I fell
smarter! But I won't tell you why!
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Craig A. Ellis
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 10:00 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] small block motor opps!!OK, John. Lest you feel too stupid, allow me to ahhhh one-up you. I hauled my car down to Gary Levitt, a frame guy with a very spiffy Brewco 360 degree frame machine. All I wanted him to do was "dimension" the car and prove that the frame was square. You see, I've been chasing a vibration bug all summer and started to think the frame might be slightly out of square, blah, blah blah. Anyway, I decided to PROVE that it was either OK or not and took it to Gary.He dug into the job, dimensioning away, and found that the frame was - for some weird reason - higher on the passenger side than the driver side. Well, he chewed on this factoid for a couple hours, trying to figure out how in the world he could correct such an oddity. I mean, the lower control arm heights were off by 3/8 of an inch! When I got there we crawled all over the undercarridge while it was up on his Brewco. Could not figure out what was wrong. Meanwhile, I'm getting sick to my stomach thinking - oh no, I bought a real pig this time - one that can't even be FIXED!Then I happened to glance at the tires...five minutes later, while staring intently at my toes and blushing with embarassment (really), I confessed that it was none other than yours truly that mounted the 245/60's on the left and the 225/70's on the right the night before I broght it in to Gary's shop. Apparently I had suffered a "Homer Moment" (dohh!).-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John C. Butler
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 5:24 PM
To: Chevelle-List@Chevelles. Net (E-mail)
Subject: [Chevelle-List] small block motor opps!!Ok, I'm posting this in hope that nobody makes the same mistake I did this past Sunday, I have a 66 Malibu I am restoring and it has the original 283 motor with all the smog stuff on it, here in Calif we are not required to have smog checks on car 25 yrs and older. So I proceeded to remove all the smog pump and components, the smog pump is held on by a 1/4 in thick plate by a intake manifold bolt. I then proceeded to put the intake manifold bolts back into the manifold using the same bolts. I buttoned everything up and started the car to make sure I did not have a vacuum leaks and hear this very LOUD popping thru the carburetor. After checking every possible item on the motor I decided to remover the valve covers to see if I dropped a valve or worse!!! YIKS!!! the #4 cylinder intake rocker was off to the side and the pushrod was bent.......The longer intake manifold bolt went thru the head and screwed down onto the pushrod........I had no idea this bole hole went thru the head and into the pushrod area. Now I have to try and find the other half of the pushrod that fell down into the lifter valley...I felt so stupid..I figured if the bolt was to long it would just bottom out in the head! .This should be filed under "Stupid things not to do on a Sunday"SignedNAH...I'll leave this blank!
