62 Belvedere 318 poly granny cruiser (one day i hope)

[icetech]

That will make a nice stroker. It is probably just rusted up a bit.

It's soo slimed... whole front of the motor looks like 1" of grease from years of leaking covers.. factory 4bbl which i figured they would have dropped by 85.. gonna try to get some money out of the heads/intake if i can.. $50 on market place maybe... see if i can sell some of the crap to make up the cost of the block

 

[toolmanmike]

It's soo slimed... whole front of the motor looks like 1" of grease from years of leaking covers.. factory 4bbl which i figured they would have dropped by 85.. gonna try to get some money out of the heads/intake if i can.. $50 on market place maybe... see if i can sell some of the crap to make up the cost of the block

Good plan.

 

[icetech]

K.. block showed up... nasty outside, pretty clean inside, no sludge but haven't pulled the pan yet.. has some rust in a couple of cyls but not TOO bad... i was kinda hoping the cyls were better and i might have just used it as is... i need to figure a way to get this to a machine shop now.. (i work too much)

Ohh.. and it's a 1985 block but not roller

 

[icetech]

Got off my butt and rubbed out my roof tonight. it's ok for 63 years old... doubt i will ever repaint it, i like having original paint....

Did break through a touch...

 

[icetech]

Soaked the bad cyls for 1 night in that evapomixture that i posted bout and it cleaned up nice.. the top inch didn't get soaked due to the rings letting the level drop... but the motor turns over fine now so i can at least get it apart...

that's also the same batch i used like 3 times 6 months ago..stuff lasts really well..

 

[icetech]

Rubbed my hood today... it's pretty bad... but... if i painted it, it would be worse will have to do.. paints 63 years old. can't complain.. broke through the edges a lot but meh...

 

[icetech]

I'm actually a bit afraid to drive my car.... i drive 6 miles to/from work... i saw 2 head on accidents on the way home today.... idiots staring at phones 6am driving to work is great.. coming home at 5 sucks

 

[icetech]

Got the cam bearings out of that block today.. now just oil galley plugs and it's ready for a machine shop..

First time messing with cam bearings, came out pretty easy.. except the last one, it would come out about half way then the tool felt like it was hitting the block... although the bigger lip was in the cam bearing journal.. ended up collapsing the bearing and pulling it...

Also mixed up a big batch of evaporust and have my rims soaking...\

Pulled the car out for the fist time in 6 months.. still need to bleed brakes and do little things before i drive it regularly...

Still don't like how in gear it doesn't really move unless i hit the gas.. like doesn't creep... not sure if it's the converter or what.. it's my first converter and don't know how it should feel.. would think with 4.30s it would just idle along on it's own no problem..

 

[Nxcoupe]

Got the cam bearings out of that block today.. now just oil galley plugs and it's ready for a machine shop..

First time messing with cam bearings, came out pretty easy.. except the last one, it would come out about half way then the tool felt like it was hitting the block... although the bigger lip was in the cam bearing journal.. ended up collapsing the bearing and pulling it...

Also mixed up a big batch of evaporust and have my rims soaking...\

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Pulled the car out for the fist time in 6 months.. still need to bleed brakes and do little things before i drive it regularly...

Still don't like how in gear it doesn't really move unless i hit the gas.. like doesn't creep... not sure if it's the converter or what.. it's my first converter and don't know how it should feel.. would think with 4.30s it would just idle along on it's own no problem..

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Put your foot on the brake and other foot on the gas and see how high the rpms rev before it starts to move. That'll tell you actual stall. If it's 3500 or so, then it probably won't move much. Also, could still be low on fluid. Check idling, hot in neutral, not park.