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Video First: 20130825_225821.mp4 - YouTube I am not getting much response at slantsix.org so I am hoping someone here may have some suggestions. So what I have so far is a horrendous noise while the engine is idling. If I accelerate past idle the noise goes away. The engine is a fresh rebuild...

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I am going to try this here. I am in the machine phase right now. I am having my block cleaned and decked. Same with the head. I have the crank, rods and block being line honed. Cylinders are being honed. Camshaft is being ground to a more aggressive setup with new lifters/push rods...

This does not seem like it should be hard but I have tried to remove them from the inside of the engine by lifting and I could not remove them. I tried pushing them through unsuccessful also. How are tappets supposed to be removed?

I stripped on of the bolt heads on the rear main seal. Any suggestions on how to remove it? I did remove the other one and it required a lot of force so I am not sure a bolt out will work.

Okay before anyone says anything I am putting another slant six back in. My question is this something one person can do? How hard is it? I found my slant through Bayer Boys down in Douglasville, GA he charges 500-800 to change the engine. I can not afford that. He also indicated it was harder...

Okay so 2 weeks ago I set my idle and fuel to air ratio and everything is great when the headlights are off. The service manual states to: pull the high idle off the lowest step set the low idle to 550 RPMS. adjust the fuel air ratio to get the highest rpm reset to 550 and try again After...

How can you tell if your fuel pump is going bad? The symptoms I have experienced are intermittent and a little odd. The other day while cruising the car sort of lost and gained acceleration. Like I was letting my foot off the gas slightly but I wasn't. Then first thing in the morning when I...

Okay so my question is can/should you reuse the head bolts? If not why? I ask this question because last week I was watching the "power block" and one of the shows talked about bolts that should be replaced if they ever get removed. They indicated the head bolts was one of those. They cited...

Can you buy the bushing to throttle rod separate from the Carburetor? Mine is not in the best of shape right now.

Okay so my car is running great and if I accelerate at a regular rate I am good but when I slam the accelerater from a dead stop the car feels very sluggish. Once it gets to about 40-50 mph it returns back to good. Could this be a rich situation or something else?

Okay so I was flipping through the jegs catalog and drooling a bit but I stumbled on something. I am trying to get a few more horses not a lot just a little bit to offset the AC compressor. So here is my question. What jet should I use in my Holley 1920 for best performance? Second question will...

Okay so I understand how to read the vacuum gauge and what needs to done in most of the situations but what if the gauge stays steady but reads high or low? How do I get it into the correct and best range?

Okay so my slant 6 runs pretty good regardless of what octane gas I put in but I have found higher octane gas changes the driving range. What I have found is low octane gives me good take off mid grade gives me good mid range power the 50-70 range and I have not tried premium yet. Is this normal...

Okay so I have identified and fixed almost all my leaks but I have one that I just can not find. I think it may be a gasket probably the oil pan. Do any of the leaks stops work? I am hoping they may swell the gasket to help it seal.

My block has started leaking antifreeze. I know this is coming from the studs mounting the exhaust and intake. Do I need to replace the studs? If so where can I get them? If not what other option do I have?

Okay I have seen several people say the spark plug tubes are brass right? Well today in an attempt to close off the last oil leak I could find I went ahead and replaced my spark plug tube gaskets. As I pulled each one up I used some brake cleaner and a green scrubby. Through the muck they...

I know this question has been asked before but I am curious. What do the different boxes do for the engine? Also what is the best box for a regular driver?

I need to fix/replace my Harmonic Balancer so I have occasionally been watching on eBay. Is there a difference between years on the harmonic balancer? I have a 1965 barracuda but I found this one on eBay.Will it work?

Okay so I was looking at my timing because I am running a bit rough and I was wondering what each of the marks are. I can see one in between with no mark I assume is 0 then above and below there is a 10 I assume above 10 atdc and below 10 btdc Then on the upper side there is another mark with no...

So today for the first time I think I found why my wipers are not working. With the key in ACC position the wipers work fine but driving they don't work. Well today I noticed the Ammeter would drop to near 0 when they would sweep across the windshield. I also noticed at night my ammeter would...

Here goes I noticed tonight that I suddenly have awesome performance. Enough that as I was leaving the gas station I squealed the wheels. It has gotten cooler and I know from my motorcycle that carburetors tend took like cooler air better but this feels like much more. Any ideas what could been...

Is it the same from year to year? I bought one for a 77 fury slant six to put into my 65 cuda.

This is probably a stupid question but here goes. I noticed a noise when I got out of the car yesterday I knew it was from the engine because I was parked and it was idling and the sound was consistent. So I investigated. Popped the hood and noticed a slight woosh woosh sound. It appears to be...

Ok my Cuda is running great. We are starting to get into cooler nights and I have been turning my heat on at night. Well I noticed my temp gauge is hanging out at just below the first normal temp tick mark. I have replaced the heater core and I flushed the radiator. I have no leaks that I am...

As some may know I recently disassembled my intake/exhaust and replaced the gaskets and machine the exhaust etc. I noticed during all of this a plug in the intake on the 6th cylinder. What is that for? Is there a sensor that is supposed to be there or is it an optional sensor?

Anyone know of a good replacement? Maybe someone has just one kicking around somewhere? Apparently I have sucker written on my forehead. I have my head rebuilt I let a mechanic pull it and strip and send it off. Well he broke my transmission dipstick. I replaced that a while back but when I...

Okay I got some information on the grinding. It sounds like it is coming from the engine bay. I thought it might be the exhaust but it is inconsistent. Is there a clutch plate that could be grinding?

Ok I don't know where to begin but here goes. I replaced the Fuel tank earlier this week. I tore the filler neck gasket and it has not been replaced yet. Last week I flushed the radiator and replaced the heater core. The temp is reading good. Today I replaced the driver and passenger motor...

Does anyone have any suggestions on going about replacing the motor mounts?