Lonnie-S wrote:
Hmmmm, with the long 6, that transmission dipstick is likely in the wrong place.
I think we'll be able to make 'er fit, may have to break out my sky hook and use it to bring down my frame stretcher from the rafters though.
rx7locost wrote:
My first thought when seeing the 2nd photo was something about a strange married couple in a circus. Not safe to repeat in today's PC world. A joke/rhyme that my dad taught me years ago.
There now you see Chuck, now you've peaked my interest, I know we have to be on our best behaviour here (or at least right on the edge), but you can by all means PM this Limerick you speak of. After 61 years I have yet to be offended by humour no matter how light or dark it gets.
rx7locost wrote:
Are you really going with the auto trans?
Yes, I'm sticking to my build philosophy where as I use everything the donor car has to offer (and I'm getting too old and lazy to shift in city traffic).
chrisser wrote:
But I was surprised to learn from your thread that the Slant 6 was still being used in '79. They sure had a decent production run.
The Slant 6 production run ran from 1959 - 2000, the last few years being put only in trucks.
chrisser wrote:
I was raised on the General, so my Mopar knowledge is pretty slim.
Don't fret chrisser, being an auto mechanic I learned a long time ago that no matter what the emblem says it's still just a bunch of nuts and bolts holding things together as they whirl around up and down, back and forth, make noise, make you grin, make you swear, make you dream about things I can't mention here, and at the end of the day you pat the dam thing as you walk past it to go to the house!
BostonWill wrote:
I'm think we call it a "Super Slant". Sort of like a Super Fly only cooler!
That reminds me of a guy I used to know, had these sun glasses, he called them 'cooler glasses'. Being me I fell for it, asked ok, what are cooler glasses? He says, 'hey I'm cool, but when I put on these sun glasses I'm cooler'. Remember this was back in the late seventies, which I may or may not really remember because I was there.
Back to the build! Tore the engine down to evaluate it,
Not a good feeling when I pulled #5 spark plug. Pulled the head and found the cylinder wall eroded most of the circumference about 3/4" down. Other hint of something wrong was a tablespoon of green antifreeze that came out before the oil when draining the oil pan. I honed the cylinder to .010" over and still have wear present. So far the only thing I can see is the steel head gasket may have failed causing coolant to creep into the cylinder at rest, then wash away the lubrication when firing (or this engine casting was flawed from new). #5 piston looks reuse-able. All other cylinders have minimal wear at the top ring reversal area.
Still have to scrutinize the head. I found an auto machine shop that will mill the hole and install a liner to bring it back to spec. Found the front cam bearing had about 25% failure on it, the babbit de-laminated a bit, but it still served it's purpose. Cons and main bearings all stamped '79 and looked like the day they were installed.
Here's my disassembly trick FWIW. Years ago before I went to the dance with Dad and came home with Mom (you young fellers will have to ask some old guys what this means), AME plane mechanics used tobacco bags for keeping nuts and bolts in order whilst working on a plane. Skip ahead to the space age, I use baggies to sort the nuts and bolts, $4 for a hundred and a sharpie and my brain doesn't need to try and remember where every fastener is or was. I have baggies where there is only 1 bolt in them, but no guessing where and what to use it for. And not only are they space age you can see through them too!
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