Then about 5 min after that was put back together it started pouring out big clouds of white smoke, and any one who has worked with any engine knows white smoke means a bad day for u! So i pulled the heads and one was cracked so i replaced the head and then put it back together a 2nd time! Then it wouldn't start
I swear buy this time the truck was against me! so pulled it all back apart and checked the timing! Low and behold found my problem, my timing chain had skipped a few teeth and was slack on one side. So When we pulled the cam we found that it was BENT INTO THE MOTOR! Nothing short of a cutting touch could get it out! so deciding that it was "about time" i pulled the motor and started from scratch! So I am now in the process of cleaning and repainting the engine bay with black. I have a .30 over 350 with 202 valve heads and a new th400 with a manual 1st gear going in soon i hope. Hear are some picks of my baby then and now