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toolmanmike

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Look what he found when he took apart the 360 he's building. Watch and think about what he found before you pull one and think because it spins that it's ok. Every newbie needs to see this.
 
I'm looking forward to his series on the Dart Swinger 14ish second daily driver! 65'
 
Exactly, that's why I don't understand why people will spend big bucks for an unknown "running" engine off of "ebay", "craigs", "these forums", etc. All they are doing is taking someone else's word for what they are trying to sell. To me, all engines are a core and need to be completely disassembled and rebuilt unless I personally know the complete history of it. Otherwise its a crap shoot and most times you will loose, just like at the casinos.
 
I would never pluck, install, and run any one of these older engines unless I knew its history. I got a nice running 1974 318 for my kids car, however once it goes on the engine stand gonna flip it over and pull the caps to look at the bearings. Prob at the very least do a cheapie rebuild on it. New bearings, cam and lifters, rings, timing chain, oil pump etc.

Thats the thing, this engine ran real nice and didnt smoke or knock once I got hot wired it and got it started . Old granny car 74 moredoor dart with rotted to hell *** end. Once I replaced the vac advance and freed up the mechanical advance weights in it, thing ran great.
 
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From the condition of the interior of the truck it came from, somehow it doesent suprise me.
When the interior has original dirt, its obvious the engine got the same attention.

i bought 2 318’s one i knew ran and the second i had owned.
The second one was pulled and under a tarp when i bought it back. Cylinders had water in a couple. Was a shame as the bottom end was perfect, not even a mark. Funny, both engines had casting numbers that were factory replacement engines.
Even sometimes when you think you know, you dont.
 
Gasket maker, the lazy mans best friend!
 
I’m going through a 68 440 out of a Charger. The customer told me the engine had been rebuilt before but never really ran like it should. It is .030 over with some domed TRW pistons that are melted and don’t move freely on the rods. The crank is .020 on the mains and .030 on the rods. The rear main seal surface on the crank is rusted and pitted so badly it would never stop leaking. The inside of the block is covered in rust like it sat under a tarp for years. The best part is the heads don’t pull any vacuum over 10 inches and the cam was so small would be more at home in a small block then a big block Mopar. Whoever did this work must be a Chevy fan or just did not know what they where doing. I could never put work out like this and call it rebuilt or sleep at night. Like everyone else said all engines are just a core unless you know it’s history
 
I realized fairly recently I would MUCH rather have a known worn-out, poorly-maintained stock engine that was never opened up vs. anything that was previously "rebuilt" and I can't hear it run (at least).

RTV in the water passages and literal dirt in one of the crank journal oil holes... as he said, "pure f'n butchery"
 
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