roll the dice and come up craps

ouch! missed 1 PR and wiped the cam/lifter on fire up. that's what getting in a hurry does for ya.

so back up and regroup roll the dice one more time..

found a new reman 318 never fired in a JY for 100$ no warranty.

VC/intake was off and had a little rust showing a little water had been in there. none in the cyls/ports but filled oil pan just under the crank rod bolts.

replaced oil pan/pump/tube removed the new flat tappet cam/lifters and installed a stock roller cam and lifters after flushing/cleaning everything up. couple cans of dupli-color black and it all back to stock.

on install I correct the engine mounts to get the trans mount bolted up correctly (to far forward) got the mounts set, replaced old for new driveshaft and balance.

fired up and adjusted timing/carb and it runs nice and smooth.

while I had the front clip off I washed prepped primed painted it.

spent a day in the u-pull it collecting all the fender bolts and jesus clips to replace what I had on there. about 10 bolts holding it together.. replaced all for a total of 32 bolts/clips that should fix most of the rattle noise up front.

going with the 2013 Dodge Dart R/T "citrus peel pearl" & black

Nice score!

so what's this going in Mike? The stepside or something new?

giving the stepside some luv

That'll look really nice on a truck (had to look it up). Looking forward to seeing it in paint.

I'm tickled the second "roll" was good. You certainly deserve a break! Man, that lifter didn't rotate at all!

Yes he does deserve a break. Good guy.

Keep on truckin Mike

True 'dat!

"PR"?

I was wondering the same.

I’m assuming it stands for pushrod

I kept thinking piston ring that didn't explain the damage.

Keep the updates comin! Got nuttin to do in negative temperatures.

Thanks guys. 2016 has been a long ruff year for the wife and I. lower & upper back problems make it hard to keep wrenching by myself. I had 2 weeks winter break and worked 10 days out of 14 to get a fresher engine and paint the front clip/doors. ran out of time and $$ doors are waiting for warmer weather here in Fl. computer and phone issues are making thing difficult to post my pics. been trying 3 days to get pics with the front clip painted. I gots me a dumb phne for sure.

yes, PR = push rod = was out off the rocker pocket holding the exhaust valve open. got a small eyebrow on the piston and will need to go over the heads again.

LARRY = that was the police engine I got from you. got in a hurry and missed the back PR on driver side. but it is back on the stand and already flushed and going back together with the whiplash roller cam. redoing the 360 heads just to sleep at night know no bent/sticking valves.

funny how I NOW remember how whimpy a stock 318 cam is and how much a mild cam/intake/headers do for a 318.

I hoping to roll the dice in March on spring break if I have the police engine converted and back together ready to go.

Hope your back is better soon. The warmer weather past couple of days has been nice but now we have rain, at least down this way. Hope you can hit your March goal

Larry