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[ermax]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Or it was "adjusted" (bucketed) too tight -





humfrz

By adjusted I assume you mean valve clearance. I didn’t bother reshimming. They were all still within spec though. More on the loose side than tight. If it was a simple process I would have improved the clearance though. I kind of wrote it off as the valve not seating well, engine being cold and dry and the fact that I was turning it over buy hand rather than by the starter. It was a big discrepancy though and it was all leaking past one intake valve.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I missed that! So it is a double interference engine. Crap, that would not be pretty at all.

hmmmm…… one valves hooks over the other valve and the piston comes up and smashes the hell out of both of them -

Why did we ever get away from big block engines - enough room for everything -


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

hmmmm…… one valves hooks over the other valve and the piston comes up and smashes the hell out of both of them -

Why did we ever get away from big block engines - enough room for everything -


humfrz

Yep! And a valve job consisted of a couple of gaskets and a whole two hours start to finish.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by ermax

By adjusted I assume you mean valve clearance. I didn’t bother reshimming. They were all still within spec though. More on the loose side than tight. If it was a simple process I would have improved the clearance though. I kind of wrote it off as the valve not seating well, engine being cold and dry and the fact that I was turning it over buy hand rather than by the starter. It was a big discrepancy though and it was all leaking past one intake valve.

Yep, valve clearance.

Let's see, you have one hand trying to hold the compression gauge in the spark plug hole tight - then with the other hand you are trying to turn over a cold, dry engine.

Now, HOW could you get a false reading?? -

Back in the day, it took me both hands to hold a compression gauge in a spark plug hole (on a 8:1 compression ratio engine) -

(hesh up, @Tcoat , I was NOT a 98 pound weakling - I just weighed 98 pounds)


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Yep! And a valve job consisted of a couple of gaskets and a whole two hours start to finish.

Yep, the old days. I used to take off the head(s), put them in the truck, before school, drop it (them) off at the automotive machine shop in town, have the head(s) milled (actually trued), valves replaced or ground, buy a gasket set, borrow a torque wrench, take them back to the farm, install the head(s) adjust the valves, all after school.

Actual work time, not much more than two hours -


humfrz

[ermax]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Yep, valve clearance.



Let's see, you have one hand trying to hold the compression gauge in the spark plug hole tight - then with the other hand you are trying to turn over a cold, dry engine.



Now, HOW could you get a false reading?? -



Back in the day, it took me both hands to hold a compression gauge in a spark plug hole (on a 8:1 compression ratio engine) -



(hesh up, @Tcoat , I was NOT a 98 pound weakling - I just weighed 98 pounds)





humfrz

I have threaded fittings on my compression and leak down gauges so that helps.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by ermax

I have threaded fittings on my compression and leak down gauges so that helps.

Well, what won't they invent next -


humfrz

[Hypnocracy]

Back at the dealership today...addressing new suspension noises that weren’t there before safety recall work...loose bolts on sway bars is my guess

Originally Posted by humfrz

So, any oil on the garage floor ??

humfrz

Thankfully...no new leaks

[dodj]

Why did we ever get away from big block engines - enough room for everything -


Some of us didn't. My other fun car is a 440 4sp Challenger

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by dodj

Why did we ever get away from big block engines - enough room for everything -


Some of us didn't. My other fun car is a 440 4sp Challenger

Now, that's getten into @Tcoat territory -


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Now, that's getten into @Tcoat territory -


humfrz

well there are at least two of us on here that know the beauty of the 440!

[Ultramaroon]

in b 4 circle jerk

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

in b 4 circle jerk

Stick around. Everybody's coming.

[Hypnocracy]

joy joy happy happy...CEL back on today...feels sluggish and not like the normal peppy FA20...stopped at teh AutoZone and had them pull the code....Oil Control Valve