yeah right. My girl wont come near me when I am playing mechanic, at least not since I set her and the garage on fire with the nitromethane
I won't help either. That is Robert's job :hug:
Casper no bueno
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I won't help either. That is Robert's job :hug:
"I think Pat is going to be looking into O-rings."
Ahh, the fun of coolant seepage until she warms up begins
dumb question here perhaps but why would water/coolant seep?...
Looks like the first customer for the 8 cyl version of the chamber pressure monitor.
Blowing right off the line like that. Man, that hurts.
Hope it all works out.
Blowing right off the line like that. Man, that hurts.
Hope it all works out.
I tune my own trucks, and I don't lie about it. I guess that's a Dodge thingy.
How's that Smarty working for you? :baby: "Can I Have Some More Soup Please?":baby:
To the other readers out there, I've been up to my arse in alligators, so I haven't been on the board much. Sorry.
I regret not being able to stay at the NHDRA event, and I apologize for that.
Casper started to overheat at the 1000' marker, and by the time I got out of it, the engine quit. It would not restart, and needed a tow to the pits. Track officials told me it blew coolant (water) right from the start. After cooling down, it fired right back up, but something was hurt and was blowing water in the pits.
Seems our #1 problem is not having a track to test at on a routine basis.
I'm having SoCalDiesel do O-Rings this time since head sealing issues are becoming a real problem. I will report results.
Thanks out to the NHRDA, Bernie and crew at Speedworld, and all the diesel hot-rodders who turned out.:hug:
Extra thanks out to Wade Moody for inventing the Duramax, and perfecting the process of refining of petroleum into diesel fuel. Nobody could do anything without you.
X2- I'm not having any issues with my o-rings.
Good luck Pat, lemme know if you need anything.
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It was great the whole Banks team out there on Friday. Let me know next time you're going to run the truck.
Hopefully we get Casper patched up quickly and get back to the track shortly.
The O-Rings for the cylinder are not "matched" to the rest of the sealing gasket thickness wise. Guessing the squish on the ring was always a PITA. That is because most of us old timers just cut the fire rings out of a head gasket to make up the rest of the gasket we needed under the head. Later on, I used lots of RTV to keep thing from leaking.
Some people still do the piano wire thing for the fire ring. That leaves a gap that can leak till the engine warms up. I had access to seamless copper rings that I could size to my grooves. Still a PITA.
Now I see you can buy most everything off the shelf. Fire rings, and such. With matched head and block grooves, the world is much nicer.
But what do I know....
