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I was driving the car home and noticed white smoke out of the right side exhaust. Upon further inspection found evidence of coolant in the oil. Started a teardown last night as I suspect a blown head gasket. I did NOT want to tear the car apart this summer. I'll have it back on the road (hopefully) for the weekend cruises.

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RON REAGLE said:
I was driving the car home and noticed white smoke out of the right side exhaust. Upon further inspection found evidence of coolant in the oil. Started a teardown last night as I suspect a blown head gasket. I did NOT want to tear the car apart this summer. I'll have it back on the road (hopefully) for the weekend cruises.

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Can't "Like" that but hoping it's a quick fix and back on the street
 
RON REAGLE said:
I was driving the car home and noticed white smoke out of the right side exhaust. Upon further inspection found evidence of coolant in the oil. Started a teardown last night as I suspect a blown head gasket. I did NOT want to tear the car apart this summer. I'll have it back on the road (hopefully) for the weekend cruises.

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Well that sucks... any known root cause for the gasket failure?
 
I noticed I was down on coolant before making 180 mile round trip last week but everything appeared ok. On the way home from a cruise the other night I was driving a little aggressive down a long back road. I noticed I was leaving a trail of smoke in the rear view mirror (and it wasn't tire smoke LOL) I pulled in to the garage opened the hood and noticed both valve cover breathers were puffing oily smoke. Drained the oil which was kind of clumpy and thick (10-30) Pulled the valve covers and found the chocolate milk looking sludge on the inside of the valve covers. It's definitely weird because in 40 + years of running Mopars I've never blown a head gasket before (I didn't build this engine) We'll see how they look when I pull the heads.
 
RON REAGLE said:
I noticed I was down on coolant before making 180 mile round trip last week but everything appeared ok. On the way home from a cruise the other night I was driving a little aggressive down a long back road. I noticed I was leaving a trail of smoke in the rear view mirror (and it wasn't tire smoke LOL) I pulled in to the garage opened the hood and noticed both valve cover breathers were puffing oily smoke. Drained the oil which was kind of clumpy and thick (10-30) Pulled the valve covers and found the chocolate milk looking sludge on the inside of the valve covers. It's definitely weird because in 40 + years of running Mopars I've never blown a head gasket before (I didn't build this engine) We'll see how they look when I pull the heads.
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That’s disappointing! Hopefully you get it resolved.
 
Nothing today. 100° out there. Tomorrow 75°. Umm. Let me think about this a second?
 
Spent a week at my son Jasons home using his garage to pull the trans and replace all the external seals, got tired of leaving my ***** Spots everywhere I went. I told my daughter in law Nikki it would take a weekend, still won't admit to myself that because of my bum back everything takes three times longer to do, but was successful, no runs, no drips, no errors!
 
Got some bearings and seals for the front drums on the four speed Monaco. Time to go lose some water weight. Real feel of 100°.
 
Put in the new gas tank, got it all plumbed, got the hood back on and buffed to match the rest of the car. Bonus... The 4" air cleaner fits! I keep raising the front end everytime I drive it around the block and when I get back it's low again. Must just be settling from all the new suspension parts.

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Plumbed in the master cylinder. Damn GM proportioning block uses two diffent size fittings so another NAPA run is in store for that as well as a vacuum line for the booster

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Got the hood springs swapped out for the lighter ones. Accessed them through the splash shields. Now I can fit the fiberglass hood and prep for paint. Another thing off the list!

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Just Send It said:
Got the hood springs swapped out for the lighter ones. Accessed them through the splash shields. Now I can fit the fiberglass hood and prep for paint. Another thing off the list!

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Going to paint the new fiberglass hood yourself? What color? I ordered a hood from Stinger just over a month ago should arrive in a few weeks. Thinking of getting a basic spray kit from summit and shooting it myself matte black, but I've never done paint before.
 
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Going to paint the new fiberglass hood yourself? What color? I ordered a hood from Stinger just over a month ago should arrive in a few weeks. Thinking of getting a basic spray kit from summit and shooting it myself matte black, but I've never done paint before.
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I'm having a body shop do the final prep and paint. The paint code is GA4 and I'm going to have them try and match the rest of the car. Hoping they can do it.
 
Just Send It said:
I'm having a body shop do the final prep and paint. The paint code is GA4 and I'm going to have them try and match the rest of the car. Hoping they can do it.
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Good luck with the color match! I'm thinking... how badly can I dork up what is basically primer black? We'll see... lol.
 
RON REAGLE said:
I noticed I was down on coolant before making 180 mile round trip last week but everything appeared ok. On the way home from a cruise the other night I was driving a little aggressive down a long back road. I noticed I was leaving a trail of smoke in the rear view mirror (and it wasn't tire smoke LOL) I pulled in to the garage opened the hood and noticed both valve cover breathers were puffing oily smoke. Drained the oil which was kind of clumpy and thick (10-30) Pulled the valve covers and found the chocolate milk looking sludge on the inside of the valve covers. It's definitely weird because in 40 + years of running Mopars I've never blown a head gasket before (I didn't build this engine) We'll see how they look when I pull the heads.
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Same thing happened to me a year ago. Mine was idling in my garage when it happened. Pulled the heads and sure enough, blown gasket!
 
Go Mango said:
Same thing happened to me a year ago. Mine was idling in my garage when it happened. Pulled the heads and sure enough, blown gasket!
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Last time I blew a head gasket was in the /6 I had in my 72 Dart Swinger when I was in HS... and I drove that poor lil car hard... it earned eating that gasket... lol. Have not puked one out since. Me< knocks on wood.
 
Just Plain enjoying it, Both of us! My wife has rode with me for the last two trips, and Very happy from last years engine issue!

3 weeks of shows and Two Best Mopar's awards! Basking in success and awesome fun behind the wheel!

If my back and body would join in then it would be really awesome!

A 69 396 SS Camaro was parked to my left and a Hellcat Challenger 1 spot to my right. Damn Mustang between us!

All I could think of was, I wish I had a Christmas Tree light to set up between us, it would have made for some great conversation! I always preferred the right lane!

I would not even consider challenging the Hellcat!

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Gotta love a B7 "Jamaica Blue" Fish winning a Plum Crazy Best Mopar Trophy!

3 A-bodies and 3 B-bodies from 75 down! None were Plum Crazy painted!

But the Brutal heat got us all!
 
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Starting on my new 416 project. Just as a spare motor. Yikes :eek: a 416 as a backup motor. Oh what the heck :)

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Pulled the heads last night and as expected the right side gasket was blown. No damage to the head. Going to spend the weekend cleaning everything up and putting it back together.

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