rusty truck gives up power train

rodnokn6 · Post by **rodnokn6** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:18 pm

today I dropped the power train from my rusty truck I used the finch cart hybrid . I have never used this method b4 Went very smooth No drama . next I'm going to pull the heads and have them rebuilt .The reason I think its the heads is because after doing a compression check. the weak cylinders all had bent push rod tubes possibly stuck valves..

Post by **Scott H** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:55 pm

That looks like it worked very well! Nicely done.

rodnokn6 · Post by **rodnokn6** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:03 pm

thanx , This was way easier than I thought . Theese cars were designed to be worked on..

hoosierdaddy24 · Post by **hoosierdaddy24** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:54 am

looks like alot of work

Vanman · Post by **Vanman** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:52 am

You cant make em front engine, cause then their like everyone else's truck. lol.

flat6_musik · Post by **flat6_musik** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:57 am

I see you've got the rare Pooh-Bear corvair cylinder head holder too.....

caraholic4life · Post by **caraholic4life** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:27 pm

flat6_musik wrote:I see you've got the rare Pooh-Bear corvair cylinder head holder too.....

Yeah, I think those were made from unobtainium.

rodnokn6 · Post by **rodnokn6** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:54 pm

flat6_musik wrote:I see you've got the rare Pooh-Bear corvair cylinder head holder too.....

Yes and the GM tool number is j 43564. I was finally able to split the drive train today and mount the engine on an engine stand my garage and back yard and patio area are a total mess and my wife has pointed this out to me more than once .... so now I have to take a breather from the project and rehab this mess I've created... Does this happen to anybody else or am I really disorganized????The last time my back yard looked this bad I was installing sprinklers...Anyways the previous owner told me the rusty truck had a fresh engine and new brakes all around.The brakes do look new I'll have to wait and see on the condition of this so called "fresh" engine.....I already know for a fact I have little or no compression on 2 cylinders on the same bank/ both show bent push rod tubes...in all fairness I did not follow the recomended procedure for starting an engine that has sat for many years. We drove it onto the trailer and I didn't know about the recomended procedure until way after the fact... Oh well live and learn......