Recent content by SludgeWizard

I was wondering what that was. I haven’t found any other weird line breaks or corrosion so I’ll replace that

Would you mind expanding on using a digital caliper to find the max valve lift? I’m extremely curious about the cam in this thing, and I’m completely clueless when it comes to finding lift and duration on cams

Might have actually made a sound financial decision for once lol, I’ll check for any other scribblings tomorrow after work and update the thread

I didn’t intend on pulling the heads, but I have borescoped the combustion chambers out and there didn’t appear to be ridges. The walls of the chambers were actually surprisingly clean, visible crosshatch and all. I can check tomorrow for stampings on the face of the cylinders w/ the borescope

I didn’t pull the main caps to take a look at the journals as I was pushed for time today, that’ll come tomorrow perhaps. I saw writing on the back of the pistons in sharpie, could indicate that the pistons have already been replaced? And this engine is replacing the stuck one currently in my...

That tracks, the PO replaced it with a stroked 383 and then it sat for a year in his garage

Hey y’all. Opened up my oil pan today to make sure nothing is wobbly on the bottom end and to knock some dents out of the pan, found these stains on the crank shaft and one of the piston caps. Something to be concerned about? The piston stains have texture and catch the nail, the crank do not...

Seen that all too many times and that’s precisely what scares me lol, shade tree electricians. Thank you kindly for the link though, I’m gonna need it

And the extremely messy engine bay. The current 440 is getting swapped for the 440 I’m putting together right now

Hey y’all, threw a battery in my project 73 Fury for S&Gs, wanted to see what works on the interior and what doesn’t. Turned the key and got nothing. Intake and valley pan are off, heads are still on but valve covers are off. Am I likely missing a ground somewhere? Bad ignition cylinder? Here’s...

Roger that. Yeah I’m currently trying to find a cap that will actually screw into the oil fill, gonna begin the search for some push on breathers as well.

Picked these up on a whim for stupid cheap this week on marketplace, cannot for the life of me figure out what these tubes are? They have retaining clips on the inside which leads me to believe they can be spun out but I can’t get them to budge. Anyone have any insight? I figure they must be for...

Ironically this new 440 I’m throwing in is from the Bronx, I always end up in NY somehow lol. Thanks for the heads up, I’ll shoot him a message

Yeah I’d definitely prefer to leave the tranny in, mostly because my cherry picker isn’t the best and partly because I’ll be doing this job alone and that’s a lot of mass to have to control solo. But pulling the whole front clip off is definitely an option, front bumper and grill are crunched anyhow

To be completely honest, I don’t think my cherry picker could handle both together lol