dodgethis12
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So....
My 70 dart has 63000 original miles
been sitting for a presumed 5-6 years
previous owner says "yea it runs great, its just been sitting"
so after 2 nights of frustration and checking.... still it wont run...
OK- something is definately wrong I checked everything and Im not this stupid....
Lets pull a valve cover...
Oh- LOOK!! only half of the pushrods are touching the rockers, the others are 2" too far down and bent and one is puched through the rocker like a spear!! Runs Great my A$$!!!!!
The bent pushrods are bent so bad that I cant even get them out of the heads... the last 1" or so near the lifter is bent at a complete 90* angle!!!
I check the timing... and its spot on... It appears someone broke a timing chain..replaced it- then realized how bad the damage was and put it all back together... ( then enter me into the equatio)
Not to mention the heads have some kind of light green painted springs that dont even fit correctly under the retainler!!
Looks like the heads have definately gotta come off now!!! Im just so pissed I dont know what to do.... NOTHING EVER TURNS OUT LIKE I HOPED!!!!:spiderma::spiderma::spiderma:
My 70 dart has 63000 original miles
been sitting for a presumed 5-6 years
previous owner says "yea it runs great, its just been sitting"
so after 2 nights of frustration and checking.... still it wont run...
OK- something is definately wrong I checked everything and Im not this stupid....
Lets pull a valve cover...
Oh- LOOK!! only half of the pushrods are touching the rockers, the others are 2" too far down and bent and one is puched through the rocker like a spear!! Runs Great my A$$!!!!!
The bent pushrods are bent so bad that I cant even get them out of the heads... the last 1" or so near the lifter is bent at a complete 90* angle!!!
I check the timing... and its spot on... It appears someone broke a timing chain..replaced it- then realized how bad the damage was and put it all back together... ( then enter me into the equatio)
Not to mention the heads have some kind of light green painted springs that dont even fit correctly under the retainler!!
Looks like the heads have definately gotta come off now!!! Im just so pissed I dont know what to do.... NOTHING EVER TURNS OUT LIKE I HOPED!!!!:spiderma::spiderma::spiderma: