Gerald Morris
Senior Member
Good Evening Moparians,
After getting screwed by PAYPAL on the delivery of the exhaust gas checker kit, wife and I decided we can't afford to be down for 2 additional idle days awaiting shipment of something PayPal is stealing. Until this ugly business, I didn't realize that PayPal is just a filthy pack of usurious "middle men" who buy products low from vendors, and sell to you for their parasitic profit. I KNEW about their money schemes, but THIS outrage is likely going to result in the Morris Family's withdrawal of our business from PayPal. WHAT SCUM!
Anyway, I began the process of removing the heads late this afternoon. I've had to CLEAN this filthy engine PLENTY as I go, both for the health of my self and family, and that of the engine. You'll see soon enough....
I managed first to uncover the engine boss, and the numbers typical of a 1968 383, thus confirming my suspicion that this IS THE ORIGINAL ENGINE TO THIS CAR! It goes with the radiator, which also is a 1968 radiator. Ecce:
D383
2 12
R
Yep, its a 1968 engine.
I predicted the next condition to Tamara, my Balkan Bride, before removing the intake manifold:
Hoooly RATSHIT Ratman! I based my predition on the ugly trick played by my air compressor, when I blasted into the crossover port and got bombarded by rat feces from the other side. Oh these barn finds are FULL of FUN! I had noticed small tufts of fiberglass insulation earlier, when installing the oil pressure gauge. So, after the bombardment, I predicted what in fact proved to be exactly the case visible above/ ONE Pleasant surprise though; that valley pan turned out not to have any corrosion holes. I thank the Lord for my blessings. Look at the crossover port on the bottom side of this pic. Nasty buildup there, eh?
All the intake ports show some carbon fouling, indicative of backfiring. The two worst are on cylinders 4 and 6. Surprise surprise SURPRISE! That's about where I read the highest block temperatures a few days back. Reckon those 53 yr old steel shim gaskets may have rusted to powder, allowing crossover detonation? I wot it might just be so. Nasty lookin, ain't they?
BUT, things don't look ALL BAD! Far from it. Check out the cam and lifters;
NO collapsed lifters in THIS engine! Cam lobes all look nice and sharp too. Oil looks a bit dark now, but NO DAMNED COOLANT!!! The little bit of crap toward the front fell in when I removed the valley pan. Be SURE, I'll get that **** out regardless of what else I do.
I plan to open those bores tomorrow on both sides. If I do the even numbers, I'll have to do the odd ones too. No point in letting old rust serve as gaskets any longer. I HAVE seen this **** before, 2 years ago. When these engines sit in barns, parked there by yahoos who don't drain them, this happens. I just thank St. Joe the thing runs well, aside from overheating from a blown out gasket or 2. I'd say this got caught in good time now. I'll also see if I can do some cleaning on those ports. I can't grind them right now, but I figure I CAN clean them.
Any Guiding Wisdom will be appreciated at this point. Y'all will get to see the works this time tomorrow, God-willing.
After getting screwed by PAYPAL on the delivery of the exhaust gas checker kit, wife and I decided we can't afford to be down for 2 additional idle days awaiting shipment of something PayPal is stealing. Until this ugly business, I didn't realize that PayPal is just a filthy pack of usurious "middle men" who buy products low from vendors, and sell to you for their parasitic profit. I KNEW about their money schemes, but THIS outrage is likely going to result in the Morris Family's withdrawal of our business from PayPal. WHAT SCUM!
Anyway, I began the process of removing the heads late this afternoon. I've had to CLEAN this filthy engine PLENTY as I go, both for the health of my self and family, and that of the engine. You'll see soon enough....
I managed first to uncover the engine boss, and the numbers typical of a 1968 383, thus confirming my suspicion that this IS THE ORIGINAL ENGINE TO THIS CAR! It goes with the radiator, which also is a 1968 radiator. Ecce:
D383
2 12
R
Yep, its a 1968 engine.
I predicted the next condition to Tamara, my Balkan Bride, before removing the intake manifold:
All the intake ports show some carbon fouling, indicative of backfiring. The two worst are on cylinders 4 and 6. Surprise surprise SURPRISE! That's about where I read the highest block temperatures a few days back. Reckon those 53 yr old steel shim gaskets may have rusted to powder, allowing crossover detonation? I wot it might just be so. Nasty lookin, ain't they?
BUT, things don't look ALL BAD! Far from it. Check out the cam and lifters;
NO collapsed lifters in THIS engine! Cam lobes all look nice and sharp too. Oil looks a bit dark now, but NO DAMNED COOLANT!!! The little bit of crap toward the front fell in when I removed the valley pan. Be SURE, I'll get that **** out regardless of what else I do.
I plan to open those bores tomorrow on both sides. If I do the even numbers, I'll have to do the odd ones too. No point in letting old rust serve as gaskets any longer. I HAVE seen this **** before, 2 years ago. When these engines sit in barns, parked there by yahoos who don't drain them, this happens. I just thank St. Joe the thing runs well, aside from overheating from a blown out gasket or 2. I'd say this got caught in good time now. I'll also see if I can do some cleaning on those ports. I can't grind them right now, but I figure I CAN clean them.
Any Guiding Wisdom will be appreciated at this point. Y'all will get to see the works this time tomorrow, God-willing.