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jim grace (aka dixie) [ View ] [ Email ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ] dade city, Florida (352) 518-1117  jim grace

Well i droped some flat washers when i lifted the carb off the manifold ,of course i though i found them all.Well you guessed it right one went down inside an ended up on top of # 7 piston didn't sound to good. Got every thing off the motor ,no real damage to the piston are head ,bunch of dings in piston found one piece stuck in piston a little, bent push rod took the head to the michine shop droped it off let u know about it later no cyl wall damage dressed the piston looks ok, OK SHINE tell me something it can't b any worse than i've already called my self. Bet none of you guys ever made this kind of dum a-- move right PS Wainting on the flack { DUM ASS DIXIE }

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Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  02/04/2008 08:44 PM daaamn. dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by Starfire  -  02/04/2008 08:45 PM I think I'd be replacing that piston unless you want a piston with a hole burned through it at a most inconvenient time followed by a major blow out and fire in the oil pan. Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas   Posted by blksheep  -  02/04/2008 08:45 PM Jim,........... When we're youngsters and we go out to play, we need adult supervision. When we're old enough, we become adult supervision. Then,....when we're OLDER, we need adult supervision again. So,.... what stage are you in right now??????????? P.S.,....If you pick the latter, playing self invented "special" games with the sitter is still not allowed. blksheep...watch long enough and I'll do something stupid....in Charlotte blksheep [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Charlotte, North Carolina   Posted by amy14760yahoocom  -  02/04/2008 08:47 PM jim i just fixed a big goof up myself . i bought a 39 ford coupe and wanted to do away with the electric fuel pump . took fuel pump block plate off and seen no pump eccentric on cam gear . took it apart to find the performance timeing set ford put on there would not eccept the pump eccentric so took apart to put new style chain and gears and eccentric on when i took the gears off the air condition hose happen to fall on top of the ford starter solonoid making eng turn over you guessed it some bent valves and push rods . it was a 440.00 dollar goof . the moral of the story is that little part in most repair manuals the one that tells you to disconnect battery you had best do it .. jim i'm 50 and still do dumb things . good luck on the install of the head bob in ny amy14760yahoocom [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] allegany, New York Charter Member since July 2005   Posted by bigdude  -  02/04/2008 09:01 PM I put a carb on mine and forgot that there was a rag in the intake----- yup! -- lots of burnt stuff came out- bent an edge on the piston and put a crease in the cyl wall. Cant fix stupid! resident know it all [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Three Rivers, Michigan Charter Member since January 2004   Posted by reneg8d  -  02/04/2008 09:16 PM Bob, as a general rule, in most manuals, Step#1 is remove battery ground cable. It's one of the first things I pound into my student's heads... ASE Master Auto Tech [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Thoreau, New Mexico Charter Member since July 2005   Posted by DavyJ  -  02/04/2008 09:18 PM I think we all are capable of "oops" no other real answer......... ...............other than, been there, done that......got the broken parts.... it's just that we always hope it happens to the other guy. Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005   Posted by orphans2  -  02/04/2008 09:29 PM Dixie, you say you got a high rise intake for sale cheap??? Sorry to hear about the Chevelle. At least it was only one washer. Guess you should have towed it home instead of driving it. Hope the damage isn't too extensive. Oh well, at least the botton end did come apart on you. orphans2 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Stewartstown, Pennsylvannia Charter Member since November 2001   Posted by brian41chevy  -  02/04/2008 09:56 PM Now see Jim, that's the problem with all that nice weather down there, it obviously is to to warm for you to think clearly. If you were in the frozen and snow covered north this could not have happened because IT WOULD BE TO COLD TO BE OUT IN THE GARAGE! Hope you get it fixed soon. There is a fine line between hobby and mental illness [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] New Lenox, Illinois Charter Member since November 2004   Posted by 1carguy  -  02/04/2008 10:17 PM Don't feel too bad, many of us have done the same. Once I took the top of Holley carb off, and dropped a check ball down in the manifold (about the size of a BB). Tried to get it with a magnet with no luck... the old shop foreman told me to flip a coin as to which which way it fell. The flip went to the right side so he told me to take all the plugs out on that bank and fire up the motor....man did I get lucky!! The check ball shot out like a 22 caliber bullet, never to be found. Luckily no damage to the valves or motor and I learned a valuable lesson! 1carguy [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Pleasanton, California   Posted by dixie  -  02/04/2008 11:56 PM Well i guess i'm to darn old to go out an play by myself, only good part is my buddies have already been here helping me tear it down. heck an oil pan blow out might b real cool ant never had one of them.Don't worry Brian i'll do it again before i call the frozen trundy home ,but it was real bad here today 83 degrees don't that just beat all really bad out in the garage {sweating} .All the trees buding out again ,reckon its spring already ? heck when it was idlying it sounded like steel balls in a metal can bouncing around . o well ant nothing like a dum a-- $ 400.00 + mistake. Boy ant life wonderful. DIXIE----- in the latter stages of childhood--- {{ but the BBC shall roar again backin in the corner }} jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006   Posted by 30 A pickup  -  02/05/2008 06:01 AM Can you say ouch? Gives you something to do in that nice weather. Not too bad in Carolina either! South, that is! Lynn 30 A pickup [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Cowpens, South Carolina   Posted by dhethrington  -  02/05/2008 07:47 AM btdt Dave Hethrington [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Zeeland, Michigan   Posted by ol bear  -  02/05/2008 08:40 AM MR GRACE ,, RU 58 YEARS OLD TO ,,LOL SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH,, OL BEAR OL BEAR [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] crown point, Indiana   Posted by ol bear  -  02/05/2008 09:31 AM 1969 Chevy Camaro OL BEAR [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] crown point, Indiana   Posted by sach  -  02/05/2008 10:03 AM We've all screwed up at one time or another, young and old alike. And whats worse, we'll all probably do it again. no mater how hard we try ! You just have to grin and bare it. Sach sach [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Cana, Virginia   Posted by amy14760yahoocom  -  02/05/2008 01:02 PM dixie i forgot to mention to the good folks here i now have one of the most expensive wind chimes in my area . i took the bent valves and all 16 pushrods and used welding wire to make a real neat wind chimes . dixie believe it or not they do sound real cool on a windy day . i have the hopes that it will remind me to cover all avenues which i'm sure it's not over. the wife asked me why i didn't put it up on the wall of shame in the garage she then walked in and looked me right in the eye and said i see why there is no more room any more . can you spell divorce . just kidding just in case she reads this . guy's use the broken parts for that red neck look in the shop or garage.well it's warm in ny bob amy14760yahoocom [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] allegany, New York Charter Member since July 2005   Posted by koolstuff0099  -  02/05/2008 07:41 PM ..Talk about "DUMB ASS"!.............ouch! B-Dog [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Newburyport, Massachusetts   Posted by dixie  -  02/05/2008 07:51 PM Heck DUM ASS ant the half of it got to thinking today that i should pull the left head also " BINGO" there it was over in # 6 also no damage piston still floats little bit of pinging nothing bad drop this head off tomorrow .Got the other one back no damage Lets see so far around $330. spent .One head to go price ? jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006   Posted by 41 Kustom  -  02/06/2008 08:30 AM Hang up the parts were you can see them often. I've got a busted radiater and fan on my wall to remind me to make sure I have the jack in the right place. Did'nt cost 400.00 but still was a dumb move. I'ts like that other thing, I'f you say you've never done it your lying. 41 Kustom [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Essex, Vermont   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  02/06/2008 08:37 AM i aint about to tell on myself but you got a ways to go dixie if you want to compete with me . dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by JAWS  -  02/06/2008 09:38 AM Ditto on that one shine. And I'm still young.......:0 An electrical headache can make a great car a pain [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Boise, Idaho Charter Member since August 2004   Posted by dixie  -  02/06/2008 04:45 PM well Shine that makes me feel a little better,Jaws if your doing this dum ass stuff at your age better b careful when u get my age.OL BEAR i got em both off in the shop having both head done . Gonna rebuild the whole top everything new now if i could just sell that 750 elb carb. Hey SHINE do u think the 396 would run good with a 600 holley on it ,i have one sitting on the bench it had the 750 elb on it . jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  02/06/2008 05:04 PM you'd laugh at me but a 650 would be perfect for street. 750 is the norm for big blocks but if you do the math it will surprise you. what rpm is max ? dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  02/06/2008 05:13 PM put the 600 on it, 68 primarys, 50cc acc pump and tell me what color your drawers are after the first run dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by Starfire  -  02/06/2008 07:13 PM Shine is dead on, again! Anything over 600-650 cfm even on a big block may well be too much carb resulting in just blowing unburned fuel out the tail pipe. Takes a pretty aggressive cam and a stroker crank to really need 750 cfm on anything, in spite of what the "know little" guys on the phone at Edlebrock or Holly might tell you. Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas   Posted by dixie  -  02/06/2008 11:50 PM OK i'll get the jets & pump tomorrow & get that part ready. got a [new ]sterring box and center link gonna put that on while everything is off the engine,get eveything all fixed up then sell it ant that the norm. Na only kidding-------- jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006

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