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    Dented oil pan going over raised manhole cover. Immediate replacement or can it wait until winter?

    DOT is tearing up the road near my house. Slowly drove over a slightly raised man hole cover and it hit my oil pan. No leaks so far. I didn’t lose oil pressure and everything seems fine. This is my first time being dumb enough to do this. Should have just driven around it. Do you typically...
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    Noticed some oil on the ground and found my Dipstick holder not connected to oil pan. How do I fix this?

    I went to check my oil level because I noticed a little more oil under the car than usual. Found that the dipstick and dipstick holder (not sure what it’s cslled) are not even connected to the engine block. Just hanging there. No idea when this happened. Drove it yesterday just fine. I was...
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    Trying to figure out what this part is in my 69 Satellite 318

    Feel like I’ve asked a few these questions lately so I apologize in advance for clogging up forums with these posts. I can’t figure out what this part is for…also looks like there should be some type of vacuum hosed hooked up to it. It’s got 4 drum bre so I didn’t think it went to them…maybe...
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    First time changing oil on 318 and headers are in the way of new oil filter. Any idea of what alternative oil filter can fit it?

    The oil filter that came off was a carquest R85085 and is about 3 1/4” tall. No idea what engine it’s supposed to fit but I guess it was running on this 318 for awhile. I bought a wix 51515 and is roughly 5” tall. This filter is hitting the headers and I’m unable to spin it on. Didn’t know if...
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    Can I time/tune an engine by ear? Can’t seem to see any lines on the harmonic balancer when using my timing gun on both the top or underneath the car.

    Hey all so I’m having a heck of time trying to tune this built 360 that’s new to me. Every other vehicle I’ve timed with this timing gun had the original motor in the car and was super simple. I’d point my innova 3568 timing gun at the harmonic balancer, see the line and then adjust the...
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    Noticing some smoke coming from valve cover breather on 67 Satellite with a 360 engine. Am I missing something obvious?

    So the car is new to me and the supposedly the engine was rebuilt recently with less than a few hundred miles on it. After driving it and popping the hood I notice that there is smoke coming from both breathers on both valve covers with a little bit of oil getting into the valve covers too. I...
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    Properly timing my 1967 Satellite with a rebuilt 360. Any tips on what initial and all in timing should be?

    So from what I read on previous posts most small blocks run well around 12-14 initial 34-36 all in. I haven’t checked the timing yet but it’s running a little rough. Idling at 1100rpm, stalling out when put in reverse and stalling at stop lights. So there might be some carb tuning that needs to...
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    72 Satellite, 318, Rear main seal replacement & small leak from rear diff. Trying to figure out if I should do it myself or pay someone

    So I’ve had a slow leak from my rear main seal and my rear diff for quite some time. The older I get the less I feel like getting under a car for some reason. I wish I had invested in a lift long ago but here I am. Im not sure what can of worms I’ll be opening up because I’ve had the vehicle...
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    Any good videos on replacing a head gasket on a 318? Found a brown milky liquid in my 74” RR valve cover and some white smoke from the tailpipes.

    I need to rebuild the carb this winter and figured now I’m going to replace the head gasket now too. Possible valve cover seals too. Would love to watch a good video on it to refresh some old skills. I’m not positive yet it’s the head gasket seal…but fairly sure. Hard to see in the picture but...
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    Small oil puddles on both side of manifold. What’s the likelihood of it being oil coming up from the bolts and not leaking from both valve covers?

    Noticed some oil on both sides of my intake right near the bolts. It’s a 74’ RR, 318, 4bbl carter, Edelbrock intake, mild cam original heads and block. The valve covers are recent (but I didn’t do them) the bolts on the edlebrock do not look recent. Is it worth trying to put thread locker on...
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