Thanks to Terry Hawkins I got the damper I needed to get my new 250 running. I battled Atlanta rush hour traffic and drove down to his house at 6:00 AM this morning .... did a quick pull of the damper off his 76 parts car and headed home. I just got back from the maiden road test and it was uneventful ... Once I got some gas in the carb it immediately fired up but several of the lifters were stuck for atleast ten minutes of the initial run in I did to break-in the cam. I had primed the pump and knew it was getting oil pressure ... but they finally quieted down .... I bought the engine about a year ago and I don't know how long before that it was rebuilt so it had been sitting for a while. My new carb didn't come yet so I can't install the chrome air cleaner yet ....
rick, are you trying to bookmark a running engine into your car?? Dan, sounds pretty cool. did you fill the lifters with a little marvel mystery oil before installing them? i was told that with lube grease on the outside would almost instantly quiet em.
looking good.. man.. that is one ">>>>>>>>>>>>>WIDE<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<" post lol engine looks good.. glad to hear it drove fine
good going Dan can we meet and eat this weekend now that you don't have to start your car sat.? did you send the package today???...frank...
Cause it was easier than yellow .... It would have taken at least 4 coats of the yellow to do a good job and it was just too contrained in there becuase I didn't want to remove everything. The black engine enamal went on in just about one coat.
Great job Dan. I have been following your post since you started this project & I'm very impressed at how quickly you got this done. Looks great. Mike
