Technical Trying to get 283 Running

So happy that you get to keep your card

 

LOL! I was just tagging you asking if I could keep my card.

And...it even just sits there and idles like a champ.

We seem to have one less messed up 283 on the HAMB now.

 

Even found a use for the custom valve covers I modified in high school while I watch all the rockers get oil. Picture was to hide the ugly distributor so my pic wouldn’t get pulled by our buddy @Moriarity.

 

We knew you would get it fixed

 

My brother made a set years ago, with holes only, just enough to get a socket on the nut. It cut down on the mess quite a bit.

 

Yea, if I were to make another set, that would be a much better solution. I honestly don't hardly ever use them anymore since I have rarely had issue with being able to set all the valves before ever starting an engine. These were back when I thought I needed to adjust valves with an engine running. I was reminded of the mess last night when the exhaust valve on #2 cylinder was squirting oil all the way to the inner fender. I just stuffed a paper towel on top of it to keep the mess inside the valve cover.

 

it was excited to be running again.......

 

Unh, Unh, Unh

 

I had a set of those Lisle clips that plugged the oil holes, but they would go PING... try finding one of those, more miss than hit. I just use an old towel to catch most of it.

 

With that success, everyone grab your beer, we're heading over to the other 283 party;

Technical - SBC guys, help me get my 283 runnung right before i put a match in the gas tank | The H.A.M.B. (jalopyjournal.com)

 

I borrowed a set of those from a friend years ago, don't know what I did wrong but a couple of them broke, he said don't worry about it but I knew what it meant was, don't ask again to borrow tools.
Cut the center out of an old 283 valve cover and finished the job.