i just had the motor rebuilt and put a milodon 10 qt pan on my olds 455. the problem is...... there is a small hole on the top part where the welds come together. looks like a defective pan. is there anyway to fix that without pulling the motor and taking the pan baack ??

also when the motor is hot its hard to crank... im thinking the startor is getting to hot and may need a rebuild ??

you have some ? i went there on weds and they didnt say anything about needing baffles. but maybe i should get a set just in case i take it somewhere they are required ? what do i need to do with the ones you have

Yeah it's odd even. But I thought it didn't start till may first. You can put a boat in anyway but it's usually only for fishing. Any more then ten miles and hour and they bust you. Since the lake is so small they have a good watch. And with a loud boat they follow you. Wasn't worth it so I'm gonna go back today and open her up

sounds like you all are down towards the bridge.

@mash on it. ill be at the very end of the lake at the springs resort. maybe we can cruise up to the channel and meet up with you guys on sunday

455 start up

is that good for it though ? it would get into the oil as well

i think i figured it out. i had the gate valve on the wrong side. i need to put the gate valve on the water line going to the basset t and then to the headers right ? the cyclinders filled up with water and got in the oil. good thing it didnt start. i got all the water out but now i gotta suck all the oil out. went and got a small cheapy syphone yesterday but didnt work worth a shit. i gotta see if my buddy that has a mechanic shop will let me borrow his sucker. got oil and filter yesterday just need to get the oil out and hopefully it will fire up. annything else i should do ?? i dont really need to run water to the headers when its on the trailer correct ? it just keeps the headers cool and muffles right

i dont

@farmergord. me too although i pulled the numbers on the carb and its a 650 holley not a 750. no biggie works a hell of a lot better then that edelbrock so im not complaining. thanks again

gonna run over to puddingstone on saturday to put some timing and time on the new motor but have heard they wont let you on the water without baffles. is this true ?

i believe the lug pattern is 5 on 4.5 but not 100%. if you guys are interested give me a call 626 354 5687. the trailer is in covina

we replaced everything. we also tried looking at the guide to see about what to do if it doesnt start. checked all those and still nothing. the most we got was a burp thats it. we checked it and its getting the full 12 volts. the only thing i can think is the secondary on the distributor isnt sending the signal to the plug wires. were gonna try using another distributor today and see if it starts.

iv heard the hei distributors are junk. they crap out all the time.

well got everything back together and now having trouble getting it started. spent all week trying to figure it out. motor will turn over but wont fire. theres power getting to the coil and to the distributor but not to the wires. i went and bought an ignitor kit from pertronics to get rid of the points but still no luck. weève been scratching our heads  trying to figure this out. anybody have any ideas or had this problem ?