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Post by: Clayton on June 24, 2006, 12:31:58 AM

Well Ladies and Gents.... As some of you may know.... i blew a ring and blah blah blah.... my car started smoking... and i have to rebuild it

well today.... the bird got dug into.... im going all out... from the mainbearings up...everything new..

this is after a couple hours...
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture072.jpg)

parts mind you... this isnt all of them
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/b51dffe8.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/Picture033.jpg)

like the title says.... its on like donkey kong

-Clayton

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Post by: cougrrr302 on June 24, 2006, 01:57:45 AM

Good Luck. I wish I could be doing that. I work too much.

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Post by: Haystack on June 24, 2006, 02:25:15 AM

Good luck indeed. Dont do what I did and lose all the bolts to the timing chain cover.

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Post by: Clayton on June 24, 2006, 02:51:10 AM

thanks guys... im lookin foreward to seeing my oil pressure gauge have a purpose ;) before next weekend :D

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Post by: DVP on June 24, 2006, 10:12:14 PM

goddluck to you and your bird. not as a diss but something is gonna go wrong and slow you up. piss you off and you might forget something. with me saying this hopefully it will say on your mind and provent it. i should be a modovational specker for crackheads or some thing. got to be more exiting than bein a door greeter and handing out ads. but good luck hope you can get it done this week

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Post by: Clayton on June 24, 2006, 10:26:26 PM

well, i got hung up on the cam bearings.... no big deal... but im almost ready to start putting her back together.... i got all my pistons re-ringed.... and the rods have new bearings.... im probably gonna focus on the top end i.e. polishing the valves aleaning the out of the ports... new keepers and shiznit

the progress of day 2...
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/89f20ee5.jpg)

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Post by: DVP on June 24, 2006, 10:38:40 PM

movin quick

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Post by: Clayton on June 24, 2006, 10:48:04 PM

thanks

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Post by: DVP on June 26, 2006, 01:45:38 PM

how is it going so far. think you are going to have it together soon?

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Post by: Clayton on June 26, 2006, 02:49:42 PM

Its going good.. i got some little shiznit holding me up....*cough cam bearings cough cough cough* and im gonna be painting things...after all that is done and i get my new cam bearings in its gonna come together real quick

right now im in the process of polishing my valves and getting all the junk gasket off of my heads and intake .... blegh

im hoping by next week to have it in and running :D ill get some pics of the stuff that has been done before the night is over

-Clayton
kinda bad when alll the gaskets are stock... never been touched

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Post by: Red_LX on June 26, 2006, 03:13:48 PM

After you get that done, how bout putting some wheels on thing? Even 10-holes or turbines would be an improvement over spoke hubcaps!

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Post by: Clayton on June 26, 2006, 03:38:39 PM

;) one thing at a time one thing at a time

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Post by: RTStabler51 on June 26, 2006, 04:35:18 PM

I hope you are getting the cylinders cleaned up...

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Post by: thunderjet302 on June 26, 2006, 05:00:50 PM

Paint the block while you're at it :D

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Post by: Clayton on June 26, 2006, 05:05:09 PM

oh they are miced out and honed with no imperfections or elliptical grooves or wear patterns... almost like a fresh black.... almost i said..

here the updates.... and the pics dont do any justice....
shiney :D
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/f9e17e63.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/39cda13f.jpg)

and this does absolutley no justice.... these heads shine but my cam sucks.
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/d5284ed3.jpg)

thats all for now ;) next time i update maybe she'll have pistons back in her and the oil pan back ond :D

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Post by: thunderjet302 on June 26, 2006, 05:08:33 PM

HO cam and E7 head time as well:D

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Post by: Clayton on June 26, 2006, 05:12:12 PM

Quote from: thunderjet302

HO cam and E7 head time as well:D

i wish man i wish... but i barely have enough money to do what im doing now... lol not having a job sucks....

btw, im gonna paint the block.... ford red ;)

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Post by: thunderjet302 on June 26, 2006, 05:13:17 PM

At least the block will look pretty;)

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Post by: Clayton on June 26, 2006, 05:15:25 PM

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At least the block will look pretty;)

thats the plan

more show than go right now.... but it does go :D

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Post by: 88turbo on June 26, 2006, 07:49:23 PM

all this attention to the engine what are your doing with the engine bay while the engine is out?

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Post by: Clayton on June 26, 2006, 09:50:12 PM

im probably just gonna spruce it up a bit make it all nice and clean

no biggie hide some stuff , never really thought about it... i guess ill have work on that when im waiting for the motor to dry :D

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Post by: CougarSE on June 26, 2006, 11:40:20 PM

I got one tip for cleaning that engine compartment..... wear a full welding helmet!

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Post by: Clayton on June 26, 2006, 11:52:30 PM

hahahahaaa nice man... got a reverse rapuppies idea going on? :D

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Post by: CougarSE on June 26, 2006, 11:56:06 PM

it burns.....

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Post by: Clayton on June 27, 2006, 02:51:48 PM

UPDATE:

well before i give myself even more troubles.... ive gotta take this block in and have the cylinder walls resurfaced..... woo another $138 bux

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Post by: Clayton on June 29, 2006, 10:34:13 PM

UPDATE

block went to the machineshop today..... hopefully ill have it back by wednesday

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Post by: Clayton on July 05, 2006, 04:04:02 PM

Alrighty guys...

im havin the machine shop blues.... i needed to work on my car... so heres a list of little dumb things i did

1st and not so dumb, supporting the site
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/6054ca97.jpg)

2nd, i rust proofed my engine bay and painted it.. needs another coat.... it
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/a85609b9.jpg)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/ce7eb462.jpg)

i put the new radio in
ran new speaker wires to the rear deck
put my interior back together
put my gauge in...

now all im doing is waiting for my freakin block to come back from the machine shop..... hopefully tomorow

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Post by: DVP on July 05, 2006, 04:58:03 PM

that is really throwing you off. i thought that you wanted and would be finished by now. sucks ass man

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Post by: Clayton on July 05, 2006, 05:06:16 PM

no kiddin bro, but its giving me time to sort out the small things :D

wires :mad: clean things up a bit get everything up to the specs.... all my friends keep asking me why i go through all of this ... well, i like to show off every now and then :D

i decided to keep some fo the origional color in the bay for some contrast, the firewall and fenderlip and the top of the core support are all the origional color... soon as i get rid of all the brown spots (from the primer) im gonna laquer that thing...... im gonna put so many coats of clear on it that if i ever get it dirty under there the dirt will slide right off :D

im hoping to have it up and running again soon (no deadline now.... setting goals now is kinda retarded)

:D

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Post by: Clayton on July 06, 2006, 12:31:03 AM

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/f414e30d.jpg)

4 or 5 coats of black...... and about 10 coats of clear :D

what? i was bored

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Post by: DVP on July 06, 2006, 12:46:50 AM

its lookin good!

as good as its going to look empty that is

have you thought about buting a fourm decal in there somewhere?

dont know where but im sure there is a spot like up the strut tower? it would have to start at the flat spot at the base then go on the tower and up it if you see what im saying just a thought. i might try to find room for one

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Post by: Clayton on July 06, 2006, 01:30:28 PM

idk, im really starting to like this color combo.... if i ever ditched the brown on the bottom.... it would most definatly go to black...lol

im thinking of puttin a bird in the bay somewhere lol...... when i find where......now thats a different story :D

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Post by: Clayton on July 06, 2006, 11:38:36 PM

you guys gettin tired of my meaningless updates?

hahahahaa no more of them!, i got my block back at 4:30 today :D
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/0ece8a6c.jpg)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/d060584d.jpg)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/71a3718f.jpg)

thats all for now :D enjoy hopefully the next thing you see from me is a video of it running :D

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Post by: DVP on July 06, 2006, 11:46:02 PM

looks good! glad you could finally get it all back together. cant wait to see it in.

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Post by: Nate on July 07, 2006, 07:58:31 AM

hurry up and get that video of it running, and i think we have the fastest most efficiently updated engine rebuild thread ever. must be nice to have that kinda spair time :p i know if i did, theirs tons of stuff id do.

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Post by: jkirchman on July 07, 2006, 10:11:09 AM

Oooooooh.......pretty......

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Post by: Clayton on July 12, 2006, 02:23:24 PM

well, ive hit a snag.

it

well after all the stuff ive done... its all done...... and the starter doesnt have enough torque to turn the motor over fast enough...... to start. so im at a dead end for now..... i have no cash and i need a new starter and battery cables and starter cable....

any tips on starters? the starter for my uncles 318 dodge looks like it has the same dimentions and bolt pattern

Clayton

progress pic....

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/0fd2a3df.jpg)

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Post by: DVP on July 12, 2006, 07:04:48 PM

that is how it always happens!

its all done, looking good then nothind happens in a bad ways!

it could have been worse, you could have forgot a liitle socket in there and have to take stuff back apart or not realize it and the possiblities would not have been good

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Post by: 84 Fila on July 12, 2006, 07:09:04 PM

Is is possable to cross the line of MOPAR to Ford?

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Post by: Clayton on July 12, 2006, 07:43:35 PM

with a little modification...... possibilities are endless

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Post by: DVP on July 12, 2006, 07:50:59 PM

i say try it! do a little more reseach and see if there might be any problems and go for it

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Post by: Clayton on July 12, 2006, 08:09:52 PM

guess im just gonna have to look into it :D

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Post by: Nate on July 12, 2006, 10:53:17 PM

make sure the teeth are the same. with core, i think you can get a starter for between 20-30$ at autozone. if i hadn't left my extra outside in the rain and get it all seized up inside, i'd ship it to u at cost.

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Post by: nirvanagod on July 13, 2006, 08:58:35 AM

If I were in your situation i'd head to a bone yard and pick up one of these: http://www.coolcats.net/tech/advanced/starter.html .

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Post by: Clayton on July 13, 2006, 12:32:17 PM

im thinking thats a better idea at this point and time :D

ill see when i can make a run to the boneyard

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Post by: DVP on July 13, 2006, 12:50:26 PM

i thought you aready passed on that. that is the first place i go most of the time, well when im broke, so all of the time

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Post by: Clayton on July 13, 2006, 01:03:14 PM

lmao, lack of the cash swayed my decisions :D

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Post by: DVP on July 13, 2006, 01:12:36 PM

it always does, it always does!

20 year old hooker-350
40 year old hooker- 100
cheap isnt always better but its cheaper!
WARNING! HOOKERS CAN AND MOST LIKELY WILL CARRY STDs AND ARE ILLEGAL IN MOST STATES. MOST STDS WILL NOT BE CURED WITH MORE HOOKER TREATMENTS.

ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF HOOKERS ARE RIGHT FOR YOU OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT HOOKERS AND EFFECTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR OPERATE HEAVY EQUIPMENT WHILE ON HOOKERS. MAY CAUSE RASHES AND OTHER ITCHING PROBLEMS.
* EDIT* EDIT*

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Post by: CougarSE on July 13, 2006, 01:18:29 PM

Quote from: cougar86_89

it always does it always does!

20 year old hooker-350
40 yearold hooker- 100
cheap isnt always better but its cheaper!
WARNING! HOOKERS CANT AND MOST LIKELY WILL CARRY STDs AND ARE ILLEGAL IN MOST STATES. MOST STDS WILL NOT BY CURED WITH MORE HOOKER TREATMENTS.

ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF HOOKERS ARE RIGHT FOR YOU OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS ON EFFECTS AND DETAILS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR OPERATE HEAVY EQUIPMENT WILL ON HOOKERS. MAY CAUSE RASHES AND OTHER ITCHING PROBLEMS.

You know that might have been funny had you used anything you learned in the 5th grade.

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Post by: Clayton on July 13, 2006, 01:30:02 PM

heh

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Post by: Clayton on July 17, 2006, 03:25:23 PM

well... i got of my lazy ass today and pulled the old starter...

i have a 19 year old miraca... its gone

so i know wut my problem is :D

and im gonna fix it

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Post by: Clayton on July 20, 2006, 12:34:04 PM

muwahahahahaha

other than the fact i had my distributor about 15-20* off... it runs like a champ :D.... i hate working on chevys...

http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/?action=view¤t=7a7da64e.flv

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Post by: Clayton on July 20, 2006, 09:27:57 PM

apart from the dinging... this is what it reeeeeeally sounds like :D

http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/Tcj429/?action=view¤t=b2d90d33.flv

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Post by: thunderjet302 on July 20, 2006, 09:59:17 PM

It runs:D ! Sounds good. Now, uh, fix the rust hole;)

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Post by: Clayton on July 20, 2006, 10:28:20 PM

i got another project up my sleeve :D

but i gotta get a job before it can be done.. then i attack the body

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Post by: CougarCoupe88 on July 20, 2006, 11:47:58 PM

good job... how many psi of oil is it running ?

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Post by: Clayton on July 20, 2006, 11:51:53 PM

the better part of 60 but i need a new line.. my header fried a hole in it and its patched and not readin right

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Post by: Funky Cricket on July 21, 2006, 07:39:30 PM

nice... that sounds good...

i agree, fix that rust hole already!

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