'68 318 to carbed Magnum 5.2: Check my checklist
A bit of progress tonight. Opened up my Fel-Pro master gasket set, only to find the timing cover gasket broken:
Went out and bought a Magnum-type aluminum core gasket to replace it with. Nice thing too, as the Magnum gasket does away with the extra bolt hole that the standard gasket provides for the poly-head 318s.
Got the pan on with the Fel-Pro 4-piece pan gasket. Didn't go on too neatly (my love for The Right Stuff as an RTV substitute and gasket shellac has something to do with this), but I don't expect it to leak either:
I might give the bottom half a bit of paint so I can get the front seal and harmonic balancer on, but I'm pretty much going to wait for the heads now before doing anything else.
-Kurt
A bit of progress tonight. Opened up my Fel-Pro master gasket set, only to find the timing cover gasket broken:
Went out and bought a Magnum-type aluminum core gasket to replace it with. Nice thing too, as the Magnum gasket does away with the extra bolt hole that the standard gasket provides for the poly-head 318s.
Got the pan on with the Fel-Pro 4-piece pan gasket. Didn't go on too neatly (my love for The Right Stuff as an RTV substitute and gasket shellac has something to do with this), but I don't expect it to leak either:
I might give the bottom half a bit of paint so I can get the front seal and harmonic balancer on, but I'm pretty much going to wait for the heads now before doing anything else.
-Kurt
