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Re: Black Magic 1985 Dodge B250 | Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 145 Likes: 8 member | member Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 145 Likes: 8 | wow....right down to the seats....lotta work....hang in there | | | Re: Black Magic 1985 Dodge B250 | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 Maniac | Maniac Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 | Nice work! Glad to see you kept the slant. A couple recommendations- now is the time to replace the torque converter and the transmisison input shaft seal. Just do it while the engine is out of the way. At least the input shaft seal.
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Windows- they're what make a van worth owning! | | | Re: Black Magic 1985 Dodge B250 | Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,552 Likes: 137 Supreme Master | OP Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,552 Likes: 137 | Arianrhod:2003 Chevy Astro Black Magic: 1985 Dodge B-250 Serenity:1985 Chevy G-20 The Outcast:1983 Ford club wagon Luna 1974 VW bay window transporter Freedom:1990 Ford E-150(parts van) Outcast Vanners van club Support your local 2% | | | Re: Black Magic 1985 Dodge B250 | Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 | | | | Re: Black Magic 1985 Dodge B250 | Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,552 Likes: 137 Supreme Master | OP Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,552 Likes: 137 | It's officially bolted in and the manifold has been installed. [img] https://flic.kr/p/21cu9hv[/img] [img] https://flic.kr/p/HAC8dH[/img] Arianrhod:2003 Chevy Astro Black Magic: 1985 Dodge B-250 Serenity:1985 Chevy G-20 The Outcast:1983 Ford club wagon Luna 1974 VW bay window transporter Freedom:1990 Ford E-150(parts van) Outcast Vanners van club Support your local 2% | | | Re: Black Magic 1985 Dodge B250 | Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,552 Likes: 137 Supreme Master | OP Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,552 Likes: 137 | 2018 is not starting off as I had planned. I picked up my van Friday 12-22-2017 I drove her home and she ran great. Did some clean up on her and took her and the wife out Saturday night. We left the house and about 2.5 miles down the road the engine died. I coasted off the road. Had some trouble getting her to restart. When she did she was knocking like a jack hammer. I checked the oil and nothing. I had her towed to the shop. Turns out the oil pump gasket blew apart. I'm now waiting on my 2nd new engine. Black Magic Arianrhod:2003 Chevy Astro Black Magic: 1985 Dodge B-250 Serenity:1985 Chevy G-20 The Outcast:1983 Ford club wagon Luna 1974 VW bay window transporter Freedom:1990 Ford E-150(parts van) Outcast Vanners van club Support your local 2% | | | Re: Black Magic 1985 Dodge B250 | Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 764 Likes: 12 old hand | old hand Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 764 Likes: 12 |
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| | | Re: Black Magic 1985 Dodge B250 | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 Maniac | Maniac Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 | Sorry to hear that. I should have warned you. This is a known problem with remanufactured slant sixes and oil pumps. There were several generations of oil pumps used on the slant six. For the purposes if this discussion, the important point is that original factory pumps almost all had six bolt holes holding the oil pump to the block. Later model engine got a slightly redesignedpump with five bolts holding to the block. You used to be able to get remanufactured slant oil pumps with the six hole version, but almost all reman pumps are now the five hole version. The problem is that the oil pump gasket was not redesigned with the change in the oil pump body and the gasket can fail on the five bolt hole oil pump body. Bummer that this happened, but this is purely engine builder error. The motor should have been pre-run to verify there were no oil leaks. See here: http://www.slantsix.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22032&hilit=oil+pump+gasket+five+holeAt one point I believe someone devised a way to modify the gasket to work with the five bolt pumps. I am trying to find that thread over on slantsix.org
Windows- they're what make a van worth owning! | | | Re: Black Magic 1985 Dodge B250 | Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3,692 Likes: 32 | Sorry to hear about this lukester.
Interesting. Bookmarked that page on slantsix.org. Thanks Reed. | | |
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