover gasket was leaking. I believe the leak stems from removing the bolts and installing the plug wire looms a couple weeks ago. I don’t think we had them tight enough.

The plan is to pull the valve cover, check/ maybe replace the gasket and clean both mating surfaces. I also want to make a better mounting stud to mount the valve cover and loom holder. I don’t believe it was getting very good thread engagement.

Next we adjusted the shift linkage for the B&M Pro Ratchet shifter. We also added a washer under the cotter pin in the shift arm to take out some slop.

But then……(do you see a pattern here, lol) when I started up the car, (outside temp was below zero) I heard a slight valvetrain rattle and it took a few seconds to build oil pressure.

We are running a 90 degree oil filter adapter, which because of transmission and dipstick tube in the way, puts the filter slightly up at an angle. I believe the oil is draining out of the filter.

I did some cross referencing, and found some shorter filters that I believe will mount directly to the block and allow us to eliminate the 90° oil filter adapter. And not allow the filter to drain when the engine is not running.

We also had some minor voltage issues. Nothing major, everything is working great, but it’s charging at 15 V. So I need to track down whether it’s a regulator or a volt of draw somewhere, or something else.

Nothing major, just more hurdles to jump on our way to the finish line. LOL. Thanks for reading. Eric and Jason