Intake Manifold Change on Dart
Have you thought about putting in a bleeder/primer valve to help warm it up?
well....heat was not the problem...after getting home at 4 am and getting to sleep at 5 am...and the dog barking at 8: 30 am wanting his morning treat...I decided to head out to the track a couple hours early and check the valve train...found #7 had two bend pushrods..
1st problem..both pushrods would not come out...Called Tonya...told her we were done...
she said she was on her way there anyway....would help push car on trailer...
So I decided to get Magilla Gorilla on it...got big channel locks out..used head of channel locks on pedestal and pulled intake pushrod out.....next..used 1/2 extension laying between springs and channel locks and got exhaust pushrod to come out as it had a almost 90 degree bent on the lifter end...drove back to garage 5 miles away..picked up a set of pushrods...a complete shaft rocker set up..and a few extra rockers...and a 3/8-24 tap...
ran tap thru one of old rockers...ok it was good and adjuster screwed in/out...went to put in two pushrods...pulled one of the good pushrods out of the engine ...to check length...****..i picked up a complete set of hydraulic adjustable pushrods....
Called my youngest daughter who lives where the garage is...she went out in the garage and grabbed a bunch of the pushrods that just came out of her duster the puked the engine...as they were the ones I wanted...brought them out to the track...I had turned the engine over by hand ..so that i would be ready to adjust #7 as soon as i had it bolted back together....as we got it fired they were calling the cars to the lanes....Got in staging lanes...and it started to rain....LOL