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#21
05-30-2010, 06:21 PM
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hmmm. I didnt know. I plumbed an oil gauge where the dummy lite goes. Now I can't wait to get home from work to look.
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#22
05-30-2010, 06:30 PM
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Did you plumb it in conjunction with the light sender or did you put it in replacement of the sender?? Leave the oil light sender in & plumb the gage next to the dist. You will get a truer oil pressure reading there.
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#23
05-30-2010, 06:31 PM
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I plumbed mine there because it was easy. I found out later that that is the best place. haha
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#24
05-30-2010, 06:32 PM
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No. I took the the sender out. I was getting around 42-44 psi when it was idling from there. I'll re-do it then and put that sender back in.
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#25
05-30-2010, 06:53 PM
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That's a good looking car. I like the steel slots, haven't seen a set of those in years that were any shape at all.
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#26
05-30-2010, 07:20 PM
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Another thing I am somewhat cocerned with is the valley pan. I believe it is bowed a bit, I used the right stuff to seal it up the best I could. I don't believe it should leak, but who knows.
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#27
05-30-2010, 08:21 PM
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Give us some interior Pics too! Cool car. Glad your dream came to fruition.
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#28
05-31-2010, 02:00 AM
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Check the brake and fuel lines for rusting through.
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#29
05-31-2010, 11:59 AM
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Here are more pics
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#30
05-31-2010, 12:02 PM
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A pic of my brake job.
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#31
05-31-2010, 02:53 PM
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If you can't tweak your valley pan enough to get it close, you should be able to find one on craigslist for next to nothing or maybe free, their are a million of those, but that year has the pcv hole toward the rear, a few years later it was moved toward the front, don't know when and it doesn't matter if you're not doing a restoration, just use longer hose.
You can put an add in the classifieds here and may be able to score salvage parts for little to nothing. |
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#32
05-31-2010, 03:04 PM
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I've got one from a 62 or 63 you can have if you want it.
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#33
05-31-2010, 09:44 PM
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#34
06-01-2010, 01:19 AM
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62 63 valleys are different, take my word for it. They are not cut for the contour of the later intakes.
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#35
06-01-2010, 03:29 AM
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Oh, I don't see how the intake would matter since the valley doesnt hit the intake or the heads but I don't know. If you want it you can pay for shipping
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#36
06-01-2010, 11:23 AM
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How long should this car take to warm up??? Seems to get to about 190 after about 4 minutes of idling.
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#37
06-01-2010, 11:56 AM
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Yep, i think it'll have to be a 65' and up valley pan. Different heads, slightly different contour.
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#38
06-02-2010, 01:14 AM
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The later valley pan edges are contoured to fit the edge of intake, older valley pans are cut straight so when you install intake it hits valley pan and bolt holes won't line up.
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#39
06-02-2010, 05:02 AM
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Matt,
Mine sat for 37 years. A new set of points was all it needed. Keep an eye on the water/antifreeze. Once the block gets heated and the the antifreeze starts to "reclean" the block, it may be a bit rusty or dirty. Mike Nixon suggested I run the Shell Rottella (sp) oil in it... good call! You may want to rebuild, or have rebuilt, the carb as the seasl there are likely dried out too. I got about 5000 miles out of my engine before I replaced it and the only issue I had was oil leaking from the dried gaskets. The lifters needed replaced also, but it ran fine when I pulled it. In the 5000 miles I drove it, by choice, I rebuilt the heads, carb, and replaced the water pump. Just keep an eye on it and have fun with it. -r-
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#40
06-02-2010, 01:05 PM
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I am having some white smoke originating from the passenger side header and a tiny bit from the driver side header. Only happens after car is warmed up. I did find out the valve covers were leaking and fixed that. So I am hoping that its still oil burning off the exhaust manifolds. I've heard about using Shell Rotella. I put some Castrol 30w I had laying around in for now. I plan on changing it this week. What is good about the Rotella? Matt |
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