knuckleharley

They look like freeze plugs to me. Instead of trying to pull them out past decades of paint and rust,why not take a punch to the lip on one side and try to knock it back in on that side? MUCH easier to apply force and you get the same results because when you knock one side in the other side comes out and you can grab it with vise grips and pull it out then. Just make sure the punch you are using is an actual punch with a flat face. Try to find one that has a curvature close to the curvature of the freeze plug for maximum impact. Anyhow,that's what has worked best for me in the past.

Possibly something about submarine races?

Don,what I heard is probably wrong,but I have heard that there is at least one breed of cat that doesn't affect allergies.

One of my basic rules when it comes to judging the character of new people I meet is their attitude towards pets,and especially towards dogs. If you dislike pets,especially dogs,you are lacking an essential character trait necessary for you to ever be trusted enough by me to be an actual friend. The best you will ever be is someone I know and tolerate because you are lacking in humanity and I strongly suspect you may be a sociopath due to your lack of empathy. Obviously people that don't have pets because of allergies or living circumstances like living in rental property where pets are banned are exempt because of their circumstances.

Just out of curiosity,why have you removed it? Are you looking for rears that will interchange,or parts to repair that one?

I hope you killed both of the dogs. I would have.

I just went through this with a new "friend" 3 days ago. Rescued a little black female cat from behind a dumpster,and after a few days of eating regular meals she exploded. WAAAY too pregnant with way too many kittens,and she started miscarrying in the house at night. Had 3 still born before I could get her to the vet the next day to have a C-section. She had a total of 8 kittens,and only one survived. A little black tom cat. Strong and loud,and I really thought he was going to make it. Took him home and was bottle feeding him,and he was unbelievably strong and vocal the first day at home. When I went to get him out of his box and blanket for the 6 pm feeding the second day he was dead. I always adopt adult cats,the older the better,so I am used to them dying on me. Besides,I am old and not all that healthy,and have no business adopting young animals. All my other cats but one had died of old age in the previous 6 months,so I had plenty of room. I had gone to the local animal shelter and picked out a pair of Tuxedo cats for the house,and was looking for a couple of shop cats to put out in the shop with my old sick tom.Both of the females he had been living with had died in recent months,and besides him being lonely,I needed some females out there to catch snakes and mice. The tom couldn't seem to be bothered with trivial stuff like that. The two tuxedo's I moved into the house were jumping up on my chest at night after the second night with mouse tails hanging out of their mouths. Had the house cats kill a copper head in the house a couple of years ago,and the shop cats had killed at least two cottonmouths. They ate one and left the other by the door for me to step on when I went inside the shop. I picked this cat out from the others behind the dumpster because she was a skinny young adult,and I wanted to tame her out some and get her spayed before she had kittens. My timing obviously sucks. I figured I could find a home for her after taming her out,and it would give me a little more time to look for a old cat needing a home. The mother cat survived the operation and is already so tame you would think she had never been out of the house,but losing that kitten hit me hard. Dogs aren't a good fit with me because I live alone in a very remote place full of snakes with tall grass,lots of fleas,and lots of ticks. If I ever let a pet out the house and shop gets infested with fleas and ticks and I just can't have that. Besides,I have had people drop off stray dogs three times in recent years that wandered up to live in the yard and be fed,and none of them lasted more than 3 months before a snake got them. Cats don't usually last much longer. There is even a bear that at times likes to pass through my yard at night and take a dump by a light pole.

I can only suggest you contact http://stores.restorationspecialties.com/ If they don't have it and you have at least one example to send them,they can and will make it for you.

I'm guessing this would be a thing best left to people who specialize in doing it.

That's not as heavy as you think. Lots of late 70's Camaros came close to weighing that much. Besides,are you going to drag race it or drive it? My "daily drive in nice weather before the radiator went out" was and will once again be a 51 Ford coupe with the original flathead 6 in it. I have no trouble at all pulling out into 4 lane traffic with it,or keeping up with them driving down the highway. I can cruise at 60-65 MPH all day if I want and am not stressing the engine. Which is really all I require from it. Granted,if I lived in a mountainous or hilly area I might want some more "oomph" for climbing hills,but here in the flatlands the tiny 226 flat 6 does just fine. If I want to go faster,I drive a faster car. I am replacing the 305/Turbo 250 in my P-15 with a balanced and blueprinted 412 SBC and AOD,but that is mostly because I already happen to have both with about 20k miles on them,and the 305 and 250 are flat worn out. I originally built that engine with the roller cam,big valve heads,NASCAR speed shop balance and assembly,Keith Black pistons,gapless rings,etc,etc,etc to put in a 39 Ford,but the 262 V-8 in my junker 1 ton Chevy van took a dump,so I put it in the 1 ton instead. The 1 ton finally got so rusty it started falling apart,so I pulled the engine and trans and crushed it. I replaced it with a 4x4 3/4 ton diesel,but still have the 412 laying around doing nothing. It should do a fine job of waking up that sleepy little Plymouth,though. Still,if I had an original car with a good running straight 8 in it,the straight 8 would remain,even if I had hills to pull. It will pull the hills and it will also run smoother than anything else you have ever owned.

Since you have already said your ebrake wasn't on,I am guessing you have a poor connection to the solenoid that got better as the heat made things swell or you hit enough bumps to make a connection again.

WOW! A 2X2 intake! I have a VERY nice 2x1 Edmunds for my 230,but would rather have a 3x1 if I can find one. I see the 3x1 intakes as the perfect match for a street engine.

Could you possibly tell us more about that Shanafelt dual intake,and maybe even post a few photos? I've never heard of that one. I have had good luck with Delta Cams in the northwest. Buy rebuilt tappets from them when you buy the cam. Delta is mostly a factory replacement source that rebuilds worn factory cams back to factory specs,but they will do custom hi-po grinds if that is what you want. If you want to spent the money for a finned aluminum head or any other flat 6 Mopar speed part,this is the guy to see. http://www.edgyspeedshop.com/products.html Other sources have cast iron headers for dual exhausts,or will build a split exhaust for you.

I know this isn't going to seem helpful right at first,but the next thing you need to buy is a factory service manual for your car. You can buy repops and can even buy them on CD's now,so they don't cost very much,but the information they give you and the pictures they show you are priceless.

You can buy kits to rebuild the fuel pump and the water pump,but the best bet with fuel pump is to plug the inlet and outlet so nothing gets in it,and use an electric fuel pump with an inline filter and a fuel pressure regulator set no higher than 4 psi. I think if you look around you can find a kit to rebuild the water pump,or even a rebuilt water pump a lot cheaper than that,but the reality is even if you pay 150 bucks for a new water pump,chances are it will last you 20 years,so what's the big deal? It's not like you will be driving the car 100,000 miles a year and wearing stuff out quickly. My basic philosophy now that I am a geezer is "If it ain't broke,don't spend time and money "fixing" it". The car runs and shifts now,so drive the damn thing the way it is until it starts giving you trouble. You can always rebuild or replace it then,and in the meantime you may get to enjoy the car the way it is without spending a bunch of money fixing what ain't broken. Those old straight 8's were VERY reliable engines,and the Fluid Drive transmissions must be close to indestructible because you almost never hear anybody talking about rebuilding one. If you drive the car around for a couple of months locally and it is still holding good oil pressure,not making any noise,and not smoking,and the trans is shifting like it should,spend that money on paint,chrome,brakes,and new tires. OR......,just find somebody that wants to buy your rare car and restore it,and take the money and buy a nice Dodge or Plymouth. Doing major modifications to a desirable car as rare as that one is like setting fire to 100 bills. Or even a DeSoto? My opinion,and worth every dollar you paid for it.

It's fine. Just lube them with brake fluid to wash away the grit.

They also have enough power you can drive them with the original engines and keep up with the traffic flow pretty much anywhere you go. Also,a Fluid Drive trans is almost the same thing as a auto trans. You only have to use the clutch twice to go somewhere. Once to back out of your driveway,and once to pull forward. After that it shits and downshifts itself.

Hah! You are ASSUMING those are cigarettes they are lighting!

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Well,the cast iron and other materials in modern cars is a lot safer because it was cast/manufactured to US standards under contract. The generic replacement parts you buy at parts stores were made to the alleged standards of whatever Politburo relative that happens to be running the company for his real boss. Which means there is virtually no quality control whatsoever. It may be good,but chances are it is junk. Still,I don't take any chances. When I had to replace a front hub on my 06 GMC 4x4 diesel hauling truck last year,I bought a genuine GMC hub from a dealership. Yeah,it cost me over twice as much,but it's not going to fall apart in less than a year,either. Given what shops charge for labor anymore,it is false economizing to buy a junk part that won't last a year when you can buy a quality part for twice as much that will last for years.

AFAIK,there is no limit to how many times a block can be sleeved. The old sleeves are removed,the block is heated,the sleeve is frozen,and they are press-fit together.

Ok,why can't you measure the distance from the top of the piston to the top of the ring,and then measure down that far from the top of the block to the chip to see if there is room? Allowing a few thousands for "stretch",of course.

Wouldn't the simplest way to determine this be to remove that one rod and piston,and then measure it yourself? The reason I say this is different pistons from different manufacturers may have the ring grooves at slightly different depths from the top of the piston. Measure the one you have and know exactly what you are dealing with. Another method would be to measure the depth from the top of the block to the ridges in the other cylinders unless they have all been freshly bored.

Thanks for clearing that up. I wonder WTH they were thinking to come out with two new engines identical in design,with only 11 cubic inches difference in displacement?

I believe there was a Fury "Golden Commando" (what a GREAT name!) engine that was a 350,but I THINK that was the horsepower rating,and I THINK it was the 361 engine,which later became the 383 engine. I know a guy that had Chrysler give him a 58 Fury to drag race in 58. He claims he was the one that was responsible for the design of the cam used in the dual-quad Golden Commando engines. He is in his 80's now,and it's too late to call him tonight. If nobody else responds,I will try to remember to call him tomorrow and get the lowdown on this.