Just thought I'd share some pics of the 383 4-bbl out of my '69 Polara I recently "overhauled" (new gaskets, timing set, cleaned/painted). The odometer says 99k miles and judging from how the inside of the engine looked I assume it hasn't rolled over...
Here's pulling the engine, good friend of mine sort of a "classic car guru" in his late 20's suggested pulling the heads off the engine and pulling the short block by itself. He said it would clear the hood and by God, it did... But it was close lol. Did this by myself btw, obviously putting it back in was another story:violent1:
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Here's one of the heads while swapping the valve seals
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Closeup of the valve springs
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Here's the number 4 main bearing; looked like pretty normal wear for 100k miles, I expected worse due to the sludge in the oil pan I found.
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And I think the number 6 rod bearing... Also not too bad but some debris in there for sure
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Stock timing chain, had an inch or so of play on the slack side
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[ATTACHED PIC is of new timing set not sure how that happened]
Here's the pan after being cleaned, had a 1/4" thick layer of black sludge all along the bottom.
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And a factory-style windage tray for good measure
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Here's pulling the engine, good friend of mine sort of a "classic car guru" in his late 20's suggested pulling the heads off the engine and pulling the short block by itself. He said it would clear the hood and by God, it did... But it was close lol. Did this by myself btw, obviously putting it back in was another story:violent1:
2013-08-04_18-47-52_555.jpg
Here's one of the heads while swapping the valve seals
2013-07-27_17-27-07_283.jpg
Closeup of the valve springs
2013-07-27_17-27-15_502.jpg
Here's the number 4 main bearing; looked like pretty normal wear for 100k miles, I expected worse due to the sludge in the oil pan I found.
2013-08-10_17-36-25_639.jpg2013-08-10_17-36-32_776.jpg
And I think the number 6 rod bearing... Also not too bad but some debris in there for sure
2013-08-10_17-51-47_541.jpg
Stock timing chain, had an inch or so of play on the slack side
2013-08-14_18-11-59_89.jpg
[ATTACHED PIC is of new timing set not sure how that happened]
Here's the pan after being cleaned, had a 1/4" thick layer of black sludge all along the bottom.
2013-08-14_19-44-53_710.jpg
And a factory-style windage tray for good measure
2013-08-14_19-45-01_198.jpg
