The Jalopy Journal
Yeah, haven't got back into the garage yet. Garage time is a difficult subject. My wife thinks I'm going to blow the house up and my 3 year old...
If ignorance is bliss then I should be happier. I think vacuum leak is a prime explanation of why the throttle got away causing me to pull coil...
Tried to start the 354 hemi today. When it finally fired the motor revved up like the throttle was wide open but I barely had the carbs open so I...
Good luck on that 331, Dirty30Dodge.
I finally got it all back together. The rockers are cleaned. Got adjustable lifters installed and set. That wasn't easy but it wasn't as hard...
I have a set of adjustable lifters coming from Hot Heads. And thanks for the reminder, I just ordered the Tex Smith Hemi manual from Amazon. Now...
Anyone know a source for adjustable pushrods with 1/4" ball ends? Seems the 5/16" are the only ones I can find.
So the rockers have been taken apart, inspected, and cleaned, then cleaned a little more to be sure. The bottom of the rocker shafts show a...
I pulled the passenger side rockers today and started cleaning them up after reading up on some of the how-to's linked in hemi tech. It hasn't...
The short answer is I don't know. I can see parts that appear new but my lack of experience coupled with the history of the car leave a lot of...
Here is a better shot of the plug wires with the porcelain plug protectors. The boots are from Hot Heads. Biggest learning on those is to make...
I guess this qualifies as dirty: [IMG] The gunk is viscous and sticky. It was built up pretty thick around the front end caps, not as bad...
I think the camshaft was simply reused. I'm not sure what type of lifters were installed and I think these are regular, non-adjustable push rods....
Thanks for all the advice. Gotta love the HAMB! Ive been staring at my motor for 2 years as well. I sure dont want to screw this up because I...
Its nearly time to fire up the 354 Hemi in my 34 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com[IMG]</st1:City>Plymouth for the...
Thanks for all the feedback! Exwestracer, thanks for the McMaster-Carr suggestion. That's the first I've heard of them and now I've found they...
I still can't find bulkhead fittings that are inverted flare only . Maybe I can run an I.F. to -3 AN bulkhead fitting at the firewall then run...
How do you all run hard brake lines through bulkheads? Seems all of the adapters I've looked at are inverted flare to AN. Don't they have...
Thanks for the encouragement! I didn't realize the limitation on the 1 wire alternator. Right now I've got the alt tucked away on the lower...
The play is rotational in the converter because the holes in the flex plate are just a bit wider than the bolts that join them. My concern is...
Thanks for the advice on getting the bolts holes to line up. A few more questions before I finish this up: 1.) With the bolts loosely in place...
Great advice! Thanks!
There is a long story about the builder that did the engine and transmission that I won't get into but not bolting the flexplate to the converter...
That would make a lot more sense. I've been digging around and it seems that having my assumption of a flexplate and flywheel attached to the...
Here are some pics. The difference between the two is you can see through one of the holes where I've moved the flywheel behind the flex plate.
The flex plate seems to be bolted to the crank. The flywheel turns freely and independent of the flex plate. There are nuts between the engine...
Long story short, work was done on my car some time back and the shop installed the 354 hemi with a hot heads adaptor to a 727. I just did some...
A big thank you to the tech support at Hot Rod Wires! I sent an e-mail about my problem and got a call back from Bill right away. He suggested I...
It's been a few week but I finally got a little bit of garage time today!!! So where did I leave off? I finally got the ignition switch mounted...
For Father's Day I gave me some garage time. I've been running wire for the ignition per the wiring diagram I made. I've been trying to keep the...
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