Mike36

I know they will do that Jack. My cousin used to shut down 283 Chev’s with his, as well as several 318’s.

You are right about it being a 332, in the over 50 years since it happened I had forgotten about that engine. In 79 I bought a new Dodge aspen with 225 engine. Other than looks, it in no way resembled the 61 engine. Those pre emission engines would run hard. The teacher was not trying to scare me, he wanted to know who it was. 427 had no trouble running down anything anywhere? Unless it was a blue Plymouth with a 43 on the door.

Many,many years ago, I out run a 58 Ford 352 V8 with a 61 Dodge Lancer 225. Wasn’t even close. Sure was glad, he was one of my high school teachers and I did not want him to know who it was. There will be no discussion on why he was chasing me.

As a retired machinist, I can tell you some of the reasons for broken drill bits. 1 - Bit has to be sharp. 2- Alignment of bit to hole has to be absolutely maintained. Bits have to be hard to cut, and that makes them brittle. If the operator leans the drill a little to the side,result is almost certainly a broken bit because it cannot bend. Try bending a piece of peanut brittle. 3- Excessive RPM. This generates heat, causing trouble with the chips having enough time to ride the drill flutes up and out of the hole, resulting in a bind and broken drill. It also causes the drill to lose temper and go dull. 4- Use a lubricant. Minimizing friction minimizes heat and helps with chip flow and helps eliminate bind. 5- Feed rate, ( drilling pressure). The harder you push, the larger the chip size. Larger chips are more likely to have interference problems exiting a hole. Too little pressure causes the bit to rub rather than cut properly, resulting in a dull, then broken bit. In my career of building industrial tooling, I had to drill many small diameter holes in tool steel. This can be done successfully by following the tips shown above, plus drill with a pecking action. I have drilled many of these holes with such a small diameter, that I would let the drill turn a few revolutions, then pull it completely out of the hole, blow bit clean, blow out hole, re apply oil to bit, repeat. If it takes a half hour to drill a hole, that’s much less time than will be required to get a small broken bit out of the hole DO NOT GET IN A HURRY WHEN DRIlLING.

Interesting.....thanks for the pictures and explanations.

JB Weld?

Tim, please go and join Don!

Don, if Andydodge is out of the corner, it’s your turn!

Oh no! Do you realize you own things you will never see again?

And yet another good tip from Tim DANDY, Go Tim Dandy!

Several penetrating oils better than wd40. Pb blaster and JB80 are two. For your pistons, mix in some acetone. Will thin the MMO and allow it to soak in better.

Plyroadking on this forum knows and rebuilds these overdrives. Everyone he rebuilds is installed in his 40 Plymouth and test driven before given to customer. A good guy you can trust. Located in Des Moines, Iowa.

If that is the only metal repair you need to make, forget welding it yourself. Go ahead and cut out the bad place, and fab your repair panel, then take it to a welding shop. If you want to learn welding, take a class at a community college before you invest in any equipment. After completing the welding class you will know what you want. Now you are guessing. If you buy welding equipment of any kind now and attempt to fix that panel, you will probably end up with something you don’t want. Good welding takes knowledge and practice. Right now you have neither.

Waiting for the right time or right tool isn’t necessarily bad. Please pass the beer and pizza.

Olds went 12 volt in 1953.

I think it would be easier to pull your sheet metal off, and put it on a chassis of your choosing.

That would look good, but be aware that old barn boards are completely dried out and brittle. You would have to be careful about what you haul, and not drop anything heavy on them.

Can you wet it down to control the dust, then use your JD loader to clean it out? I had bats get in my attic once. I watched at dusk to see where they came out, then threw several moth balls into the attic. Next morning I plugged the hole they were using, no more bats. Good luck with this problem.

Would have been, gone too many years to check it out.

Gregg, I'm sure it is referring to a 230 c.i. Engine, as opposed to a 218 or 201.

I had a 50 with SS grille bars. It was original.

Reminds me of my ex wife !

HI Worden,your granary looks to be solid, usable building. Have you considered putting a overhead door in the end, and parking the Meadowbrook in there? Money saved could be used for gas in the Meadowbrook allowing you to keep your fan base entertained!!!

Dodge did not make a 331 Hemi. I told you the 331 is a Chrysler engine. Whoever is giving you this information knows very little about these engines and I would beware.

'54 Desoto was 276 cubic inch, not 331. The 331 was a Chrysler engine.