Here’s a Boring Post!
Mar 18th 2009carlton1959 Dodge
I spent a couple hours this afternoon beginning the process of preparing to remove my new engine from the parts car. This car is basically just rust molecules holding hands. I am hoping against hope that too much of the rust hasn’t made it’s way into the interior of the block. I got the radiator, generator, water pump pulley and fan removed today. I also got several pictures made and pulled the vacuum line, oil pressure gauge line and all the engine electrical connections removed.
I vacuumed away all the rat and squirrel nesting materials from the area and it almost looks like a real junkyard engine now. Hopefully this weekend I’ll be able to pick up the car and get the transmission side freed up. I am shooting for pulling the engine out this weekend. I’ll be able to tear things down then and begin getting things ready for my car. Thing # 6,324,296 out of 86,325,236,120 has been started.
I did get an email back from Egge.com today which shows they have most everything I need for this engine rebuild. I priced a gasket kit and pistons. I certainly need gaskets. If I need pistons, they are the most expensive part I will buy, so I wanted to know what they would cost. Egge has them cheaper than other sources which will possibly make this rebuild POSSIBLE. I will certainly need a bunch of other stuff too, but I have two sets of heads to choose from. Hopefully out of all 4 heads, I’ll be able to realize a good bit of savings potential. I hate the idea of spending $1000 on a “complete” rebuild kit if I don’t need everything in it. I will most definitely put a new oil pump in and stuff like that, but I don’t want to buy a camshaft if I don’t need it… as an example.
By the way, I have a great deal of detail as to the progress and plans for this project under my Vintage Mopar section, here’s a link to the timeline for the project.