Re: Don D

[Lee Sumpter <leesumpter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On a similar note, years ago, I was helping a buddy wwho had an engine
shop. He sold a complete later model 390 to some guys to install in a
61 Ford. The 61 had no pcv valve, but the newer motor had a pvc port
at the base of the carb. These genuises hooked one of the heater hoses
to the pvc port and raised heck when the motor locked up and would not
start! LOL (NO WARRANTY ON STUPIDITY !)

Lee Sumpter

On 4/9/07, Don Dulmage <big-d@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  I am here. i tried using a ford bronco adapter and a spacer but it didnt work like I hoped it would. the spacer would have to be over 6 inches long so the remote filter kit is a better solution. Biggest thing to watch is that the hoses are on the right way. Some kits have a check valve in them and if hoses are reversed wont allow oil flow i the reverse direction . I went to a shop who was supposed to calling me to fire the engine (426 hemi) They had already gone ahead and tried and run it a few times but called to say "Your &%$#@ engine has no oil pressure." Since no engine has ever left my shop without priming and pressure build up and oil dripping from the rockers etc i knew this was pure crap. I went over and here it was installed with a remote filter (dual filters too they are from the more is always better camp. ) I took a priming tool and a drill and removed the distributor . The one line almost burst and the drill stalled. We reversed the lines and all was well. By then though the cam was already on the way out having been run for several minutes without oil supply. It lasted a couple of weeks then I had the customer buy a new one and installed it for him . the engine still running today.  These bozos were of course Chevy guys. This si why by the way i have one hard and fast rule . If I dont fire it I dont warranty it.  This btw is not  a freak incident it is what often takes place. My friend H Wilson is a chevy guy and a good builder of them he suplied a stroker of mega buch proportions to the guy who runs a our local track. At 1:30 the next morning he got a phone call . The guy said the motor you built has no blank blank oil pressure. Harry standing there half awake in his undees asked "did you put any oil in it?" Therewas a long pause on the phone followed by a "I will hafta call you back" Well they didnt put any il in it and by then had totally ruined it. They wereafterwarranty the next morning and said "well you gotta help us it is just one of those things that he happens" i think Harry told them to pound salt or somethingsimilar and i would have too. After that happened to him I never let an engine out of my shop withut atleast 4 qts in it just to cover the possibllity of smeone forgetting. Too much help and too many beers does it everytime .
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> Soory i got carried away. Your question just brought this to memory
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