Crushed it and sent it to China.
Roof is crumpled from being picked off trailer with a claw. Before being unloaded it was a straight very restorable car. Would have been worth...
Pacific steel recycling, Kalispell Mt.
[ATTACH] Was dropping some scrap at the local scrapyard snd saw this rust free Maverick meet its doom. The counter guy told me they gave $120 for...
Yes, if I do a new cam I will have a shop install cam bearings.
Well I put some oil in the cylinders to see how the rings are and so far it's been holding good for about 5 days. I'm guessing that means the...
One of the sets of heads I'm looking are 66 289 heads. Here is an intersting link I found on compression ratios and head swaps....
Well if 71gold can take care of the money I'll take care of the tools and manual. Seriously though I am trying to keep this project on a pretty...
Well as things often go I just keep getting deeper and deeper into this project that started out as replacing a rear main seal. I'm debating...
So are the flat tappet cams a drop in deal on a stock motor? I assume an after market cam and lifters would be a set. What would be a good spring...
Ive got new intake, carb, and working on heads. What's a good roller conversion? And how much is gained from a roller upgrade?
Well I finally got around to pulling the intake and heads. Everything still looks good, ie, no damage that I can see to explain the above...
Well I ordered some main bearings today, so I will go ahead and replace the worn ones. Also will replace oil pump and pull intake to look for any...
Well there may be some wear. I pulled the end cap tonight and replaced the rear main seal, so you can see from the attached photos there seems to...
How many horse gain over a stock early 70's head set up?
Good eye on the water in the oil. It did indeed have some water in the oil at one time. When I first picked up the Mav, the PO had a high rise...
The mysterious history of an engine, no telling what it has been through in the last 40 years. I have no doubt it has been run hard. I scraped off...
Well today I sifted through the debris in the bottom of my oil pan as I got it cleaned out. I believe it is indeed the valvee guide seals as...
I'll take a look tomorrow. Block is stock 73 302 and I believe heads are stock as well. Motor ran like a raped ape before I pulled it. I have been...
So I'm in the process of getting my Mav back on the road. I pulled the engine and tranny to put headers on, this led to finding a rear main seal...
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