my first BUILT street carhave ??

[crashing513]

getting my first BUILT street car. its a 73 dart swiger. all the hard work is done.k-frame swap,built 383 installed,has all the hard to get manafolds on it hers the the prob.they were trying to in- stall a hypo ignition in it, red-neck style.half of the factory on is unpluged.all this was done 10 years ago.car is flaw less. iv got it to turn over with no fire.iv got a point dist coming just to get it to start. its supposted to have 6-pack piston and all kinds of goodes.has a street dominator intake hypo coil. dist has had spring changes has paper work on how to u-just timing... MOPAR MAN DOWN

[Stoga]

Good idea getting a point style distributor, this way you can check everything else before you get any further into it. 10 year old aftermarket electronics should probably be checked over very carefully anyway.

[crashing513]

can anybody suggust were i could get a replace ment engine bay harness.already done the ebay thing

[70AARCuda]

evans wiring i believe....

http://evanswiring.tripod.com/

[crashing513]

thanks for the help

[4HUNTIN]

I would change the oil and filter
before running it after all the attempts
trying to start it.
Good Luck Steve

[68plymouth70]

putting in points to try and get it running is the best decision, im running Mallory coil, dist, and hyfire 6al box, the dist module was bad on our first start-ups..they said that module either works 100% or it doesnt-that was bull because it was only firing 6 cylinders. It worked great after we replaced the dist. module. Make sure that coils good too..good luck!

[crashing513]

well the points worked.fired up fairly easy for sitting.im thing about leaving points in it a while just to move around. can i run pionts and still run the alt threw rhe wiring harness

[Stoga]

Yes, the point ignition and the alternator-charging system are 2 different circuits. However, don't let the power line for the original ignition get grounded!

[crashing513]

thanks have two more ? im getting a replace ment harness for my car all but front light loom.now looking at fire wall from front of car witch harness will i be unpluging from fire wall theres three in a row.2nd? one of my "big block" buddys told me to hook up oil gage, that bb have a nasty hap-bet of "cavatating"?. so looking a rear of motor i bulled oil sending unit out hooked up there ran it for5-6 seconds and nothing put it back in went right beside it were there was a plug put it in there and repeated still nothing.so is it "cavatating". sorry 3rd ? is there 2or 3 bolts holding the pump on im NOT a bb person MOPAR MAN DOWN

[4HUNTIN]

Never heard of cavatating.
A high volume oil pump can suck a
stock pan dry in a 1/4 mile run.
Should of had oil pressure in both
spots you tryed.
4 bolts on my 440 oil pump.
Steve

[DartGT66]

Tha's a pretty high voluma pump. Where does it pump all that stuff or is it inside the pump? Wonder why I have never had that happen, and I have driven pretty long at 6000 rpm both with a small and BB with a hi vol pump and a stock pan?

[4HUNTIN]

Baiva, (sp) It fills the valve covers.
When I had cheap non baffeled breathers
it would puke oil out of them.
I have a low pressure lite that has flashed
at the traps 2 or 3 times over the years.
That is with a 7 quart pan with 6 quarts of oil.
10 second 440.
Steve

[crashing513]

well i torch-erd my self getting my pump off like 6 bolts later.ok bb oil pumps suck lol.pulled the PUMP ? off conected to oil filter. then a round female gruffed sleeve? hit me in the head,after it slide off a male grooved rod? what in the heck is this stuff. the oil was coal black in pump. the oil on dip stick is clean. is it possable that it has frose up. can i cut up a small block cam gear drive shaft to prime up a bb. iv got a new pump coming this BB is ruiening me on BB need help

[DartGT66]

Fills the valve covers? How about the gravity, doesn't it come back down? It's pretty remarkable condiering that head oiling comes through about 1/8" passage in the camshaft that is only open for maybe 15 degrees per crank revolution. But if you say your valvecovers are full of oil, then it must be so. I haven't had that problem even with continuous head oiling from teh rear fo teh block. I would rather suspect proper baffling in the pan, restricted return and improper pick up location/distance.

[crashing513]

well my my first idea was right big block mopars are junk.new oil pump and a priming tool still no oil pressure wtf.

[crashing513]

hey all y mopar gu-ruuus lol. drill hast to go counter clock wise for pump to work lmao 65 psiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[crashing513]

one more ? while looking at engine bay were the harness come out off fire-wall.iv got a replacement harness coming "WILD CAT AUTO SALVAGE ALL MOPAR " of the three sections witch one is witch

[DartGT66]

They are not identical, they only go to where they are meant to be.

[crashing513]

ok? so every car made they just trew them in randomley.MY LAST ? what is a A body bb K-member worth. think im back to small block

[DJM]

Originally Posted by DartGT66

Tha's a pretty high voluma pump. Where does it pump all that stuff or is it inside the pump? Wonder why I have never had that happen, and I have driven pretty long at 6000 rpm both with a small and BB with a hi vol pump and a stock pan?

You haven't had it happen because unless there is something else wrong it ain't going to happen. Even on circle track the only way the the pan gets sucked out is is centrifical forces that push the oil to the outside of the pan away form the sump.

[Rich Kinsley]

Cavatating is when there is a vapor lock of sorts within the pump. It sucks in air and needs to be primed/purged to get it to function. I had that issue with a mech fuel pump that had blown a check valve.

[crashing513]

i wanna thank every body for "some help" getting off topic. got her running good. smoked the tranny. bb coming out dropping a good built 323 in her.please delete