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Man I should have paid attention that this year had malaise cars!

Lots of computer work do to which surprises me a bit, the cam sounds the same as the old one. Maybe the new heads flow that much better :lol: Accelerator pump program is all wonky, start up program is wonky. Need to check fluids when cooled down. Warmed up it ran 50psi oil pressure @ 2200rpm...

It's a filthy mess but brown hides it!

Made it. Definitely a list of things to fix but almost 3 yrs it's been dormant.

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Pre flight checks are a go, after blowing off the upper rad hose cuz I forgot to tighten the clamp and bypassing the Hobbs switch which controls lockdown for the OD. Wasn't getting power to energize the OD circuit. Wish me luck!

Well it runs. Finally. Took forever for the lifters to pump up, was afraid I wasn't getting oil up top. I didn't have a primer rod so I filled the filter half full and let it rattle till it primed. Sometimes that's just how it goes. Idled at a good 70,lbs as it was warming up. Now I have to...

I had rollbar parts for my Coronet go from Ohio to California to Iowa. Amazed I got them in the end

Moldings on and off a freshly painted car, brave man with steady hands!

I probably asked earlier in the thread, but as you drove it more did you notice if the polishing caused any weird view like you cut a prescription into it?

But they aren't that far away in 'C body miles'. Like the inverse of dog years, C bodies melt the miles away!

That we can agree on, if nothing else about these cores :thumbsup:

You should like that post Mark - you might have been on tap to help when we hibernate the cars!

My brother and sister in law flew up from Houston last weekend so we threw the hood back on it hoping for the best with the rest of the work. There's nobody around back there easily available who's strong enough. Even we struggled with it more than we did when I did my first engine swap in...

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Whew. I'm apparently getting old. I was sore and tired after the past weekend and all I did was get the engine in and bolted to the trans! All the bolts for the exhaust worked out fine. I had a heck of a time getting the trans to slide back to give me room to do the engine in. I tried it...

I'm several issues behind. I think my dad bought a lifetime subscription that has been passed on to me. I agree, I skip Rob's commentary. Might share these cars and a party affiliation with him, but I do not share very many of his opinions.

If you're going to drive it, put a modern tire on it imo.

It should. These van/rv manifolds I used upside-down actually have larger holes, the next size up bolt fit with no reaming on the other side. I imagine they did that to avoid expansion and breaking bolts on heavier duty application. This hole is much better looking than the other one after I...

And of course then when I went to do the other side one of those stripped out. At least it didn't break off. .