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What's the stall on the convertor?
73 Duster build named Fred
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Bobzilla
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Sounds really good. And it looks like the fenders and windshield area are painted now. I will miss the brown but I still love this build.
It’s a cheap Chinese setup from summit
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Yeah, I thought long and hard about keeping the original color but I just wasn’t feeling it. I started to paint it F4 green but ultimately decided to go with my favorite color, billet silver. Went with matte finish so I don’t have to be perfect with the body work…. lol
Just got back from the first drive. Everything seems to be good but I will give it a once over to make sure before taking it out again tomorrow for some burnouts.
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Lol, Fred sounds pretty angry.
Awesome
1970 F4 ?
Yeah, want the paint? I’ll never use it…. lol
Sure, that's my stock color
Well ****…. That didn’t last long. Took it for a drive today to heat cycle the gears. When it picked up a slight miss around the corner from home so I headed back. As soon as I pulled in front of the shop, I heard a loud bang and it really started miss firing and I shut it off. Checked all the normal stuff and everything looked good until I pulled the valve covers. Looks like a nut backed off a rocker shaft stud and the shard snapped. So far what I have found to be damaged is the rocker shaft (obviously), 2 rocker arms and 1 pushrod. Found the keeper, nut and washer in the valve cover. I’m contemplating pulling the engine and doing a complete reason just so I can have a piece of mind knowing there isn’t any shrapnel somewhere.
What pisses me off more than anything is still no burnouts. In fact, I was only on my 2nd heat cycle so I haven’t gotten after it yet. Probably a good thing as I’m certain the carnage would have been worse at high rpm’s.
What pisses me off more than anything is still no burnouts. In fact, I was only on my 2nd heat cycle so I haven’t gotten after it yet. Probably a good thing as I’m certain the carnage would have been worse at high rpm’s.
Cool, it’s yours. Gallon of paint plus 3-4 rattle cans for touch ups, door jams or whatever.
Oh ****, that fuckin sucks.
I broke 2 rocker shafts from harland sharp already.
Yes that pisses me off for you
You're awesome bill, thank you !
Would it be wrong for me to agree with your post?
Not In my book lolWould it be wrong for me to agree with your post?
Did it pull the threads on that stud or nut?
I’ll know more tomorrow. I got disgusted and pushed the car into the shop and called it a day.
73smallblock
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Damn, that's a shame. I have been fortunate of that to not happen to me on any of the group of cars that I have my hands on. Hopefully it's nothing major.
moparstud440
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Hope its nothing major, but being it happened without much running makes me wonder if it was a weak part, or something go over looked during assembly.
My initial thoughts are that the nut backed off the stud due to not being torque properly or the threads got ripped out of the nut or stud (part failure). I’ll know more after I inspect everything later today.
Sorry that happened to you. Hope you find it minor when you get it apart. Loved your initial drive videos!
What a sad sight…. lol
The nut definitely backed off causing the carnage. In fact, that entire bank wasn’t fully torqued. Damage so far is 3 rockers, 4 adjusters, 4 pushrods and of course the rocker shaft. Won’t know more until I tear the engine apart and check everything else.
Here’s the good news…. I called Harland Sharp and explained what happened, including the fact that the nut backed off the stud triggering the carnage. They told me to box everything up and they will take care of me with the parts to get me going again. Talk about amazing customer service, especially with it not even being their part that caused the failure! They have earned a customer for life!
The nut definitely backed off causing the carnage. In fact, that entire bank wasn’t fully torqued. Damage so far is 3 rockers, 4 adjusters, 4 pushrods and of course the rocker shaft. Won’t know more until I tear the engine apart and check everything else.
Here’s the good news…. I called Harland Sharp and explained what happened, including the fact that the nut backed off the stud triggering the carnage. They told me to box everything up and they will take care of me with the parts to get me going again. Talk about amazing customer service, especially with it not even being their part that caused the failure! They have earned a customer for life!
Oh my !
Who built your stuff?
Cuz that's some lame **** and shoot I should've called harland sharp when my shafts broke....but it wasn't the shafts fault it was the original dude who built my engine
I could be wrong…. The other studs could have stretched or come loose from the strain. Who knows for sure what happened at this point. I blame the builder but we are all human. Had I built it myself, there could have been something missed. Now that it’s all in the past, I am going to tear it down, inspect everything and put it back together over the winter. When the tracks open, I’ll be confident this car will run a number that I will be happy with.
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