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The MSD is grounded to the back of the block. The battery is grounded to the front of the block and the block is grounded to a stud where the master cylinder plate is on the firewall.

Will a bad lifter always show up as a loose rocker arm?

10 degrees at idle.

I pulled it out. Removed the intake, distributor (being careful not to turn it or the crank), exhaust manifolds, oil pan, vc, water pump. and flywheel. Cleaned everything, painted and reinstalled it all. Installed a new pilot bushing too. I did turn the rotating assembly at one point to check...

I've checked the wires 4 times. They're in the right order going counter clockwise 1,8,4,3,6,5,7,2. I took a better video and you can really hear the knocking on it. The sound seems central to the motor yet I notice it more on the cylinder 6 and 8 side/area. I pulled each plug wire for those...

I got the 413 installed and running but man is it having trouble. It's popping through the carb on acceleration (I checked the wiring, timing, etc. It runs an MSD box and factory electronic dizzy) and the oil pressure isn't steady like it used to be. It's also has a very noticeable knock now...

Got it in! I put it on my drill press, since I don't have a belt sander, and used that to spin the bushing while I held some sand paper to it. Thanks for the tips dadsbee!

Any suggestions on how? The machine shop here is closed on the weekends.

The ID in the crank measures .913 and the room temp bushing OD is .940. Even the frozen bushing OD is still .940 so that didn't make a difference. Glad I picked three of these up. It's going to be along Saturday...

There was a bushing in there so I assume it has been finished. Although the crank ID seems a lot smaller than the bushing OD to me. I'll measure them in a bit.

With the bushing being made of a soft metal, I didn't know if the freezing would weaken it any. I've already split one of these trying to install it.

Would it do any damage to the bushing if I left it in the freezer over night?

Dude, relax. It was just a simple question.

Well then, I guess that answers my question. The new radiator should be here tomorrow, and I'll drop that in over the weekend along with the fan shroud. Imma itchin to get this thing back on the road...

I'm putting an aluminum radiator in my 62 Dart in place of a 1969 Mopar rad that's falling apart. I have a shroud that was on the '69 radiator and was wondering if it's really needed at this point. I've seen other vehicles without one, but obviously I don't know how the car is driven. I live in...