Re: Oil pressure on my 318 *sigh*
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I toted a 350 home in the trunk of my 72 Swinger, hood still attached.
I bought the 350 to put into a friend's parent's truck and in exchange for the engine and labor I got a BB Cordoba.
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Re: Oil pressure on my 318 *sigh*
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12/09/16 01:32 PM
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There is an 70 318/904 combo intact and stock with 39k miles on the small block engines board for $350.. can't beat a deal like that. Check out out. Saw it and saved the info on my phone. I was going to call yesterday (Monday 12/5) but I ran out of day. Kinda wonder about shipping an engine from CT to MD, though. I don't own a truck, so retrieving it would mean borrowing or renting one, getting a hotel room for the night, and driving about a thousand miles round trip in 48 hours. (Granted, I did 800 miles in 27 hours when I bought this car out of NC, but I was younger then.) MD to CT , you can do that in a day. I just looked up that ad, the seller in in Illinois ??? is the engine in Ct. ?
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Re: Oil pressure on my 318 *sigh*
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12/10/16 12:44 PM
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JohnRR, you're right, the 318/904 combo is in IL. Dunno where I got CT from. I checked out the local 318 on Thursday. It's out of a '69 Coronet, the owner is fine with selling it. $300. It's a low-mileage engine, looks decent inside. The shop that it's at says the compression is down, most likely from sitting for a long time. Rockers and pushrods look good, lifter galley is clean. I'm thinking rings, oil pump for insurance, maybe a timing set. Yeah, all this will be more than the $350 for the setup in IL, but probably not by the time you take shipping from IL to MD into account.
I need to buy an engine stand, borrow a truck and rent a hoist to get it home. Since it's December, and I don't have a garage, it may get bagged up with a dessicant for the winter. But first I've got to get it here. The shop said that if I'm buying it, they'd like it gone sooner than later because it's taking up space.
(I'm currently burning vacation through Tuesday, and my schedule has become surprisingly full.)
Someone asked earlier if I had anything with a trailer hitch on it. Yes--the '67 Fury, and it's one of those old ones that's just a T-bar welded onto the rear subframe with a hole for a ball (there is an electrical hookup, but who knows if it still works?). I don't think I'd really want to tow something hundreds of miles with it, and not just because of the gas consumption (no tunes, probably no heat since I had to bypass the leaky heater core). But, y'know what, I could rent a trailer and buy a ball to retrieve the engine that's only 30 miles away...
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Re: Oil pressure on my 318 *sigh*
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12/13/16 08:47 PM
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If I were pulling down a 69 318, a timing chain would be among the required list of things to do to it. Rings, bearings, timing set, gasket set, oil pump, water pump, fuel pump, umbrella seals on the valve stems(come with the gasket set), Clean out the heated air passage in the intake, hone, assemble, and install. Then fresh plugs, plug wires, cap, rotor, oil, and oil, fuel, and air filters.
Anything less always resulted in them needing to being done in short order anyway. Its easier to do it all at once. Gene
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Re: Oil pressure on my 318 *sigh*
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12/16/16 05:29 PM
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Went to U-Haul on Monday. They didn't object to my hitch, and the trailer and the engine don't exceed the weight limit for a '67 Fury without the factory tow package, but my electric hookup doesn't match anything they have. So if I use one of their trailers, I have no lights on it.
Considering renting a pickup. Engine stand is like $50-$60 at Harbor Freight, hoist is about $160. I'll need the hoist at least three times (pick up replacement engine, pull current engine, install replacement engine), so buying it might actually be cheaper than renting one. Yes, I am the procrastination king.
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Re: Oil pressure on my 318 *sigh*
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12/16/16 06:41 PM
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What doesn't match on the trailer wiring? Basic trailer wiring. http://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=OIP.M...amp;p=0&r=0 If it's a difference in connectors any parts store will have adapters. I also would suggest just setting the engine on the floor of the trailer with the pan sticking through the center of an old tire and tying it down. Transporting it on an engine stand is a bit iffy.
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Re: Oil pressure on my 318 *sigh*
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12/16/16 07:25 PM
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What Stump said, set it in a big tire or 2 small ones then strap it down horizontally TIGHT with 3 or 4 straps. I have a HF cherry picker eng hoist & no issues
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Re: Oil pressure on my 318 *sigh*
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12/18/16 12:21 PM
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The guy looked at my hitch and my plug and said, "We don't have anything that'll connect to that."
The engine stand is for when I get it home. Good suggestion on the tire. I think I have an unmounted tire in the shed...
Paul 68 Sport Fury ragtop 67 Fury III 4-dr HT 11 Charger Rallye 17 Challenger SXT Plus
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