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Thanks Mike. I knew about rotators but for some reason thought the action of the coil springs induced a certain amount of valve rotation on most any valve in head arrangement. Too many years back to say where I got that opinion!

Recently I went to look at a worked set of 906 heads for sale. Some mild porting, larger valves, bronze guides, springs, etc and claimed to have less than 1000 miles on them. They did look to be low mile units and had been stored well. Just about when I was going to reach for my wallet I...

Bob I’ve bored 2 413’s in years past and haven’t had a problem. The last one is still running in my wagon.

Assuming all the air bleed ports on the top of the carburetor are clean, I would suspect the step up rod/piston/spring combination. I've run into this problem in years past but in retrospect think it was usually with an engine that had seen a cam change. That would affect the vacuum pulled at...

In the early 70's I knew a local guy who was running a front engine blown dragster. Still had a 392 in it and had been blown up so many times and welded back together the block wouldn't hold water so he dry decked it. A privateer with a full time job, family, etc made him do everything he could...

Glad it worked out. Enjoy!

Cast aluminum may require a pre heat to get any outgassing out of the way. Extruded stuff typically does not require this. The casting process can create small air pockets in the finished product, which heat up and 'out gas' during the heating process. The result is little spots that look almost...

A couple things to add to the discussion: 1) Don't go berserk blasting the aluminum. Being a soft material, too much pressure and/or too aggressive a media will leave the surface too rough to create the look I suspect you're after. Powder coating isn't body filler, so you don't want to be...

When locked the outer handle will have no effect on the coupler at all. The handle will just spin. If yours is trying to move the coupler then it's not locked. Sounds counter-intuitive I know. I would recommend you remove the crank handle assembly 1st. I can't stress enough how careful you...

There are two nylon wheels attached to the mechanism, that follow the horizontal channel in the glass bottom frame. These tend to get brittle and disintegrate with age. The lack of the wheels causes all sorts of motion problems. As has also been pointed out, the glass channels can cause...

This is the coupler that connects the crank to the window mechanism. Your part will not look exactly like this one, as I'd made this one to replace the one on my car which was broken. As I mentioned the original part is pot metal and gets quite brittle. I was able to use the splined end of the...

It took me a while to find my parts so I could show you the mechanism function. Here are 2 pictures of the back side of the window crank. The pin sticking out of the center round part is how the device looks when unlocked. The picture showing just the round black section is when it's locked...

I believe the manual tail gate crank mechanism has a dowel pin sort of affair that connects to the crank to allow you to move the window up or down. When it's locked, the dowel pin is retracted and the crank just spins. So I don't think it's locked. Something is in the way. Don't force it as the...

A lot has changed with this hobby since 1994. That's about the same time I went to Oklahoma and found my 69 Roadrunner. I was just thrilled to find a really solid builder. Didn't give two hoots about a fender tag, build sheet, numbers or anything else. I painted it the color I liked and am still...

Transportreviews.com will give you a good feel for who you may or may not wish to use. Personally I'm in the minority here, and have used a broker several times with good results. The one time I used a 'big name' hauler was the worst experience of them all. I highly recommend 4 corners...

No offense intended but I don't see where a 318 is worth that kind of expense to rebuild. You can still find good running 318's pretty cheap. I've an '89 with just over 100,000 on it that runs perfect, uses no oil. I'd be hard pressed to get $300 for it still running in the car. I'd find one...

Big block brackets and insulators are readily available on line for this. As long as you have a V8 K member in the car it's a bolt in. Your car will have the ball and trunion style drive shaft if the drivetrain is original. That won't be compatible with a later transmission. You'll require a...

I ran a healthy big block with cast crank and 4 speed for years. Didn't drag race the car but did run it hard without issues. The guy I sold the car to drives it harder than I did snd still hasn't hurt it. I would sweat a cast crank for the use you describe.

#2 son was using the riding lawn mower to cut the grass in the back yard. I'd just recently unloaded and parked a really clean 66 Belvedere 1 2 dr sedan out there. The next day I noticed red paint and damage to the driver's rear quarter panel. Lawn mower was red. Confronted him about it: "It's...

Going on memory (feeble at best) you need a 66-69 b body version. In 70 I believe the rear mount moved a bit as did the shifter mount position. Later ones then had two mounting locations for the shifter. Pre 66 you can run into the pre-slip yoke version tail housing version, known as ball and...