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I call him sasquatch!
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I bet he keeps this one going just to try and get his thread as long as Todd's. You know thread views are important these days.
Or just pays Scott for his own forum thread section called Greg's blog. |
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I already do pay Scott.... notice the "supporting" member under my name...
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he should make you a mod, no one is here more than you.
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Well.... I'll have to take back my comment about the car being 110%.... and drop that percentage a bit.
Seems I still have a brake light issue.... as in "intermittent" operation. Some parts of the story I had left out of the S.A.R story is that they ran my brand new Smeding 383 without oil pressure for 15 or 20 MINUTES.... and while the bearings looked okay upon inspection... the motor now (has 700 miles on it) smokes when you get on it - or after compression (coming down a grade) and get back into the throttle... BLUE SMOKE not black. So I'm thinking - given their "history" of mechanical work - that they failed to seal the intake manifold correctly... or that the valve seals were wiped out... or who knows. |
The engine and especially bearings would be toast with 15-20 minutes of run time with no oil pressure. With little to no oil pressure, there is no oil to sling on the cylinders or camshaft.
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Break out the tools. Your main bearings and rings are gone. |
Please tell us you're NOT going to take it back to SAR! :(
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I can't believe they didn't watch for oil pressure! It just keeps getting worst.
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So here's another funny "story" in the saga. I'm up in Canada EH?! (Blake and Anita showed up last night with the Nova - so we'll have fun) and my sister says "you don't have brake lights again"...... WTF OMG are you kidding me! I've been complaining about this since first picking up the car. Well - my brain kicks in - and I like SIMPLE.... so I'm thinking.... hmmmmmm.... repop tail lights --- my guess is with an intermittent problem like this it's the socket in the tail light... SURE ENOUGH.... the bulb is loose as a goose. A pair of long nose pliers - tighten the GROUNDING SOCKET and bingo issue solved. This is after they've rewired the circuit - gone over the circuit - and disassembled the housings and painted them white (for better reflection) AND put in brighter bulbs... SOOOOOOO someone had to have felt exactly what took me half a nanosecond to feel. The bulb is flopping around in the socket. DOH. |
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No Wayne -- this is a PROFESSIONAL shop -- they don't need oil pressure gauges hooked up. After awhile I heard the valve train clattering so loudly I could hear it across the street (LOL) and asked them to kill it! Pulled off a valve cover and it was BONE DRY.... THEY put in an MSD slip collar distributor.... but THEY failed to adjust said slip collar until it actually engaged the oil pump. EPIC FAIL. :lol: They also failed to prime the oil system before firing off.... why? Because they don't own a priming tool at the shop! REALLY!?! I thought it was a hot rod shop. |
WoW ! That takes the cake. Now I really am feeling for you.
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Sorry to hear about all your pains. I feel for ya.
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Greg, this story keeps getting worse.... so the question now is: what REAL shop you going to take it to get it sorted out?
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Wow.......just wow. I am at a loss for words.:willy:
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That's just careless firing the motor with no oil pressure gauge hooked up......maybe more like incompetent
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Are they using unskilled workers in areas they really need seasoned vets? Is the management different now ? How does ANY shop have so many issues and stay in business? |
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Everything has been fine this weekend... after I got the lights working. But the engine will need a complete do over. No biggie -- it just might have to get a wee bit more 'umpf'.... EEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAA |
Man, sorry to hear about the oil pressure and other problems Greg. It's a good thing you have knowledge about cars and have that "shed". Good luck!!
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Maybe the "pros" will chime in here -- but that's my "official" diagnosis. It won't take me long to pop that off and do a proper job of it. Actually - it's the brake lights that really get me to chuckling about the entire ordeal. It's like REALLY?! Such a simple inexpensive 1 minute fix. I will repeat what I've said earlier though... the craftsmanship is superb. Really. |
I wish I had your outlook Greg. My motor has sat for 4 years. Every once in a while I run the oil pressure up with the primer tool while I turn it over by hand but I'm still worried about Murphy's law. Every time I think of it starting the hair on the back of my neck stands up.
Glad it running OK for you. |
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Greg it has to be valve seals or intake.. Dumb question, do you have any type of PCV system?
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I agree - if it's not the intake seal - that valve seals would be the next thing I'll look at. I have really high oil pressure - cruising on the freeway at 1800 rpms it's 75#'s -- so there's plenty of oil "up top". And running until the valve train was so dry that it clattered like a diesel could certainly have wiped them out. |
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Funny -- you never get to really hear - or feel - or experience YOUR car except in the drivers seat. Since I have Rudy's (my BIL) Camaro torn apart... I loaned them my Nomad (don't want him to have show withdrawal). And I'm now in the crowd etc or around when he fires it off and cruises away. That motor is bad azz... it rattles windows... sounds like a big block... yet is smooth (not lumpy cammed). You can be a block away and when it fires off - I know it's my car. The ground rumbles. |
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I was getting kinds of excited. :unibrow: |
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Glad to hear that the engine is "ok" and still workable. Keep us posted. |
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It gets better and better.... Today I found the 2/4 spark plug wires crossed... toned them out and plugged them on the correct plugs. Decided as long as I was at it - I'd change plugs 'just to see how things are going'.... I can tell you the little small block has a much better torque curve now! Those two plugs being crossed up made quite the difference! I've been just fooling with things - I'm a tune up freak - and something in the exhaust just didn't sound quite right... guess I found out why! EEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAA |
Almost nothing you find wrong now will surprise me. Keep digging !
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Wow..more problems...again? Just amazing what should be a simple fun project is turning into a find the big gun and go shoot something lol..Seriously, Iam sorry for all the crap this has been for you, its really a nightmare. So what's next? If you find a half eaten Bologna sammich under the oil pan...don't worry its not mine! lol..:lol: Hang in there buddy...hopefully you'll get some satisfying rolling time soon with it. |
as a matter of fact Jimbo...... :D
This is what's plagued this build from the get go (since being "finished") it's been just one STUPID mistake after another on the MECHANICALS. Thank god the fit and finish is as perfect as a guy could ask for. I'll pull the intake tomorrow if I get to it.. I still have the core support to paint for my BIL's Camaro project. Picked up his motor from the builder today - and of course that always takes more time that you factor... too many kool other builds going on so have to chat about each one... plus they're friends so there's that jib jab too. |
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