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boots
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by boots » Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:45 pm
Got my engine running, no leaks at all
. Im going to rebuild the carb in a few days and clean it up some more though. Thanks for all the tips and great help guys.
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spartman
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by spartman » Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:42 pm
Looking good there Ethan.
Are your valve covers just the factories with the paint striped off them?
jzjames
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by jzjames » Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:50 pm
-looking nice and clean. When I had headers on my 302, they were attached with allen head bolts- kept them well 'unstuck' for when I had to loosen the pass. side header to drop my starter
boots
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by boots » Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:43 pm
spartman wrote: Looking good there Ethan.
Are your valve covers just the factories with the paint striped off them?
Yep
flyboy2610
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by flyboy2610 » Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:11 pm
Glad you got it running!
That is a nice looking engine. You may want to get something to hold your plug wires up nice and tidy, though.