67 GTS 4-Speed: Daily Summer Driver
After Chryslers at Carlisle I decided to take all the cars for rides, including this one... Well go to take it out for a ride again and it is backfiring again! Brought it back in the garage and found the carb was leaking YET AGAIN at the fuel inlet. I have no idea what the hell is wrong with that carb, it just does not want to stay running. I had enough so I swap it out with a 71 440 Standard AVS carb. Got it fired up (no leaks) and while I was trying to set the baseline I has hearing some nasty noise coming from the passenger side valve train. So instead of taking it for a drive I took off the valve cover and found this:
Now I just want to push the damn thing off a cliff!! always something preventing this car from being driven. I walked away for the night and by Sunday Morning a new friend came over to help me figure **** out. Thankfully it was not as bad as I thought. It appears to him I installed a push rod wrong, where the push rod was not in its cup and caused the rocker to split.
So I just need another rocker and lifter and should be good to go, right? WRONG. I guess this issue was a blessing in disguse because upon further inspection it was found that the valve keepers were not installed properly on some valves which could have dropped a valve and boat anchored the entire engine!! cant catch a break with this thing... at least the reworked radio sounds awesome!
After Chryslers at Carlisle I decided to take all the cars for rides, including this one... Well go to take it out for a ride again and it is backfiring again! Brought it back in the garage and found the carb was leaking YET AGAIN at the fuel inlet. I have no idea what the hell is wrong with that carb, it just does not want to stay running. I had enough so I swap it out with a 71 440 Standard AVS carb. Got it fired up (no leaks) and while I was trying to set the baseline I has hearing some nasty noise coming from the passenger side valve train. So instead of taking it for a drive I took off the valve cover and found this:
Now I just want to push the damn thing off a cliff!! always something preventing this car from being driven. I walked away for the night and by Sunday Morning a new friend came over to help me figure **** out. Thankfully it was not as bad as I thought. It appears to him I installed a push rod wrong, where the push rod was not in its cup and caused the rocker to split.
So I just need another rocker and lifter and should be good to go, right? WRONG. I guess this issue was a blessing in disguse because upon further inspection it was found that the valve keepers were not installed properly on some valves which could have dropped a valve and boat anchored the entire engine!! cant catch a break with this thing... at least the reworked radio sounds awesome!