Father, Son, and Grand Father project. 1963 Valiant
Well, I had to work a 13 hour day today, but Jason is on Christmas break, so him and grandpa started tearing down the 318.
I posted in the small block section reguarding a mis matched piston, and many members were quick to jump in and confirm that it appears to be a service replacement piston. Likely installed under warranty at the dealer.
Other than a lot of carbon, the engine cleaned up really well.
We still need to block off the air tube ports below each exhaust port because our 1964-1966 exhaust manifolds don't cover them.
Also, we're going to remove the valve springs, clean up the parts, do a few hand laps to confirm valve seat concentricity, and install new valve seals.
Than we're going to slather everything in assembly lube, oil up the cylinders, install a new oil pump and timing chain, and paint it up to make it pretty.
Jason is getting super excited as the car is coming together. And is really excited to get his hands into the engine.
Thank you for reading. Eric and Jason.
Well, I had to work a 13 hour day today, but Jason is on Christmas break, so him and grandpa started tearing down the 318.
I posted in the small block section reguarding a mis matched piston, and many members were quick to jump in and confirm that it appears to be a service replacement piston. Likely installed under warranty at the dealer.
Other than a lot of carbon, the engine cleaned up really well.
We still need to block off the air tube ports below each exhaust port because our 1964-1966 exhaust manifolds don't cover them.
Also, we're going to remove the valve springs, clean up the parts, do a few hand laps to confirm valve seat concentricity, and install new valve seals.
Than we're going to slather everything in assembly lube, oil up the cylinders, install a new oil pump and timing chain, and paint it up to make it pretty.
Jason is getting super excited as the car is coming together. And is really excited to get his hands into the engine.
Thank you for reading. Eric and Jason.