rocco79/138
True Classic
A couple of things are pushing me in that direction. I would welcome anyone's take on my situation.
I got the car back on the road and sorted properly but... I have heard a noise, not all the time but on rare occasion. I either have fairy dust or really fine metal dust(glitter) in the engine bay. I think it is coming from a failed lower engine mount. The mount has been soaked with oil from a leaking rear main seal. This allows the drivetrain to settle just slightly which, in certain torque situations, allows the CV boot ring(1979 1500/5speed) to rub the crossmember. The crossmember is well oiled with the rear seal issue too so it really is not a giant scraping mess.
I have a new mount but really can't see changing it out to soak it with oil as well. So my way of thinking is not to drive much and since we are entering Fall I will just stop driving and dig into the little mess. Once I start I am not sure where I will stop. I will certainly have to drop the transmission so I can remove the clutch/flywheel for seal replacement. Going that far should I just install new clutch and pressure plate? I also have a lightened flywheel. Since everything is coming off I might as well renew everything. The slave and line appear fine and a failure there is easy to renew with everything in place.
I also have a euro head and Alquati cam on the shelf for my build project... The car runs great but I won't be driving all winter so should I set up the head and swap it out? I would not have the pistons with the small flycuts but the head does not have a decompression cut that the NA heads have...
I did a compression test while sorting it out originally and all cylinders were 145-150 psi and the engine does not smoke... Maybe a tiny bit on start up after a long sit but not usually.
I don't think I will build this engine in the next year or two as my schedule is pretty busy and I am not in the best shop situation...
So that is my quandary... What do you think you might do in my situation? Thanks for the input!
Regards
I got the car back on the road and sorted properly but... I have heard a noise, not all the time but on rare occasion. I either have fairy dust or really fine metal dust(glitter) in the engine bay. I think it is coming from a failed lower engine mount. The mount has been soaked with oil from a leaking rear main seal. This allows the drivetrain to settle just slightly which, in certain torque situations, allows the CV boot ring(1979 1500/5speed) to rub the crossmember. The crossmember is well oiled with the rear seal issue too so it really is not a giant scraping mess.
I have a new mount but really can't see changing it out to soak it with oil as well. So my way of thinking is not to drive much and since we are entering Fall I will just stop driving and dig into the little mess. Once I start I am not sure where I will stop. I will certainly have to drop the transmission so I can remove the clutch/flywheel for seal replacement. Going that far should I just install new clutch and pressure plate? I also have a lightened flywheel. Since everything is coming off I might as well renew everything. The slave and line appear fine and a failure there is easy to renew with everything in place.
I also have a euro head and Alquati cam on the shelf for my build project... The car runs great but I won't be driving all winter so should I set up the head and swap it out? I would not have the pistons with the small flycuts but the head does not have a decompression cut that the NA heads have...
I did a compression test while sorting it out originally and all cylinders were 145-150 psi and the engine does not smoke... Maybe a tiny bit on start up after a long sit but not usually.
I don't think I will build this engine in the next year or two as my schedule is pretty busy and I am not in the best shop situation...
So that is my quandary... What do you think you might do in my situation? Thanks for the input!
Regards