Re: [FWDLK] A Couple of Questions - 1955 Plymouth/Dodge V8

[Mike Apfelbeck <moparmike72@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

1.The tool is a piece of thinwall tubing, with 
two shallow notches on one end. When placed on 
the head in place of the valve spring, a straight 
edge is laid in the notch or 90° to it , to 
establish the minimum and maximum height for the 
end of the valve stem. If you could find out the 
valve stem height specs from a cylinder head shop 
or a shop manual, you could easily duplicate the 
tool out of exhaust tubing or pvc pipe, just cut 
the pipe to the maximum dimension and notch two 
sides down to the minimum dimension.

2. Perhaps the carb has a float bowl vent that 
needs to be adjusted. If the bowl isn't vented, 
when a hot engine is shut off, the gas can expand 
and percolate out through the discharge nozzles, emptying the bowl.

At 09:57 AM 1/6/2006, Jason Rogers wrote:
> Groupies:
>
> I have come across 2 questions, for which I need to tap your expertise:
>
> 1.  One gent has a car with the 241 V8.  He's in the process of redoing
> the heads.  There is a special tool that is used to verify the distance
> between the tip of the valve stem and the valve seat in the head:
> C-3436.  From where can that tool be obtained, and/or what alternative
> dimension could be used to verify the proper valve position?
>
> 2.  Another gent has a car with the 259 V8 and 2-bbl carb.  He says the
> carb. bowl empties itself after an overnight/24 hour park.  If out on a
> drive and he restarts the engine warm, it acts like it's flooded.  He's
> installed a new/rebuilt carb and gets the same phenomenon.  He's also
> installed a 1" spacer between the carb and manifold, put a heat shield
> around the fuel pump, installed a new exhaust damper, and insulated the
> fuel line.  What is causing this phenomenon?
>
> Looking forward to your response!
>
> Thanks,
> Jason Rogers
> '55 Belvedere 6-cyl.

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