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Good idea Pat. Starters should be something you bolt on and go. I've even changed them in a daily driver at the auto parts store parking lot and can't ever remember one not working well. Sometimes I think we get caught up in this high tech stuff thinking it must be somehow better. I've seen posts on various forums where guys were having issues with PowerMaster units, so maybe I'm not alone.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Good idea Pat. Starters should be something you bolt on and go. I've even changed them in a daily driver at the auto parts store parking lot and can't ever remember one not working well. Sometimes I think we get caught up in this high tech stuff thinking it must be somehow better. I've seen posts on various forums where guys were having issues with PowerMaster units, so maybe I'm not alone.

Don

well don i can tell you over the years i made more money milling the alum blocks and drilling new holes to clock the gear starters .then playing with the stock ones .yep ..i still remember rebuilding one in a parking lot for a freind .i kept boxs of all the good used parts and rebuilt then all the time

"right bolts and front strap"

and good grounds---fiberglass cars and boats---Ugh

I'm going to have to score a front strap somewhere. This engine never had one as it was a marine engine with a mini starter on it when I got it. My new starter shows up tomorrow from Summit so tomorrow night I'm going to see how it fits and put it on.

Today on my lunch hour I went down and renewed the plate for my T.......getting ready to take the drive to the Billetproof Drags this coming Sunday. I might put a seat belt in just in case I get caught up in the action and decide to take a run down the 1/8 mile. My luck I'll blow the engine and Dan and I will be taking a Greyhound bus back home.

Don

Think positive Don, think positive. When I got the 36 coupe in '64 we put the engine together on a Thursday and I left for California from Dayton, Ohio on the following Saturday. The battery went out in Oklahoma so I had to have it pushed every time I stopped ans I rolled into Camp Pendleton Monday afternoon. So think positive.

Wow another great thread. Very useful info Don. Out of curiosity is your dip stick still being pushed out from pan compression or does it stay down?

NTF, yep, I've done the same thing. Drop a motor in, go take a shower, and head out on a trip. I was young and foolish then, now I'm just old and foolish.

Steve. No, the dipstick seemed to stay down for the short time I had it fired up before I tried to restart it and the starter went south. I got the new starter today from Summit and am heading to the shop right from work, so I should know more tonight. That Power Tune has been soaking in the engine for a few days now, so the carbon should be REALLY soft by this time. If the other stuff I put in the tank does it's job while driving it and the fuel pressure is under control I should have no more over rich problems.

BTW, Dan and Don were convinced the baffles in my headers were contributing, so I pulled them out. I think they just like the noise better that way.

Don

Starter showed up today and I got it put on tonight. Happy to report it fired the engine right up like it should with no strange noises or anything. I hosed the T off real quick and took it for a spin........first time since June. I think the things we did were successful. The temp going down the road was 170ish (and it was a nice cool night) there was no black smoke coming from the headers, and the power felt good. Of course, after driving my Honda for the past four months anything would feel like a rocketship.

I pulled a couple of plugs when I got back to the shop and they are still white, with just a tinge of tan starting on them, so I think we have the fuel pressure much better now. The test will be when Dan and I take it the 160 miles to the Billetproof Drags this weekend. Anxious to see how the fuel milage is.

Thanks to all who offered suggestions and encouragement during this ordeal. I've learned a lot about the importance of air/fuel mixtures and engine operating temps. Oh, I really think I have to put the baffles back in the headers, regardless of what my Son's say. I shook a little every time I passed a cop tonight and I swear, they must have been having a convention or something because I saw no less than 8 in the half hour I was driving around.

Don

Glad to hear ole 3k is back on the streets and turning heads...well maybe not the boys in blue, but up and roaring again!

Yep Steve, back in the saddle again. I even drove it to work today to get some miles on it before heading out this weekend. Now I KNOW the baffles have to go back in. Instead of getting smiles from other drivers this morning I was getting stares because I was probably drowning out their morning radio news.

But it seems to run fine, so that is good.

Don

Better to hear a small block than that thump-thump crap so many kids think we all need to hear.

Originally Posted by Rickomatic

Better to hear a small block than that thump-thump crap so many kids think we all need to hear.

That thumping bass is my number one pet peeve. At least a couple of times a week I have to mention to some of the people in our neighborhood that it is very nice of them to want to include us in their entertainment, but we really don't want them to do that. They usually say they are sorry and turn it off, but what I don't understand is why they didn't consider their neighbors without someone having to remind them.

Don