Howie's 1971 Chevelle

Yea without spare parts it could get expensive......

That's good news! One thing down and one to go!

Later,

Lee

Yep one thing down scared to think what can go wrong with the other. I truly believe i am cursed by what i've done in this life or my last one.

Hang in there Howie. You are not cursed. We have all been there. It does bring you down sometimes but it will work out.

Well the holy water didn't work, Couple or new problems peaked their heads out. The day Joe got the tranny right the brake line broke, i think I nicked it with the cross member, cheap enough to fix. Had to replace the battery today it was putting out half the cca it was supposed to lucky enough for me it was still under warranty so it was free. Maybe things are starting to look up. Now just got to get the timing right and give it another try. Keeping fingers crossed.

Did you get the dist. back in today....

if my back is better i will stop down and throw it in for you bro

I flipping give up, the car doesn't need holy water it needs frickin religous intervention. Now the thing is pouring antifreeze into the oilpan. Maybe i did something wrong putting the intake back on. But Joe gave me a new intake gasket to try again. This is the last thing i'm doing to do to it my money is gone and if this doesn't work the for sale sign goes in it. The entire drivetrain is almost brand new i should not be having these troubles.

You've gone too far to throw the towel in now.

Z-YOU wrote:You've gone too far to throw the towel in now.

lol u will get it just dont let it get u lol

Went down and we got it fired up....Howie got the intake sealed good this time ....The new name brand lifters made all the difference....No ticks or bleed off at all... The only bad part is there are three lobes that did loose some lift with those other lifters beating on them.....When the spring gets here do a cam swap in the car.....It sounds good and has good oil preasure....Things are lookin up Howie ....Do one more oil change to make sure you got the coolant all out and call it good for the winter man.... I will bring you a gallon of Rotella T home tommorow..... so just get you a new filter....

Thanks very much there bro, maybe it is things turning around. I hope i didn't say that to loud i'll find the motor laying on the ground in the morning lol.

Sounds like she's coming together...

WHERES MY WHEELS ...LOL

what cam did u use

Still same cam..... He just got a new set of lifters to see if that what the problem was....The other ones was bleeding off for some reason.....white box no name brand crap.....

was that what it was

Yep... im gonna take a couple of them apart just to see how the plunger and spring look in them before they go in the trash.

chev_hotrod wrote:WHERES MY WHEELS ...LOL

Finally got up with Ronnie and switched wheels the rallys look good on there. Now just gotta get the flat caps from him and it will look sweet.

Cool!!! where are the pictures....

PICSSSSSS

I'll have them as soon as i figure out how to do it.

i polished them welds all night they look new now thanks howie glad you like the rallys hope i like the weld s on the 67

[/quote]Finally got up with Ronnie and switched wheels the rallys look good on there. Now just gotta get the flat caps from him and it will look sweet. [/quote]
i got some flat caps 4sale anybody interested ?