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id love to rebuild the old motor however the a rebuild kit for it is 1600 dollars and then id have to have the block machined and id like to have everything professionally done because of my lack of knowlage and experience in performing a task this major. and due to my very limited finances the...

ok new question saem thread. i found a rebuilt motor for my buick has no miles on it and has been sitting for about 8 years. that said im gettin it on wednesday and i was wondering how much work would be involved converting the new motor to bolt in and work properly with the tranny. the motor is...

you should be able to find a manual on ebay as for oil i might be wrong but 10w-30 should work just fine

ok ive had the engine retimed,new sprockets and chain also installed, the water pump was also replaced as well as some miscelanous parts. that said the car runs better but im still having some problems. for example before the motor was retimed, the engine would "load up" and you occasionally...

i was running my car a couple of days ago and out of the blue it died. the engine just cut out and it hasnt started since. i checked for spark,fuel,and everything else that could cause this.the engine has spark,its getting fuel.earlier today i removed the air cleaner and sprayed starter fluid...

thanks for the info,since my block wont get harmed if i pull the heads and then the cold weather hits i'll pull them when it gets nice again so that i dont have to do it later and then when i get the money i'll have everything else done to the heads and then when it gets nice again i'll put the...

thanks for the tip on prelubing the bolts before removing the head. i know this might sound like a stupid question,but i just have to ask so that i know for sure. if i pull the heads off my car,and lets say the night i pull the heads if gets extremely cold outside and since there will be no...

ok so i pulled the valve covers off of the passenger side of the engine,disconnceted the coil pack and cranked the engine. all valves open and close properly. reconnected the coil and fired the car up. the "spitting" could be heard clear as day from the 3rd cyl. so my bet is a bad valve but i...

got the heater core replaced (really easy to do actually)4 bolts on the fire wall pull the cover on the fire wall out and give the core a good push and the whole thing drops out from under the dash(passenger side) 2 bolts to release the core from the housing replaced the core then reinstalled...

i need to replace my heater core in my 64 special(the factory one basically exploded on me last time i drove the car)since its starting to get cold out i dont want to crack my engine block due to lack of coolant. can anyone tell me where the heater core is located and how to remove it? any help...

the day i got the car on the road and took it for its test drive it lost a qt of oil after only 10 miles(quite a bit of that was attributed to the fact the the valve cover gaskets were just permatex sealant and it blew out of the valve cover causing the oil to leak all ove the exhaust)replaced...

and now on to the compression test results(first ill start with all plugs removed and then go with all plugs installed)compression #s are as follows. cyl#1 145 psi,2nd cyl 175 psi,3rd cyl 0 psi,4th cyl 160 psi,5th cyl 150 psi,6th cyl 170 psi, 7th cyl 150 psi,8th cyl 170 psi.(this is with all...

ok so i did a compression test today and here are my findings.first off ill post what the plugs looked like followed by my compression test results. ok the first cyl was normal looking light brown no oil or anything.2nd cyl appeared the to be in the same condition,cyl #3 was oil soaked and when...

just one more question. since im going to start tearing my car apart here in the near future what gaskets will i need to buy?im already in the process of getting head gaskets and exhaust manifold gaskets. i haready have new intake manifold gaskets. and what all will i need to be remove to get...

when i got the car on the road, i took it for a drive and i literally smoked everyone who was behind me(blue smoke as far as the eye could see and it was extremely think)(only gets thick during excelleration very little during idle)while driving the valves were ratteling like crazy sounded...