Glad you guys got it running. Nothing sweeter sounding than firing off a fresh engine. Gary F. On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Yup, with the invaluable help of Rich and my buddy Joe, we got it > stuffed in the car and running. I thought I had it set on #1 TDC but I > was off. After going back to square one and making SURE it was on #1 > TDC we saw that we had the distributor 180 degrees off. Once we > corrected that it popped right off. It would have been roaring about > an hour sooner without that little faux pas. > As is usual there are several little things that need to be squared > away. My wife is pushing for wed. so we could go for a little cruise on > her b-day. I hate to disappoint her but it's going to take me longer > than that to get the exhaust modified to adapt to the new headers. > Thanks again to Gary Futrell for backstopping us. It's always good to > have some "tech support" just a phone call away. > > Paul L. > '63 Sport Fury > 440/727 > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html > Rich Kinsley wrote: >> >> >> >> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies >> >> That's the sound of Paul's 440 after turning the dist 180deg :-) >> Thanks Gary Futrell for your input too. It was a bit(?) retarded. >> >> Paul did notice that we forgot to put the steering column back in. I >> thought he was using a joy stick. >> >> I thought it was pretty good to get it all together and running in less >> than 8 hours. It looks good too. I told him he don't need no stinken >> mufflers! It sounds fine that way and he won't need a horn. > > > > Paul L. > '63 Sport Fury > 440/727 > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html > > > ---- > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. > > ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.