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From 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue “Back up” — documented by Sixlitre.

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1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Good running 85' 318 2bbl scored out of a parts car we bought two years back. Ran well, but had a couple of leaks and...it's 27 years old,… 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Tearing it down with an impact saves time. The engine in the 83, which this will replace, seems past it's prime and is impossible to time p… 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Main and rod journals are in amazing shape for a 27 year old engine. So were the bearings, but at Rock Auto's prices, we're replacing them… 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Chain seems a little whipped, but I've seen worse. It will be replaced with a double row timing chain/gear set and a Magnum style MP chain… 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Cleaned the block exterior and then removed most of the rust with a wire brush wheel, readying it for paint. I'll replace the frost plugs w… 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Cast in late 84', happily it has 302 heads but also happily, not the roller cam and low rpm valve train. 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Borrowed a buddy's valve spring compressor for an hour and disassembled the heads. Great shape, but the seals were so brittle they cracked… 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Valve lapping time again. There's the course and fine lapping pastes on the bench in front of the Record vice. 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - If hand lapping the valve seats and faces doesn't work, then you're in for a fairly hefty machine shop bill. 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Happily the seats and valve faces cleaned up easily and quickly with minimal lapping, a testiment to the good shape they were in. No apprec… 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Got the new seals, assembly lube, lapped valves all ready to go into the heads with my buddy's valve spring compresser, on top of the head. 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Last valve going in. Got my buddy's compressor back to him inside two hours, as he's a mechanic and I know how it feels to have loaned out… 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - A black engine sits on a stand in a cluttered garage, ready for rebuild.