Camino LS6

Ha! Don't give me any ideas...

Buy a big block and throw away the wrapper...

...over the Dodge. These two pics are "throwaways" as far as selling the Dodge goes because Zora wouldn't get out of the frame and My uncles Tahoe in the background distracts the eye. But they are kinda fun.

Well, the ol' Dodge ate up my day so no progress here. But this is a leftover shot showing the fuel pressure tester hooked to the TBI:

Some cool detail shots:

Here's a couple of pics I took today, I'll post more later.

Got a bunch of pics (will post soon), but also spent some time along the side of the road when the ignition rotor decided to be defective. Methinks the Dodge doesn't want to be sold. Kinda wiped-out the Tahoe plans I had for the day.

That pretty much describes the way it looks, although seeing it isn't easy. I feel confident that the fuel system has been eliminated as a culprit. I may get to swapping the distributor later today - but I'm going to do the "for sale" pics of the '38 Dodge first.

I think today is picture day.

Yeah, Ford should have rushed right to production on that one. The concept is spot-on.

It's such a no-brainer to do things that way - you have to wonder why they ever abandoned such a viable model.

A few more:

They don't seem to be.

S-class with love handles...

Ha! I wish!

I remember seeing this, or one like it, on the B-J Auction last year. Sold for an absurdly high price as I recall...

I just realized that as of New Year's Eve, I will have been a member of C&G for an entire decade. Wow!

Way overdue. Maybach was an overpriced turd with no reason to exist.

Prior to the Duramax, I despised every diesel I ever drove - but one test drive changed my mind forever.

Anyone with another idea, please post! I'm not diving into the distributor thing until at least sometime tomorrow.

Sorry to hear this, its familiar territory for me so I get what kind of day this is for you. Never an easy thing.

The only thing left that I can think of is the pickup coil/magnet in the distributor. Or a worn out gear at the bottom of the distributor. There really isn't much else left to look at. So I guess that I'll swap the one from Mothertruck in and check it out. Not a course of action I'd prefer, but I don'r see any other options right now.

Swapped-out the MAP: no change. Noticed two burnt plug wires (they are new) on cyls. #6 & #8 : stole two from Mothertruck. Sure looked like the cat, so I unbolted the intermediate pipe planning to ream-out the cat, but decided to take a look inside first. It's completely empty - nothing at all inside. Bolted it back together and unhooked the O2 sensor. : no change swapped in different plugs: no change tried a new ground location for the sensor ground wires: no change Tried burping the baby in case I had an air pocket creating a hot spot: no change

Happy Thanksgiving all.

One detail to add: I lean so strongly toward a blocked cat being the problem in part because the fouled plugs were all to the rear of the engine closest to the exhaust (cat). #s 5,7, and 8 were fouled. Anyway, I'll try the MAP sensor swap tomorrow, and buy new plugs if anyone is open.