RW>RN> He didn't remove the covers as that would have been a gigantic waste
RW>RN> of time.
 
RW> And not necessary to change out the plugs.
 
Correct.
 
RW>RN> Atop each cover are access panels revealing the ends of the
RW>RN> cable[s] and the plugs themselves.
 
RW> So that's how they did it. I thought they might be in a tube like the
RW> Chrysler Hemi and you needed a long socket and an extension to reach
RW> them.
 
Nope.
 
RW> After the 'nail head' Buick V8, they modernized it. The late 60s engines
RW> had the distributor up front on their big V8s and V6s. Cadillac had it
RW> that way for a long time.
 
I'm still trying to figure out why GM put out an ad about 7 years ago with
an actor playing the late Harley Earl.  Surely people didn't think that GM
had found a way to resurrect the dead.  His outstanding achievements, as
far as I'm comcerned, are the LaSalle, the tail fins and, of course, the
Corvette. I think they were trying to pump up Buick sales, which was on the
endangered list.  If it came to a choice between a Buick and an Oldsmobile,
I'd take the Olds, but we know it's gone.
 
RW>RN> My engine has a coil for each bank and they are mounted forward of
RW>RN> the heads.
 
RW> Which reminds me. The LT-1 V8s of the 91-96 Corvette and 92-97 Camaro and
RW> Firebirds had a distributor mounted on the front of the engine like the
RW> early Ford flathead V8s. They suffered the same fate of ozone destruction
RW> inside the cap and the early ones had no ventilation, so water condensed
RW> on the inside too. They had one coil for all 8 cylinders, just like days
RW> of old. Not to mention, reverse coolant circulation so that the heads got
RW> the coolest water and the block came after.
 
Have you ever done a valve job on a flat head Ford V-8?  I did.  The
suction-cup-on-a-stick with grinding compound routine was extremely
tiresome. After we finished, one of us held the valve tight against the
valve seat and the other poured a small amount of gasoline into the head to
see if the valve leaked.  It it did, back to more grinding until it didn't
leak.  I guess that reverse coolant system was based on the fact that heat
rises?
 
RW> Suffice to say that everything there, is controlled by an OBD-I computer.
 
Which annoys me from time to time.  I yearn for the old days and my 1957
Bel Air, after I finished making many changes to the engine.  That was a
lot of work using hand tools.  I was surprised to learn recently that Engle
is still in business (I used their 3/4-race camshaft).
 
RW> That's there to hide the fact that the car was underpowered with such a
RW> small engine. :o) Or should I say, tiny.
 
Any engine that is over 250 HP is okay in my book.
 
RW>RN> I had a heck of a time finding the transmission dipstick.  It was a
RW>RN> couple of inches forward of the cowl on the right bank and tiny!
 
RW> Those are supposed to be color coded, so they stick out like a sore
RW> thumb.
 
It is, but it's about half the length of my little finger.  I think it's yellow.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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