- 1. Small block Chevy question (score: 1)
- Author: "Timothy F. Murphy" <timmurph@execpc.com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:43:47 -0500
- My son (and partner on the race car project) has a Chevy pickup with a small block Chevy (350 C.I.D.) It suddenly started "knocking" when he started it a couple of days ago. It was quite warm, about
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- 2. RE: Small block Chevy question (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:19:43 -0700
- Lifters frequently fail stuck open. They get a bunch of carbon in them from grubby oil or other deposits. There's really no magic goop you can put in an engine to fix it. If you're going to keep the
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- 3. Re: Small block Chevy question (score: 1)
- Author: "Timothy F. Murphy" <timmurph@execpc.com>
- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 17:54:37 -0500
- Thanks for the replies. He decided to "do the right thing" and pull the head, even though the truck is up for sale. Good thing. The seat for the intake on # 6 obviously came loose, got pounded to pie
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- 4. RE: Small block Chevy question (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 16:23:25 -0700
- Never fails. Of course now that it's apart you can cut some corners. The old-time engine repair guys would do this whole job with the engine in place. A good system flush, swap out those lifters, dro
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- 5. Re: Small block Chevy question (score: 1)
- Author: "Timothy F. Murphy" <timmurph@execpc.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 06:47:46 -0500
- After sleeping on it, that's about what I decided. Pull the pistons, if rings okay, clean up the tops and reuse. Thought it might even be better with old rings as they are "seated". With all of the
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