1967 Dodge Dart 270
Well...today was both good and bad. The good? It's alive!!!! Got it started up, got the timing set and got the idle set. Oil pressure is at around 55-60 psi. The water temp sensor that came with the gauge kit was too big even for the drain plug ports so unfortunately no water temp. would have been handy. We brought it up to 2K RPMs for break in. There was a bit of smoke from the exhaust but it cleared up quickly as the rings seated. There is a bit of clatter from the passenger side and it seemed to run much hotter than the drivers side. I had concerns on if I set the lifter preload correctly or not. My question is in setting zero lash. I learned that you tighten the adjuster until there is no more up and down movement and there is a bit of resistance when spinning the pushrod, then take another half turn on the nut. I was unsure as to how much resistance is too much since the springs begin to compress. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. The bad? About 15 minutes in the radiator decided it didn't want to maintain structural integrity anymore so that ended our test and tune run till I can get a replacement. No major leaks. the oil pan drain plug was only hand tight so there were a couple of drips there until I took a wrench to it and the carb is weeping at the top of the bowl so I will check the float level while I am waiting for a radiator. All in all need to work out some issues but I think it went well for my first time doing this.
Well...today was both good and bad. The good? It's alive!!!! Got it started up, got the timing set and got the idle set. Oil pressure is at around 55-60 psi. The water temp sensor that came with the gauge kit was too big even for the drain plug ports so unfortunately no water temp. would have been handy. We brought it up to 2K RPMs for break in. There was a bit of smoke from the exhaust but it cleared up quickly as the rings seated. There is a bit of clatter from the passenger side and it seemed to run much hotter than the drivers side. I had concerns on if I set the lifter preload correctly or not. My question is in setting zero lash. I learned that you tighten the adjuster until there is no more up and down movement and there is a bit of resistance when spinning the pushrod, then take another half turn on the nut. I was unsure as to how much resistance is too much since the springs begin to compress. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. The bad? About 15 minutes in the radiator decided it didn't want to maintain structural integrity anymore so that ended our test and tune run till I can get a replacement. No major leaks. the oil pan drain plug was only hand tight so there were a couple of drips there until I took a wrench to it and the carb is weeping at the top of the bowl so I will check the float level while I am waiting for a radiator. All in all need to work out some issues but I think it went well for my first time doing this.