While not quite on
the same level, I had my own small block fiasco on Saturday. I was trying
to drop in the new motor into the Corvette, and ran into a few problems.
The show stopper was when I tried to bolt on the Bellhousing and it would not
fit. Turns out that I did not think about the bigger 11" clutch not
fitting the standard bellhousing!
So, anyone have
access to a 3899621 Bellhousing?
Brad Waller
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John C. Butler
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 2:24 PM
To: Chevelle-List@Chevelles. Net (E-mail)
Subject: [Chevelle-List] small block motor opps!!Ok, I'm posting this in hope that nobody makes the same mistake I did this past Sunday, I have a 66 Malibu I am restoring and it has the original 283 motor with all the smog stuff on it, here in Calif we are not required to have smog checks on car 25 yrs and older. So I proceeded to remove all the smog pump and components, the smog pump is held on by a 1/4 in thick plate by a intake manifold bolt. I then proceeded to put the intake manifold bolts back into the manifold using the same bolts. I buttoned everything up and started the car to make sure I did not have a vacuum leaks and hear this very LOUD popping thru the carburetor. After checking every possible item on the motor I decided to remover the valve covers to see if I dropped a valve or worse!!! YIKS!!! the #4 cylinder intake rocker was off to the side and the pushrod was bent.......The longer intake manifold bolt went thru the head and screwed down onto the pushrod........I had no idea this bole hole went thru the head and into the pushrod area. Now I have to try and find the other half of the pushrod that fell down into the lifter valley...I felt so stupid..I figured if the bolt was to long it would just bottom out in the head! .This should be filed under "Stupid things not to do on a Sunday"SignedNAH...I'll leave this blank!
