Why is it that Bilbo's truck is the only one in the pictures? Looks awesome by the way. I know Bill's truck is torn down but Ken you must have drove yours to Bilbo's right? Or is Bill to big to sit up front? Hope you guys had a great day. Jerry
I may have to drive my truck over to Ken's to see His truck I expect to be able to do that in 2 or 3 weeks. BTW, Ken, if you think you can get your hands on a steering wheel, I'd be interested.
Russ, you just got a belly-roar from me on that statement! Back in '71 when dad and I were restoring a '48 chevy coupe, we had a pair of vise grips clamped to the steering column and a galvanized bucket to sit on! high tech low tech!
Top End Works Not removing the pistons ? why ever not ? . If they all look like this , a new set of piston rings properly installed and broken in (60 seconds) will yield greatly reduced blow by and carbon buildup , more power , better fuel economy blah blah blah..... Plus , you might find one of those pistons feeling it's age and maybe some skirt damage or getting ready to collapse . It's your call but slapping a fresh head against some old worn out rings usually makes a smoker/oil burner . Me , I'd install a set of gapless rings from Top End Performance .
1.Bottom end is quiet when running. 2.Oil pressure is around 10 pounds HOT at idle and 50 (hot), 60 (cold) pounds at speed. 3.If I needed to go completely through the engine it wouldn't cost much more to find and go through a 270 or 302 that would bolt right in place.
Understood Bill ; I wasn't suggesting going through the whole engine , just freshening it up like GM intended you to do . As long as it doesn't smoke when you're done , it'll be fine I am sure . I was taught to run the worn out engine and drive it 'round a bit to test the hot oil pressure etc. before taking it all apart so I'd know how much to replace when I had the head off . It's always worked for me , I rarely bore the block . Piston Rings & bearing shells are cheap when they result in a good running engine that runs As-New , doesn't smoke nor leak and will outlast me .
The world is a shit sandwich, and I'm the bottom slice of bread. Finished up the valve job Saturday night with lots of help from my brother Tom and my friend Ken. Had a helluva time getting the intake manifold to seal to the head, but finally got it. Did a 5 mile break in run. All was well. Sunday afternoon I took the truck out on a longer run (10 miles) and brought the speed up as far as 65 MPH (calculated 2607 RPM). Temp was around 185 and oil pressure was 50 PSI. When I backed off, the trucked slowed normally through about 58 MPH and then started making racket sort of like a Jake Brake. Wouldn't idle (idle speed previously 425 RPM). Poor power. Very rough. Took the valve cover off last night and found this: That's #4 exhaust, staying partially open by itself. The rocker can get so far away because of this: Removed the head and took it back to the machine shop with manifolds attached. All the other valves were free. This one could not be removed with easy hits from a dead-blow hammer. Shop didn't know what happened, but they are standing behind their work. They'll order another exhaust valve from Egge.
Well Bill... I hope you get back up and running in short order. When you do, You, Ken and I need to get together with JW's54 from Cypress and meet someplace with all our trucks. I'll buy lunch For Ken, Thanks again for the steering wheel. I'm working on it...
