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Today....After numerous set backs and disappointments, the 1966 Plymouth Satellite has once again come back to life and this time with a vengeance. Just to bring you all up to date, I had to do an engine swap...short block with the first engine due to a continual knocking in the 1st one. After getting most of the parts transferred over from the 1st to the 2nd engine, I buttoned it up and set out to fire it up last week. Well the new engine cranked and cranked but wouldn't light off. An occasional back fire through the carb told us that we were 180 degrees out so we fixed that and tried it again. Still would not light off. Well we at first thought it was because the distributor drive was off about 20 degrees before or after being at horizontal and parallel to the cam shaft. Well come to find out that that isn't really an issue as long as one is @TDC and the #1 plug wire post is aligned with the rotor correctly. OK...Good news there. But why the problems with not lighting off??? So...We took apart the front end of the engine and removed the carb/intake/valley pan so as to take a look see deeper into the engine as to why we weren't getting it to light off. Prior to this we had checked all electrical for proper voltages, wires attached and properly routed and hooked up and were rewarded with it being correct and right. Also checked the timing gear and chain to see if I had not aligned it up correctly on dial in. Looked correct but I wasn't happy with that timing gear and chain set so I swapped it out for a slightly better set up and got it degreed in.
All of a sudden my crew chief...Brother Jon/aka: 69a100 says we don't have the engine at TDC on the compression stroke. Sure enough he was correct. Now normally for start up this isn't a problem because either TDC on compression or exhaust will light an engine off. Where we had an error was in the valve lashing. We had lashed the valves while it was at TDC on the exhaust side and not on the compression side. This caused the engine to be lashed 180 degrees out even after following the proper sequence and rotation to lash the valves and lifter preload. So by doing it we had every one of the lifters complete compressed and there for no way was it going to light off. So...we removed the rocker arms and checked for damage. All was good there. I run mostly Hughes Engines Cams in my builds as I have had excellent results in the past with their products and tech advise. Brother Jon suggested making a call back to there facility in Illinois which he did. He got in touch with Dave and after their conversation it was suggested that we check each push rod for correct length and swap out the lifters for new ones that are better suited for my specific needs for the 383 engine I run. So yesterday the parts showed up and we reset the valve lash/lifter pre-load following Hughes' instruction sheet and got it all buttoned back up. I didn't have time to fire it up so we set today as the day and this morning it fired right up on the first cranks. Buzzed it up to about 1500-2000 rpm on the tac and blipped the throttle to get the new valves and lifters happy and the rings and other systems broken and seated in and happy. 30 minutes of run time we back it down to a normal idle and ran the tranny in neutral to get that part of the build operating properly. Pulled it out of the garage and took it for a short jaunt up the street and back to do a primarily drive test. Man it was great seeing it back on the street after 6 months of nothing but set backs. There is still a lot more to do on the car. Front end ride height adjusted and aligned, door hinges swapped out for the NOS ones I have, windshield removed and replaced after the headliner is installed, and the rest of the interior finished. Once that is all accomplished I am done with the resto work and ready for some road cruising. This entire project so far has been ongoing now for over 8 years but once you see the attached videos and the thumbs up and smile on my face, it was all worth.
Finally I want to thank the many members here on FBBO that have helped by offering encouragement and moral as well as actual support during the "Struggle Period" on this build. You kept encouraging me to not give up and bail out of this wonderful but agonizing hobby we all so love. Budnicks, MeepMeep, RystyRatRod, 69a100, and all the others that have offered advise and accumulated wisdom, I am forever grateful and say a big Thank You. Not much more can I say. I think the videos speak for themselves so enjoy the videos...cr8crshr/Tuck
http://youtu.be/3AoGr__bVMQ Initial fire up and engine break in...check the face grin and the thumbs up
http://youtu.be/gG0PxOwmOns First pass up the block
http://youtu.be/anejMtR3LGo Return trip from up the block
Today....After numerous set backs and disappointments, the 1966 Plymouth Satellite has once again come back to life and this time with a vengeance. Just to bring you all up to date, I had to do an engine swap...short block with the first engine due to a continual knocking in the 1st one. After getting most of the parts transferred over from the 1st to the 2nd engine, I buttoned it up and set out to fire it up last week. Well the new engine cranked and cranked but wouldn't light off. An occasional back fire through the carb told us that we were 180 degrees out so we fixed that and tried it again. Still would not light off. Well we at first thought it was because the distributor drive was off about 20 degrees before or after being at horizontal and parallel to the cam shaft. Well come to find out that that isn't really an issue as long as one is @TDC and the #1 plug wire post is aligned with the rotor correctly. OK...Good news there. But why the problems with not lighting off??? So...We took apart the front end of the engine and removed the carb/intake/valley pan so as to take a look see deeper into the engine as to why we weren't getting it to light off. Prior to this we had checked all electrical for proper voltages, wires attached and properly routed and hooked up and were rewarded with it being correct and right. Also checked the timing gear and chain to see if I had not aligned it up correctly on dial in. Looked correct but I wasn't happy with that timing gear and chain set so I swapped it out for a slightly better set up and got it degreed in.
All of a sudden my crew chief...Brother Jon/aka: 69a100 says we don't have the engine at TDC on the compression stroke. Sure enough he was correct. Now normally for start up this isn't a problem because either TDC on compression or exhaust will light an engine off. Where we had an error was in the valve lashing. We had lashed the valves while it was at TDC on the exhaust side and not on the compression side. This caused the engine to be lashed 180 degrees out even after following the proper sequence and rotation to lash the valves and lifter preload. So by doing it we had every one of the lifters complete compressed and there for no way was it going to light off. So...we removed the rocker arms and checked for damage. All was good there. I run mostly Hughes Engines Cams in my builds as I have had excellent results in the past with their products and tech advise. Brother Jon suggested making a call back to there facility in Illinois which he did. He got in touch with Dave and after their conversation it was suggested that we check each push rod for correct length and swap out the lifters for new ones that are better suited for my specific needs for the 383 engine I run. So yesterday the parts showed up and we reset the valve lash/lifter pre-load following Hughes' instruction sheet and got it all buttoned back up. I didn't have time to fire it up so we set today as the day and this morning it fired right up on the first cranks. Buzzed it up to about 1500-2000 rpm on the tac and blipped the throttle to get the new valves and lifters happy and the rings and other systems broken and seated in and happy. 30 minutes of run time we back it down to a normal idle and ran the tranny in neutral to get that part of the build operating properly. Pulled it out of the garage and took it for a short jaunt up the street and back to do a primarily drive test. Man it was great seeing it back on the street after 6 months of nothing but set backs. There is still a lot more to do on the car. Front end ride height adjusted and aligned, door hinges swapped out for the NOS ones I have, windshield removed and replaced after the headliner is installed, and the rest of the interior finished. Once that is all accomplished I am done with the resto work and ready for some road cruising. This entire project so far has been ongoing now for over 8 years but once you see the attached videos and the thumbs up and smile on my face, it was all worth.
Finally I want to thank the many members here on FBBO that have helped by offering encouragement and moral as well as actual support during the "Struggle Period" on this build. You kept encouraging me to not give up and bail out of this wonderful but agonizing hobby we all so love. Budnicks, MeepMeep, RystyRatRod, 69a100, and all the others that have offered advise and accumulated wisdom, I am forever grateful and say a big Thank You. Not much more can I say. I think the videos speak for themselves so enjoy the videos...cr8crshr/Tuck
http://youtu.be/3AoGr__bVMQ Initial fire up and engine break in...check the face grin and the thumbs up
http://youtu.be/gG0PxOwmOns First pass up the block
http://youtu.be/anejMtR3LGo Return trip from up the block