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My daily driver 67 Coronet wagon

Ditto. What did I miss? Etc, etc.
Next weekend I'll put the cam in, get it timed, set the end play, put the cover on, windage tray on, put the pan on[ pickup too], balancer on, check my piston in the hole spec.
 
I was killing some time today waiting for a friend to bring my trans jack back, so I took apart the breather cap. I'll finish cleaning it, blast it, then whip out the TIG and do an autogenous[ no filler] weld to stick it back together. Was thinking of putting some Stainless Steel, or Bronze wool in as the filter, but its got two sets of baffles along with what's in the steel covers plus the air will be flowing into the engine not out. Thats the job for the PCV unit.

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Decent day yesterday. Some of my upper gaskets showed up. Still to come are the ARP head bolts, vc gaskets, trans parts, fan shroud and a few other items. Got the cam stabbed in and started with the degreeing process. Had to borrow a wheel from a friend as I seem to have lost mine. Must have lent it out and didn't get it back. Idiot! Got TDC squared away. My crank socket wants to slip 5* when rotating back and forth. Cinching down the set screw more didn't help. Ended up putting flex plate bolts in for engine rotation. Since it's been many years from my last venture on this, it was a bit of a challenge. A good portion of that is I was following the instructions that are with the wheel. Going by the ICL method, it said find peak then .050 on either side and take the readings. Ok. The instructions say take first, divide by second then divide by two. I went round and round, then just stopped for the day as I was getting nowhere. Came up to the house and got on the tube of you. Watched Just Mopar Joe and David Powell's vids. They both said 1st plus 2nd divided by 2. Going to hit it again later on today. Once thats good, I'll work on the cam button clearance, then install the cover and oil pan.

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No pictures but this afternoon, after about 6 attempts, I won the battle. Part of the issue was I was working off two different instruction procedures. What worked was getting TDC set, from one sheet, and using the ICL procedure from the cam card. 1st sheet said go .050 on both sides once you zero out the indicator when you're at max lift, then do the math _+_ divided by 2. Could not get what was needed by a long shot. Ended up using the spec off the card which used .100 on both sides. Bingo! Now I have 108*. I'll wrap it up tomorrow with getting the button clearance set, install the cover, then install the oil pan.
 
Degreeing has been a mixed bag for me. About half the time I struggle, the other half I breeze right through it.
 
Today I wrapped up the short block. Got the clearance set on the button, put the slinger on the crank, put the new seal into the new cover[ with some rtv love in the recess]. Rotated it so the pan side was up. Cleaned off the bottom of the block, put the pickup tube in with some Teflon sealant on the threads, put some RTV down on the block after I cleaned it again, did gasket/tray/gasket with more RTV on all layers, put some RTV on the pan, put it on, got all the bolts in and snugged up. I also brushed some oil onto the chain before the pan and cover went on, even though I soaked it in oil for a week but let it drip off prior to the timing procedure. Torrington bearing got some assembly lube worked into it before full install too. Put a pair of drain cocks into the block for easier down the road coolant drains. Put the brass tipped fuel pump rod in, put Teflon on the plug and cinched that up. Rotated it back over, installed the drive unit with some assembly lube down the hole/on the gear/on the cam, put assembly lube on the lobes, put assembly lube in the lifter bores, put the lifters in, poured the lifter bath oil onto them and the block. Got it covered and bagged back up until I get the rest of the goodies. Pretty happy now.

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ckessel said:
Today I wrapped up the short block. Got the clearance set on the button, put the slinger on the crank, put the new seal into the new cover[ with some rtv love in the recess]. Rotated it so the pan side was up. Cleaned off the bottom of the block, put the pickup tube in with some Teflon sealant on the threads, put some RTV down on the block after I cleaned it again, did gasket/tray/gasket with more RTV on all layers, put some RTV on the pan, put it on, got all the bolts in and snugged up. I also brushed some oil onto the chain before the pan and cover went on, even though I soaked it in oil for a week but let it drip off prior to the timing procedure. Torrington bearing got some assembly lube worked into it before full install too. Put a pair of drain cocks into the block for easier down the road coolant drains. Put the brass tipped fuel pump rod in, put Teflon on the plug and cinched that up. Rotated it back over, installed the drive unit with some assembly lube down the hole/on the gear/on the cam, put assembly lube on the lobes, put assembly lube in the lifter bores, put the lifters in, poured the lifter bath oil onto them and the block. Got it covered and bagged back up until I get the rest of the goodies. Pretty happy now.

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Remind me.... does the wagon have a 440 in it now?
 
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