Buinicorn the 1964 Skylark wagon sleeper

[SuperBuickGuy]

ring gap question answer

http://blog.wiseco.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ring-gap

top gap is currently .018 bottom is .019, I need them to be .020 top, .022 bottom

[SuperBuickGuy]

tonight's fun.... tighten crank bolts

check the rings.... .018 and .019 2nd.... need to file fit to .020 and .022

which stops that because my filer is broken....
how I keep the rings square


got stopped now waiting for parts that may or may not arrive on Thursday (we have a snow 'event' - which usually means nothing gets delivered)

[Deaf Bob]

One inch snow event?

[SuperBuickGuy]

One inch snow event?

we have a foot on the ground.... there was one year where everyone south had snow and we had nothing, this year is the opposite.

[74NovaMan]

ring gap question answer

http://blog.wiseco.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ring-gap

top gap is currently .018 bottom is .019, I need them to be .020 top, .022 bottom

Thanks for the link. Very informative.

[SuperBuickGuy]

It's springtime

one of these is not like the others

apparently they needed to replace a stock spring and used a similar spring to what I replaced the stock springs

dog bone or bar bell goes this way

rear main installed



and head dowels

rings ground

first piston ringed

the rest of the rings installed

ring compressor ready to go

[74NovaMan]

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rings ground

Nice Progress! Do you like your ring filer? What brand is it?

[SuperBuickGuy]

Nice Progress! Do you like your ring filer? What brand is it?

it works fine, brand? whatever was cheapest with Prime delivery on Amazon .... specter? some knockoff chinesium

[fatguyzinc]

im ashamed to admit ive filed rings with a 4 inch angle grinder
and a 1/16 thick cut off wheel...

but the motor is still running.................

[SuperBuickGuy]

im ashamed to admit ive filed rings with a 4 inch angle grinder
and a 1/16 thick cut off wheel...

but the motor is still running.................

I shattered a ring last time I did that... this thing cost less then one ring delivered....

[SuperBuickGuy]

assembly continues
pistons in holes


high dollar crank turner

pan test fit after installing the oil pump

notice no oil pump spacing.... I did a check, GM doesn't say to space, and some guy on Corvette Forum, who owns Mastiffs, said he didn't space them either.
Mastiff owners know it all, so I went with it.
and you all think Google is my final authority
heads look nice on there, too bad I bought the wrong ARP bolts

[SuperBuickGuy]

so there will never be a day when they build skins for 4 door 64/5 Buicks, and this skin is a billion times better then what came with the car.... so a skinning I will go

and drill a bunch of spot welds off

I even saved the bottom of the door because it's not rusted out.... probably overkill, but it wasn't more work

and a skin

[SuperBuickGuy]

so I spent some time on the motor.... glad I did because I need to call the rocker manufacturer and find out what they were thinking

first front cover install (and oil pan)

and water pump


lifter install


then onto figuring out push rod length


the issue with the rockers - there's a cast piece that holds the stock rockers in place - that has a radius to match the rocker. The new rockers come tied together and have spacers - ostensibly to replace that part - but that puts the rockers way too low.... so I dunno, time to phone and find out what to do.

[65RHDEER]

So where's the close up picture of the rockers?

[74NovaMan]

the issue with the rockers - there's a cast piece that holds the stock rockers in place - that has a radius to match the rocker. The new rockers come tied together and have spacers - ostensibly to replace that part - but that puts the rockers way too low.... so I dunno, time to phone and find out what to do.

I'm watching with great interest (my rockers will be going back). Do the stock covers fit over yours? They look very tall from here.