Good story John....Although I do remember using the roll around rebuild method myself. Block on the floor...roll it around to get to what you are working on. Amazing that I didn't have the $20 for an engine stand but you can bet I had a thumper cam to put in it! Walt
----- Original Message ----- From: John Nasta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:22 pm Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Oil pump froze up > That is sort of a double-edged sword. It?s easy to take things > apart and > much harder to put them back together. I learned how to build > engines by > necessity, because my first car was a $125.00 1967 Nova that > burned more oil > than gas. It wasn't long before it became painfully obvious that > it needed a > rebuild, and I couldn?t afford to do it any other way. I had a > buddy helping > me though, and he was (and still is) a professional mechanic. We > rebuiltthat engine in the back of his Chevy van, on an engine > stand that was tied > down so it wouldn?t fall over when he drove the van to and from > work every > day. After that I worked as a professional mechanic for a while, > and since > then I have built several engines on my own, but some 25 years > later the > same guy helped me build the engine that is currently purring away > in my El > Camino (but this time we had the engine stand in a garage instead > of a van). > The point is that if you have never done this before you should at > leasthave somebody helping you who has, and hopefully it will make > for some fun > memories in the process. Otherwise you should probably hire a pro. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Darren > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 9:55 PM > To: 'The Chevelle Mailing List' > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Oil pump froze up > > Learn by doing ? open ?er up and check her out. > > Darren >
