by Dantra Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:35 amUpdate...
I was able to pick up a manifold locally from a guy on slantsix.org who just happened to be right here in my home town. And to boot, he just gave it to me, so I got pretty lucky.
After getting everything squared away with manifold I was able to get'r finished up and out for a test run. While buzzing around I would hear a rattle right at the shift point which sounded like a possible spark knock. I came back ans played with the timing a little and it would go away so I assumed tha'ts all it was. So a week or so later I finally got some spare time to set the dwell, timing and put in a new advance that I had ordred for my busted one. My little rattle didn't go away and actually sounded worse with proper timing and advance.
Later that night my wife asked if I'd like to go to El Rodeo (one of our favorite eats) and then says maybe we can take the truck. That really made my day...I instantly turned into a kid at that point. An hour or so later we wre cruizing to supper in my Darlin'. As we were driving I could here the mentioned rattle and knew what I was hearing, I was just in denile.
The next day I began the process of tracking the noise...which I now knew was a light rod rattle. I could raise the engine idle to a point that I could hear the noise, so I set it to rattle and began pulling plug wires one at a time. The noise went away when I pulled the #6 wire. I was kinda annoyed that the engine that I just put in had a rod rattling...goes to show that you get what you pay for and don't always take a mans word.
I dropped the pan (what a breeze in an A) and grabbed the #6 rod...sure enough, it had some lash. I removed the cap and was surprised that the journal looked pretty good but the bearing was a little rough. I checked a few others and they looked normal. Oddly, I found that the #6 journal had been turned .010 while the others had not. I also found that the oil passage in the #6 rod was blocked. It has obviously been rebuilt since all of the rods and mains had been marked with a punch. I decided to just put a single rod bearing in, clean out the oil passage and use sealer on the pan gasket...no sense in throwing more money than needed at it. Might last a day, a summer or forever, who knows.
I drove it around last night and it sounded great. Now I just need to replace the square tires for some round ones (Ha) and get the play out of the steering so I can venture more than a few miles from home. Loving this old truck more and more everytime I drive it.
I was able to pick up a manifold locally from a guy on slantsix.org who just happened to be right here in my home town. And to boot, he just gave it to me, so I got pretty lucky.
After getting everything squared away with manifold I was able to get'r finished up and out for a test run. While buzzing around I would hear a rattle right at the shift point which sounded like a possible spark knock. I came back ans played with the timing a little and it would go away so I assumed tha'ts all it was. So a week or so later I finally got some spare time to set the dwell, timing and put in a new advance that I had ordred for my busted one. My little rattle didn't go away and actually sounded worse with proper timing and advance.
Later that night my wife asked if I'd like to go to El Rodeo (one of our favorite eats) and then says maybe we can take the truck. That really made my day...I instantly turned into a kid at that point. An hour or so later we wre cruizing to supper in my Darlin'. As we were driving I could here the mentioned rattle and knew what I was hearing, I was just in denile.
The next day I began the process of tracking the noise...which I now knew was a light rod rattle. I could raise the engine idle to a point that I could hear the noise, so I set it to rattle and began pulling plug wires one at a time. The noise went away when I pulled the #6 wire. I was kinda annoyed that the engine that I just put in had a rod rattling...goes to show that you get what you pay for and don't always take a mans word.
I dropped the pan (what a breeze in an A) and grabbed the #6 rod...sure enough, it had some lash. I removed the cap and was surprised that the journal looked pretty good but the bearing was a little rough. I checked a few others and they looked normal. Oddly, I found that the #6 journal had been turned .010 while the others had not. I also found that the oil passage in the #6 rod was blocked. It has obviously been rebuilt since all of the rods and mains had been marked with a punch. I decided to just put a single rod bearing in, clean out the oil passage and use sealer on the pan gasket...no sense in throwing more money than needed at it. Might last a day, a summer or forever, who knows.
I drove it around last night and it sounded great. Now I just need to replace the square tires for some round ones (Ha) and get the play out of the steering so I can venture more than a few miles from home. Loving this old truck more and more everytime I drive it.
