RE: Various topics ...

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gary H put a section together for my car on this site. The header 
installation is a major part. I did the same thing but just dinged the 
header a bit. I made many different shims and experimented all over the 
place with them but something else would have an issue everytime. The 
mount mod is simple and really the right thing to do. I think I will 
take mine out again someday and then I will do it right. My rear main 
appears to be leaking. I see the jerkball responsible in the mirror 
every day :-(

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
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Brian Safford wrote:
> 
> Well, I should have done it right the first time years ago when I
> installed my TTI headers on my Poly, but I guess I was too d*mn
> impatient ...
> 
> The installation instructions included a motor mount modification that
> allowed you to move the engine back 1/2" so the headers would clear
> the idler arm.
> 
> I didn't do that modification, and probably due to how friggin'
> difficult it was to get the header bolts on and tightened, when I
> found out it rubbed pretty good I decided to put a 1/2 shim between
> the motor mount base and the plate it bolts to to raise the motor.
> That seemed to work okay, but has bugged me ever since.
> 
> Fast-forward to present time ... where I've been slowly removing
> engine parts in an effort to find/remove all the black silicone that
> jerkball used ... I've decided to do that motor mount modification
> after all.
> 
> Unless ... does anyone thing I could take the headers to a shop and
> have them modified so they'll fit ?
> 
> Also, they're pretty ugly ... can they be cleaned and made to look like 
> new?
> 
> Oh, and I found small traces of oil dripping down the flex plate ...
> I'm assuming that's not supposed to be there.  The afore-mentioned
> jerkball was supposed to have installed a new rear main seal ( he said
> mine was installed backwards ) ... and I just found more black
> silicone, this time oozing out from the rear main caps ... *sigh*
> 
> Other than the obvious danger of having the crank fall on my head,
> would it make sense for me to bite the bullet and dis-assemble the
> lower end and install a new rear main seal?
> 
> Apologies for the various topics here ... am trying to take up some of
> the slack left by Don D's vacation ... :-)
> 
> Regards to all,
> Brian Safford
> '62 Dart 440 4-door / Poly 318



Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies


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