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My 76 440 motor home engine has been a nice surprise for me. Just bolt ons, heads are uncut 452s bottom end is standard everything and untouched. I have no idea what the compression is but I can buy fuel any place without fear of detonation.lol Ive tried some different carbs but a big block...

R/T boy 67 shows the seals you will need. And yes change both.

Go to a show , pop that hood and claim one of one status.

Make sure your valve cover edge / flange does not contact the header flange.

That does not sound like a exhaust / header leak. Time to pull the valve covers. If you have a old set of crap covers you can cut the top off one. Pull one side and set the cut one on and start it. The put the good cover back on and repeat with the other side. You should be able to tell then...

Update, went to napa after work and bought a napa gold filter 1515 ( made in USA ) on the lable still looks identical to the wix. pulled the old , screwed on the new one dry as allways fired it up and pressure popped right up to normal. Top off the oil again. Did the pump loose prime ? Bad...

Well possible but it unstuck at the time the old filter went back on.

Heck if I know, lol

Thanks, That and the pump drive were the 1st two things that I thought of after I got it shut down. This engine and the pump are close to 40k on miles ( motor home 440 ) It has allways had plenty of oil pressure and did once again after I put the used filter back on. With the new oil in a warm...

I will check that this morning.

I have allways done the same, this is the 1st time any engine of mine failed to pick up pressure. Not sure what the heck happened. I'm going to napa tomarrow for a new filter , I will install it empty and see what happens. All I know was that was a eye opener once the lifters started ticking...

:lol:that was record time for me on a distributor out and back in , chalk marks included .

I know Ed, crazy for sure, eye balling that wix everything looks normal as compared to the used napa/wix. I did give plenty of time on the warm engine for the new oil to make the trip to the pan. Car was sitting back to level on the floor ect. Can't explain it. Will see tomarrow eve with the...

This 440 is a good engine / pump ect. Runs 35 lbs hot idle and 60 at speed. Well I can add this to the never say never list.

Same here, ethire wix or napa/wix. Oil was real hot, I took a 14 mile cruise before I drained it.

Well thanks for the replies, I can say this is a 1st. Pulled the new wix it was not primed . Pulled the distributor, drive shaft is fine. Dropped the distributor back in , dumped the oil out of the used napa 1515 screwed it on , Pulled the coil wire and cranked for a few seen the gauge wiggle...

Getting ready to head back out and pull the filter and see if there is oil in it.

New 51515 wix filter and 5 new qts of Lucas hot rod 10-40 oil. Opened the door fired it up. Looking under the hood for leaky filter ect. Lifters start ticking , WTF, zero pressure shut it right down. I have never had to prime the filters on this engine. It only sat 10 minutes with no oil in...

Pull the drive shaft , look down into the yoke like looking down a barrell. Use a light, look for a plug at the yoke bottom. Refer back to 493mikes posts. Your 2 week then it leaks is from the convertor leaking down and over filling the pan. Then out the tail end through the yoke center. I...