Stroker rebuild

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Tue Sep 30, 14 8:54 pm

My Valiant has no carpet at the moment, it's noisy, always looks scruffy and gets very hot because there's nothing to insulate you from the header heat. Personally, I think cars without carpet just look unfinished.

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Sat Oct 04, 14 7:15 pm

I could do with some heat from the headers as there is no heater in the car, but as im a fair weather driver I wont need the extra heat.

MilesnMiles · Post by **MilesnMiles** » Sat Oct 04, 14 7:21 pm

Blue, I like that, no carpet and it looks unfinished....no back seats, roll,cage, no heater

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sat Oct 04, 14 7:41 pm

Yea, but mine is unfinished!

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Sat Oct 04, 14 8:35 pm

Blue wrote:Yea, but mine is unfinished!

All that weight in a carpet. I'm surprised Blue !

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Sat Oct 04, 14 8:51 pm

Mossy68 wrote:
Blue wrote:Yea, but mine is unfinished!
All that weight in a carpet. I'm surprised Blue !

Me to but he is right

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Sat Oct 04, 14 8:56 pm

Mossy68 wrote:
Blue wrote:Yea, but mine is unfinished!
All that weight in a carpet. I'm surprised Blue !

Carpet only, Blue leaves out the underlay

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Sun Oct 05, 14 1:05 pm

Could get some Lino.

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Sun Oct 12, 14 7:35 pm

Engine was going back in today, until we noticed oil dripping from the rear of the engine as we lowered it into position, damn, back out with it clutch and flywheel off, it is dripping from the bottom of the rubber rear half moon sump seal. Just as well it came to light then, annoying but gotta be thankful for small mercies, I have a feeling the sump may be distorted and not pulling up tight enough against the seal, wont know until I drop the sump and give it a closer inspection. Teething problems.

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Sun Oct 12, 14 9:05 pm

Just as well you noticed, if it's dripping now, probably would of been much worse when running....

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sun Oct 12, 14 9:08 pm

Those rear main seals are a bugger to fit - we had 4 attempts on the 512 Stroker before we got it (sort of) oil tight.

The web is littered with treads in the 'states about rear seal leaks.......

I think the old "Rope seal" caps do not work well with the modern and harder neoprene half seals....silicon is your friend.........

TW71 · Post by **TW71** » Mon Oct 13, 14 12:15 pm

It beats me that with all the new stuff for these old motors thats available, that a simple "all time fix" has not surfaced

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Mon Oct 13, 14 4:15 pm

I cant understand why they do not make an all in one sump gasket for the 340,

Unless there is one I don't know about?

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Fri Oct 31, 14 9:58 am

Looks like I have fixed the rear sump leak. Rather than use the normal cork gasket, I invested in the Felpro Gasket, as you can see its a good deal thinner therefore allowing the sump to pull that bit tighter. I also left the sump loose over night to allow the bead of silicone to go completely off rather than giving it a couple of hours before fully tightening it down.

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Fri Oct 31, 14 10:10 am

Super street pro clutch.