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Do you have an update on your ream mail seal leak? Did you get the problem resolved? If so, what did you do?
Yes Jim. It's the hole just under the mounting bolt holes.
It's not a heater hose connection. The hole is about 3/8" dia. and it's located just under the water pump mounting bolt holes on the pass side....
I have a gen 1 327. There is a bypass port on the pass side of the water pump. The port on the block is not drilled through to the water jacket....
I have recently put in a freshly rebuilt SBC 350. Cam break-in went well. The procedure was completed without any issues. I now have approx. 100...
Doing a compression test this morning on a SBC 350. Pulled all the plugs and #5 was wet. Hooked up compression tester to #1 and windmilled the...
Seems to have worked. Plugs look better, no sooting in the exhaust tips. I'll leave it alone for a bit and see how it goes.
Visibility is more important than any specific order. Water temp and oil pressure should be in your line of sight so you can see them at a glance....
Plugs looked a little dark. I found the float level right on (7/16 w/ gasket installed). Fuel pressure is set at 3.5 psi. The metering rods,...
Sounds like I need to back up a little bit. I need to make sure the metering rods a fully closed at idle and check the float level. Thanks for the...
It sucks gas like a banshee and the exhaust pipes have loads of black soot.
I have a freshly built SBC 350 with a single 600 cfm Edelbrock carburetor sitting on a tunnel ram intake. It has a comp cams RV grind with the...
I used a switch that has a small indicator light as well. I heard that it's not a good idea to leave it in lockup when going under 35mph.
I just got my 34 Intl. hotrod on the road so I'm fixin a couple of bugs. I installed a switch to control when the torque converter goes into...
Thanks everyone for your input. I will proceed accordingly.
I have an aftermarket dipstick in a 700r4 trans. I need to know where the tranny fluid level should be so I can mark the new dipstick. I don't...
Thanks for taking the time to locate the references. I'm inclined to go with the standard gaskets. I'll leave the 'turkey tray' to to cooks. After...
I'm assembling a Oldsmobile 400. Originally it had a valley pan gasket presumably to keep oil from coking the bottom of the intake manifold. What...
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