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- Fri May 31, 2019 5:12 pm
- Forum: Technical group
- Topic: Rebuild time on the 230 flat head engine
- Replies: 116
- Views: 20589
Re: Rebuild time on the 230 flat head engine
One thing to consider is that you will gain back a little of that lost compression from the over size on the bore. That may be why they dropped the top down to keep the compression stock. I don't have all the parameters to do the math on that engine.
- Fri May 31, 2019 5:39 am
- Forum: Technical group
- Topic: Rebuild time on the 230 flat head engine
- Replies: 116
- Views: 20589
Re: Rebuild time on the 230 flat head engine
.020!? That is a substantial reduction in compression from stock which was already very low. Why would they do that? Are you sure it is .020?
- Wed May 29, 2019 7:20 am
- Forum: Technical group
- Topic: Pulling the flathead 6
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1091
Re: Pulling the flathead 6
Darn it! I TOLD you to hook the hoist to the ENGINE! NOT the brush guard!!!
- Tue May 28, 2019 1:51 pm
- Forum: Technical group
- Topic: Pulling the flathead 6
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1091
Re: Pulling the flathead 6
It all depends on whether you remember to disconnect it and how hard you pull to get it out! :lol: :lol: :lol: You didn't think I would let that go by did you? After looking at my linkage that is what I would do, much easier to deal with once out on the floor. Be honest John, That thing has more tha...
- Sun May 26, 2019 5:55 am
- Forum: Builders Blog
- Topic: 383 Mopar powered M37
- Replies: 114
- Views: 42877
Re: 383 Mopar powered M37
Damn dude! I am sorry. I will say no more!
- Sat May 25, 2019 5:06 am
- Forum: Builders Blog
- Topic: 383 Mopar powered M37
- Replies: 114
- Views: 42877
Re: 383 Mopar powered M37
Before you go and diagnose all my problems, think about what the truck was doing. A short burst to 92 MPH with 4.56 gears will in turn the oil pump, water pump, and alternator higher then the norm. Burst pressure on Mobile1 filter is 600psi, so don't think that will be an issue. My roadrace cars re...
- Fri May 24, 2019 3:42 pm
- Forum: Builders Blog
- Topic: 383 Mopar powered M37
- Replies: 114
- Views: 42877
Re: 383 Mopar powered M37
Nice looking truck! Those gauges also tell me it is running WAY too cold and you are going to have condensation issues in the oil, your oil pressure is too high and you are risking blowing out a filter on the road and you charging system is a tad high also. I know, I know, but after 50 years of buil...
- Thu May 23, 2019 5:05 am
- Forum: Soap box
- Topic: OFF LINE FOR A WHILE...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1650
Re: OFF LINE FOR A WHILE...
It's 5/23, LEAVE! Go on vacation and forget this place for a while!!
- Sun May 19, 2019 1:07 pm
- Forum: Builders Blog
- Topic: Another green thing to work on, 53 M37
- Replies: 101
- Views: 28245
Re: Another green thing to work on, 53 M37
Rear brakes are done and axles back in for now. I will be welding on tabs for the brake hoses and running brake lines to the master cylinder. I need this thing to be able to move and I am not going to have time to swap the third member before surgery. It will be quite a while afterwards before I wil...
- Sat May 18, 2019 2:34 pm
- Forum: Technical group
- Topic: 10.50-16
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5197
Re: 10.50-16
Go here, https://postimages.org/, sign up and create a file for your pictures. Just follow the directions and when it says to "share" pick the "Hotlink for forums" and click on that and it will say copied. Then go to the forum and in your post just right click and choose "pa...
- Sat May 18, 2019 2:26 pm
- Forum: Builders Blog
- Topic: Another green thing to work on, 53 M37
- Replies: 101
- Views: 28245
Re: Another green thing to work on, 53 M37
Yea, I have a rebuilt third member and another with all the parts to rebuild it. I was hoping to get the rear end back together so I could drive it around the yard with brakes as I worked on the rest of it. I just looked over the other axle and the butt end of it where it goes into the differential ...
- Sat May 18, 2019 1:06 pm
- Forum: Builders Blog
- Topic: Another green thing to work on, 53 M37
- Replies: 101
- Views: 28245
Re: Another green thing to work on, 53 M37
Got the brakes completed and on the passenger side and in the process of painting the the other side and I was washing the axle of the passenger side when I found something interesting, and troublesome. The are wear marks on the axle out close to the wheel end where it was scraping on something but ...
- Fri May 17, 2019 4:10 pm
- Forum: Builders Blog
- Topic: Another green thing to work on, 53 M37
- Replies: 101
- Views: 28245
Re: Another green thing to work on, 53 M37
Or it could be the beat up and worn out old body, Mine, not the truck! We are both the same age after all.
- Thu May 16, 2019 1:24 pm
- Forum: Builders Blog
- Topic: Another green thing to work on, 53 M37
- Replies: 101
- Views: 28245
Re: Another green thing to work on, 53 M37
I tried that before the torch, I was hitting the punch full swing with a 3 lb. sledge! Then I had an air hammer on it with a cut off toll I use for driving, Nada. If you have gotten them out of a M37 this way then you were lucky. That is how I get them out of later vehicles with no problems.
- Thu May 16, 2019 12:36 pm
- Forum: Builders Blog
- Topic: Another green thing to work on, 53 M37
- Replies: 101
- Views: 28245
Re: Another green thing to work on, 53 M37
This is for anyone who finds this and is contemplating putting on disc brakes. When it comes tome to remove the backing plates on the rear axle you are going to have to drill the rivets. Do not try to torch them because back when they put these rivets in they KNEW how to put rivets in!!!! Generally ...