[Greg T]

Whats with all the ***********?





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[lilrobo]

well short of paying 25$ each i am going to take all them out and clean them ,, and reinstall with rotela 30w and see what happens ,, i got one out and it was hard ,, i am sure i will fine a couple soft one before i get done

thanks

[AutoGear]

Im assumin the OP (Original Poster) abbreviates 'assembly' by its first 3 letters. This gets picked up by the nanny software and converted to ***. If you use " assy " its usually okay.

[lilrobo]

i am sorry i didnt know i do now thanks

[price]

I had a buddy back in the late 60,s and he had a 57 Coupe De ville that smoked a little on start up but settled out quickly and he was bound and determined to to put Castrol Super GTX in it. My dad told him to put 30 wt, non detergent oil. My buddy wasn,t too swift and put in the GTX. The motor threw a quart of oil every couple of miles ater that and he ruined it. Live and learn. Clint

[lilrobo]

well i got the lifters out and cleaned , found a 2ouple that were soft ,,and found 1 w or so with sludge but all clean , got the rocker assemble off and cleaned the tube was bad dirty even got some stuff out ,, here is some pics ,, i am going back with 30 rotela oil , the lifters are soaking now , let them soak over night ,, hopeful everything goes back tomm even

[lilrobo]

after doing some research and installing oil pressure gauge , i found out by turning the wheel to left my pressure drops to 0 and when i get straight it comes back up ,, and some people say that my pickup has come loose , so i guess i have to pull the motor , thats the only way i can get the oil pan off ,,

thanks guys just a update

[cdminter59]

This engine doesn't have a oil filter. These old engines used mostly non-detergent oil. If you ran a cleaning solution through the engine can you imagine all the sludge and grime that would flow through the oil passages. I think I read before about the oil passages in the rear of the motor getting plugged up. I would clean everything up the best I could. Blow air through the oil galleries then drop the oil pan and clean it real good. I would buy a new set of lifters and install them. I would use a straight 30w non-detergent oil like they used back in the day.

[lilrobo]

thats whats i going to do ,, i need to pull the motor, i just want to wait till winter but i guess its better to do it now while its warm ,,all i have is a car port not a garage

thanks

[lilrobo]

is it better to pull the motor and trany together??? i was going to redo the tranny , i figure might as well ,, its ok i guess seems there is no problem other than its takes longer to shift than i think , i did change the mod value no help the old one did have fluid in it too

thanks

[lilrobo]

well i added a extra qt of oil and it made a world of difference never seen the oil drop in turns and never seen it drop below 25 at idling so a big help still had the rattle sound right before shift, so still might a bearing bad

thanks