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| Thank-you, and pics.... |
| By John - 07/30/2002 9:33:25 AM; IP 142.177.97.172 |
| Thanks Shoe for the info. I know you are right about tearing the engine down again, but I was trying to be optomistic. I have two spare blocks, a 360 with the extra webbing and a 428 never been bored block. I have one spare 428 CJ crank, but it needs to be balanced and I need the flywheel out of the car for that. These parts I was saving till I got everything working with the older stuff. The problem with gaskets that leak, is that in most cases, it is almost impossible to tell from the gasket that it was leaking. I've had a really bad head gasket leak on an engine that showed no sign once torn down. It might almost be better to drop the pan and pressurize the cooling system to see if the leak can be seen visually. I know I sounded glum in my letter, but it's a short summer up here and I prefer to rebuild the engine over the winter. I'm going to inspect the oil filter today and do some pressure tests with the valve covers off and see if I can see or hear anything leaking before I started tearing everything down. By the way, this engine is a pig to install in my car...not so bad to remove though. Thanks again, and here's a couple of pics (I'm the one with the gray hair, which is most likely due to this engine...chuckle): |
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