1963 Dart 170 2 Door Post Resto
Valves adjusted. Adjusted intakes to 0.011 hot and exhaust to 0.022. Only had a couple that needed a little adjustment. I did them all rough cold when I lapped the valves when I had it all apart so I knew it would be close. Quietened down a bit. Still have to check the timing to be sure its right. Ran it for about half an hour. After topping up the coolant I wanted to be sure I had heat and that it was working good. Boy do I ever. Blows really nice and warm (only really going to be for use in the early spring and late fall before snow as this will not be getting driven in snow any more.
Took a picture of the gauges when running to have a record of where it is running.
Got the one piece of stainless off the rear today as well to be ready to replace the broken clip. Only broke one other clip during removal and no damage to the trim so that's always good. Once the replacement clips show up I can finally install the trim for the last time and move on to the headliner and glass install.
Have one more thing to look into now though. When I pulled the gas cap earlier in the week it released pressure as if it isn't venting properly. Have to pull the vent line to make sure it isn't plugged somewhere. While I'm at it I need to reroute it as I have it currently on the wrong side of the wheel well seam.
Valves adjusted. Adjusted intakes to 0.011 hot and exhaust to 0.022. Only had a couple that needed a little adjustment. I did them all rough cold when I lapped the valves when I had it all apart so I knew it would be close. Quietened down a bit. Still have to check the timing to be sure its right. Ran it for about half an hour. After topping up the coolant I wanted to be sure I had heat and that it was working good. Boy do I ever. Blows really nice and warm (only really going to be for use in the early spring and late fall before snow as this will not be getting driven in snow any more.
Took a picture of the gauges when running to have a record of where it is running.
Got the one piece of stainless off the rear today as well to be ready to replace the broken clip. Only broke one other clip during removal and no damage to the trim so that's always good. Once the replacement clips show up I can finally install the trim for the last time and move on to the headliner and glass install.
Have one more thing to look into now though. When I pulled the gas cap earlier in the week it released pressure as if it isn't venting properly. Have to pull the vent line to make sure it isn't plugged somewhere. While I'm at it I need to reroute it as I have it currently on the wrong side of the wheel well seam.
