Holy cow, the lights are flickerin. the Cow can't piss this much.
Not So Pros v3.0
- Thread starter thomas1
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I spent 9 years in a Dodge dealership late 80’s early 90’s, the orange silicone, came in a tube that you stuck in a caulk gun.you could get rails that spread the pressure from each valve cover bolt over the length of the cover.
Throw those gaskets in the trash, tighten em down with a 1/4“ drive.
So, is this shit fireproof?
Wally world sells all those things here
The jeep just made a single click noise a few days ago, had started fine just 15 min earlier at home. Multiple attempts and still a single click...
This thing is far and above the biggest pile of commie shit i have ever bought. But it turned out the battery was bad, guess at 3 yrs old it just said fuck off
Rained so hard here yesterday, it damn near washed out the wife’s new flower bed..
Gutters were overflowing.. couldn’t handle the volume.
Guess i need to go look outside the window to see what damage wind wise we have since the sun come up, i know there will be sticks and limbs.
Plan-b
Canada is a 3rd world shit hole. Change my mind
Get some cheepie cast aluminum valve cover and rubber gasets, if you are needing to take them off once and a while.
Amongst the group of heathens @ my cabin one family just bought a place here.
They had been renting every summer.
So yesterday a bunch of us went out and cut split and stacked well over 2 cords of fir for them.
We also got another 1/2 cord for another chap.
A large dump trailer and 2 pickups .
A freshly redone 365xt was my weapon, its a 372xt now.
A thirst was acquired and dealt with.
Great bunch.
They had been renting every summer.
So yesterday a bunch of us went out and cut split and stacked well over 2 cords of fir for them.
We also got another 1/2 cord for another chap.
A large dump trailer and 2 pickups .
A freshly redone 365xt was my weapon, its a 372xt now.
A thirst was acquired and dealt with.
Great bunch.
Get out the old Cat Cement she’ll never leak again.
I have one...This oil line let go on my retired friends 93 S10 blazer
That's his only ride has like 80k on it
He didn't notice until it locked the engine up
I'm trying to find him a engine
Damn near 2k for a rebuilt long block.
Junkyards don't carry
Parts older than 10 year's here
We're looking for a truck for him
And will fix the blazer later.
Does anyone rely on a Dodge as a daily driver?
Or a can of "The Right Stuff"
Sealed the 6.5 up with it.
Next guy will have a few choice words opening it back up.
But it will be clean on the outside,no leaks
Use "The Right Stuff ",no gaskets.
Clean the surfaces real good a 1/4" bead set the cover on and install bolts just touching the covers.go back next day and tighten the covers
thats what im thinking. i did some reading up on this, starting in the mid 80s the castings were changed for the 302 casting heads, which is what i used for the semi closed combustion chambers........ looks like thats indeed the one renowned for uneven surfaces where the covers sit. i even read one was 1/4" low on each end. no cover and gasket is gonna seal that. if i had known about this issue obviously i would have planed those surfaces flat. i never ran into this with 70s chrysler heads. i also read that GM small blocks had that problem in the 80s, but since the mopar mania hadnt hit yet it was less known until recently. of course heavy pockets buy aluminum AM heads so its non issue there. i like building from mis matched factory shit to come up with nice drivers. better than stock from good junk i always say. see an early 70s block with less deck height add 80s closed chamber heads, you get 9. what ever static compression. it costs nothing if you have the right junk around.
tldr
fuckers