On 8/3/2014 6:30 PM, Roger van Hoy wrote:
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*From:* Bill Parker <hemirr@xxxxxxxxx>
Thanks for the input guys. I agree about the oil. I've driven the
car a total of about 10 miles since buying it from another list
member who also didn't drive it during his ownership I believe.
There is a receipt from a commercial garage showing a ring and
bearing job, but the receipt has no date on it. The inside of the
engine is very clean and the oil isn't bad either so since that
minor overhaul it must have been reasonably maintained, but of
course with low ZDDP oil like we are all stuck with in the
mainstream oils. I'm thinking of using rotella once I'm back up and
running since I don't have a converter to get clogged up with zinc.
Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana, harboring of bunch of
old and newer Mopars
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On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Bill Parker wrote:
Hello all, I tore into the '60 Saratoga engine today, an RB
383, and as I suspected from the symptoms, it has a wiped
camshaft. One lobe is just a little nubbin', and two others
are clearly half what they should be. Seems like a simple cam
swap is in order except of course for the small matter of
early B/RB lifters and pushrods being different dimensions
from the later ('66 and later?) stuff. From a previous
experience with putting a cam and lifter kit into a '65
engine, I think I recall that the late lifters are taller, and
must use the late pushrods to compensate. I could have it
backwards, but in any case, I think the solution to using a
late cam and lifter kit is using the late pushrods too. I
have several core 440 engines and I'm thinking, make a cam
selection, buy the late style lifters with it, and use a set
of the 440 pushrods (being that both my '60 383 and the 440's
are RB engines with the same deck height).
Comments/cautions/suggestions? This is not my hot rod and I
plan to go with a pretty mild cam.
Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana, harboring of bunch
of old and newer Mopars
MODERN Rotella No longer meets old car ZDDP requirements, the formula
had to be changed because today's EPA requirements demanded a reduced
level so that the 'muffler' oil (fluids) don't mess with the catalytic
converters used on modern diesels. Or something like that!
--
Paul Holmgren
On account of being a democracy and run by the people,
we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a
government four years, no matter what it does.
Will Rogers
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