Category: Engine Issues
Out of retirement advice?
I am ready to bring my ’70 Challenger R/T 440 out of an 18 year retirement. It’s been stored in my attached garage. I had no intention of storing it for years, so I didn’t oil the cylinders. My question is, should I squirt some oil (Marvel Mystery, Kroil, similar) through the spark plug holes, or would I be better off pulling the heads, oiling the cylinders and repllacing the valve springs and seals? I don’t want to rotate it at all for fear of breaking a ring. The engine had about 3200…
440 valve train
I’ve usually gotten good advice from this sight, so here goes. Getting ready to assemble my 440. I’ve got a fair amount of building experience, just not with BBM. The OE heads were planed when they did valve job. I was thinking about roller rockers jus…
Oil Pump gasket
My 340 1970 challenger has a 90 degree oil pump adaptor on it to clear the headers. Can’t seem to find anyone who sells a oil filter pump gasket does it use one ?
Engine problem
My recently rebuilt 512 sixpack with Al. heads and a modest cam with hydraulic followers starts from cold and runs well. However sometimes when hot the (mini) starter struggles to crank the engine and it spits back through the middle carb. Allow to coo…
Head Gasket leak
Checked my oil and it looks like chocolate mike dang! I need to pull the engine to do other work but wanted to ask
you guys, if I should remove exhaust manifolds or just unbolt from exhaust and pull it with them on? Looks like it will clear lifting the engine up and out.
I plan to replace heads and intake gasket’s. I want to clean up the engine and paint it also. I was planning on doing that later but the leak forced my hand.
any advice would be appreciated big time. This is pushing out my…
you guys, if I should remove exhaust manifolds or just unbolt from exhaust and pull it with them on? Looks like it will clear lifting the engine up and out.
I plan to replace heads and intake gasket’s. I want to clean up the engine and paint it also. I was planning on doing that later but the leak forced my hand.
any advice would be appreciated big time. This is pushing out my…
Exhaust manifold gasket
My mechanic who’s been a mechanic for like 40 years and a big mopar guy told me when i install my exhaust manifolds not to use a gasket he said the factory made and the heads milled the manifold to bolt the head with no gasket. Im kinda afraid not to use a gasket. Your thoughts