Re: [Chevelle-List] Bad news came tonight...

[Wayne Kline]

Larry the guys have given you alot of great advice. For one who has not turned alot or wrenches, the diagnoses proses can be EXPENSIVE one. Is there any body near you  to rule out the obvious problems. Re move valve cover and whenk cam lobes,rocker arms,valvesprings. Remove plugs do a leak down test or compression test. Remove dist cap check for excessive free play , vertical & rotational. the fly wheel/flex plate. With this info you'll be able ruls out the obvious. It still my be a rod bearing, or a piston wrist pin IT's then you have to look a the $$$$  options. GL   Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Brown To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 9:52 PM Subject: [Chevelle-List] Bad news came tonight... All,   I found out some bad new about Lucy tonight.. Now before everyone gets worried Lucy is my 65 Chevelle Wagon.. Now on with the story. I have had some knocking in my engine at idle for a while. At  a friend's suggestion I remove the mechanical fuel pump and replaced it with a electric one.. Waaa;llllaaa the noise seemed to go away for a while.. Lately I have heard the knocking sound again. so I took it to a local guy http://www.kennyeakles.com/ (not an advertisement just wanted to put his opionion in purspective) .. and he says that I have a rod knocking and most likely will need  a shortblock or maybe I can get this one bored over.... Also to start looking at kits to rebuild the engine... So here is where my questions starts... I only have about 5 months of messing with older cars and definately don't have the expertise to fix it myself, YET!!... Any ideas on good books, kits< crate engines??   tia   Larry