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hi, Wondering what everyone uses to seal the front and rear exhaust manifold bolts. I use a high temperature sealant, but every time they will seal but when I tighten them up at least one of them leaks and starts to steam, and of course lose coolant. Thanks, Steve

Who wants to play?! So I took the dart to a friends house Friday night (100 mile round trip), returned Saturday at 1, then headed out to a wedding 35 miles away at 1:30. 10 Miles into the trip as a car ahead of me was slowing down to turn right, I passed and opened it up, and instantly the...

So once again, i was reminded that to assume is to make an *** of you and me. i took my intake off 3 times because i though it was leaking oil out between the intake and the block by the alternator. Got it back together for the third time a week ago, drive around the block and guess what...

hi, I took the ignition off my dart to fix some leaks associated with the intake manifold. I put it back on and now i am having an issue with it starting. first some info: - I have a Davis Unified Ignition Chrysler Tri-power system (electronic distributor, no ballast resistor) - With...

Hi, So i got my 318 together last summer and i had a small oil leak. Oil was leaking out from between the edelbrock intake and the block by the timing chain cover by cylinder 2. I took it apart this spring and resealed it (high temp silicone was used both times). It didn't leak idling it...

hi, I had a intake manifold leak and took the intake off. Also, each head has one set of threads that have stripped out that hold the valve covers on. I was planning on taking the heads off as well to put the heli coils in, but now i see that the holes do have a bottom to them. Is it safe to...

Got my engine running, and of course the drivers side header won't seal up in middle two ports. I changed the gasket once, then i got a mr gasket today and changed it again, but its still leaking between the header and the gasket. Are there any better gaskets i can get for it? what else could i...

I have one of their new tri power igntions too put on my rebuilt 318. it will be replacing a mopar performance electronic ignition. The wiring instructions only tell how to hook the coil to the control modul that is mounted on the distributor. They also tell you to hook to the positive and...

can't seem to get the dipstick in the hole on my 318. any ideas? Thanks, Steve and yes, i tried dinner and flowers...

kinda feeling like a rookie here, i put a new intake on my rebuilt 318 and am now getting all the hardware for it. the only thing i cant find is where the hose connects the intake to the water pump. it looks like it is a one inch male pipe thread with a hose barb on the other end. i'm sure you...

On my first engine rebuild, and i was wondering what temp plugs i would need. ITs a 318, 9.6 compression, comp XE268 cam, edelbrock performer rpm intake, headers. Also, i would like recomendations on some plug wires as i would like to keek them neat and keep the engine compartment look...

Replacing the 273 in my dart with a 68 318. I was gonna put the timing chain cover, oil pan and water pump on tonight. while comparing the two engines, i realized that the water pump on the 273 is different than the one for the 318. The 273 has the water intake on the drivers side of the engine...

i was doing a few things in the garage tonight, and i tried to test fit my oil pump drive shaft. It did not fit correctly. Where the shaft fits into the bushing, it was very tight where it started, i pushed down on it a bit, but it didn't go very far. It also took some force to get it back out...

i went to install my cam and noticed that the plug is not in the back. I have it, but i wanted to be sure that i put it in the correct way. The outside of the plug is tapered. I am assuming that the smaller side of the plug goes into the block first, but wanted to double check as the book says...

As i was looking at my engine block the other night, i realized that on cylinder 2, at the very bottom of the cylinder there is a small chip missing in the cylinder wall. It is probably smaller than a 1/4 inch in diameter, and is at the very bottom of the bore. I am worried about this. Should...

I started to rebuild my 318 about 5 years ago. I had all the machine work done, and i have the bearings and crank in. It is a bit dusty and needs to be cleaned before i rebuild the rest of the engine. I was wondering what would be the best way to clean it up. I was thinking electronic contact...

Hi, I'm going to rebuild a 318 for my dart and i wanted to follow the build that Mopar Muscle did in the November 2003 issue. The build has the following specs: 9.8 : 1 hypereutectic pistons stock rods .222/.230 at .050 duration and .470/.480 inch lift 360 cast iron intake manifold ported...

I am looking to rebuild the 273 in my dart and i would like to do it fairly cheap but at the same time increase the power over stock specs. I assume that there were different heads put on these through the years and was wondering what they would be and the part numbers of them. I do not have the...