Don, any idea the risk of using a aftermarket dust covers that I can slip on without needing to take the starter off? After browsing for awhile it looks like these are my only two options…plus it looks like neither come with bolts.
I was having a problem probably 1991-2. Under hard acceleration the engine stumbled. Read an article about the fuel pump rod might be worn down.
You didn't mention your engine but yours looks like the BB 727 version (the easy one)...the first picture in the ads you posted..
Another one of my stories closely related to this comment. Back in the late 70's I bought a really nice 73 2 dr Chrysler New Yorker Brougham with a transplanted 383-2 engine. It didn't run, owner said he thought there was a hole in a piston. I started getting ready to pull the engine and I thought-what have I got to lose. I put a battery in it, hooked up a few things and gave it a very healthy shot of either. I turned the key and BOOM!!! It blew the oil pan, valve cover gaskets completely out, it bulged the oil pan, the valve covers and the valley pan. Yep-there was just 1 hole in 1 piston.How about draining the oil, leave the plug out, shoot a tad of starting fluid into the oil pan thru the plug hole, stand back, light it, and let us know how it works out.
Probably should video it, it will make you famous on Utube.
Of course at your own risk.
When I saw this, I just had to relate what happened to me back in 1968 with my first car, a 1964 Dodge Polara with the slant 6. A bunch of us guys (we were all teenagers back then) were driving to a remote town about an hour away in a dense fog in the middle of the night. Half way there I decided to pull into a roadside restaurant to rest my eyes, but completely missed the driveway, going down into the ditch and back up the other side. When we got out to check, the engine had a loud knock. Oil pressure seemed ok and nothing was leaking, so we continued on into the night fog to our destination, where we stayed overnight. In the morning we decided we should have a better look, and determined one of the the crank counterweights was hitting the pan at the shallow end. We drove the car onto some planks we placed over another ditch and managed to unbolt the pan, giving us enough room to pound the dent out with a baseball bat from the top. We didn't get much of the dent out, but we buttoned the pan back up anyways. Lo and behold, the knock was gone. so we were happy campers. I drove it home that way, and never did anything else to finish the repair.
