J-(Chicago)

Also, it looks like you have your vacuum switch in a coolant port on the intake.

The Stickman

You can buy baffled grommets for the PCV. I have a set of Rocket Racing aluminum valve covers with no baffles and that is what I will be using.

The Stickman

Uh those vacuum ports are in the water passages. Not intake vacuum.

HARDLUCK88

lesson learned???!!!
its MONDELLO, thats all they do is oldsmobile!! right? how the hell could mondello screw that up?

and there is no way im usng those garbage valve covers, theyre 5 hole anyways...


VC-455 Stock Height Valve Covers (with baffles)
These stock height, stamped steel (no name), highly polished, triple chrome plated valve covers will fit all Oldsmobile V8 engines 1964 to 1976. 1977 and later 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A and 7A heads have a 5-bolt pattern. One hole for push in breathers.
(10 bolt holes, outer height 3.000", inner height 2.750". Baffles will shorten the inside clearance by approximately 1 inch) Set of 2. (Shown here)

HARDLUCK88

thats where its supposed to be. it uses coolant temprature to work. when its hot, the valve changes position to let vacuum move to another location......

HARDLUCK88

where would you recomend i put them? because there is nowhere else for them to go. they dont use vacuum to work, they use heat from the coolant.

Eric Anderson

Just reading your thread, that emission stuffs a pain in the ***. It looks like your gettin' it, keep at it and Semper Fi (CPL 3533 "dragon wagon" 95-01)

HARDLUCK88

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J-(Chicago)

Mondello sold the business to another party, and opened a tech school in Tennessee or Kentucky..... Don't remember.


Just think of the beer money you could have had if you did use them.

The Stickman

Sorry bout that.. thought it was a standard vacuum tower.

HARDLUCK88

yeah well had i of known the people at mondello didnt know what they were doing, i wouldnt have spent my money there...


and i dont drink

HARDLUCK88

hey, could anyone reccomend where i can get a spacer for my carb. my dad told me it was jetted bigger for the bigger cam it has in it, and i need a carb spacer anyways since the throttle gets stuck on one of the head bolts,

thanks!!

J-(Chicago)

easiest and fastest shipped to me is usually amazon.com or rockauto.com

HARDLUCK88

i like rock auto!! i got a bunch of stuff from them! one of us messed up on a piece of pre bent exhaust pipe... idk who, but the pipe is wrong...

i didnt notice they have carb spacers!

HARDLUCK88

is this it?

J-(Chicago)

Looks like it.
It depends what carburetor you are using.

That one looks like a quadrajet spacer judging form the gasket.
Just remember the quadrajets have a different bolt pattern than the rest of the carbs.

J-(Chicago)

There are ''square bore'' bolt pattern carbs, and "spread bore'' bolt pattern carbs.

HARDLUCK88

it looks about right... will i need 2 gaskets for this?

HARDLUCK88

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J-(Chicago)

Yes.

HARDLUCK88

this is the gasket rock auto has... its different

HARDLUCK88

wow. get this. so i found out i needed to use a #59 orifice washer for my EGR valve, and beisdes all of the other numbers i got, i got a 50, 51, 53, 54 twice, 57, and 58

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HARDLUCK88

so i did a test fit of the EGR valve, and it appears to me that if i use a riser plate, the carb will hit the EGR valve... everything i do to this car, doesnt work..


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this dipstick i got when its installed you cant pull it out because the master cylinder is in the way...

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i forgot, whats this hose go to again? is it the evap line?

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i got these neat little wire markers. their really useless if you think about it, but what the heck...

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J-(Chicago)

Close enough.
Same with the 58 egr washer in my opinion.

Don't make it so hard on yourself bud. Although I'm glad that you're trying to do everything perfect.

J-(Chicago)

You can get the proper 307 (in a cadillac) dipstick and tube at a local GM dealership. It probably won't have the looped top like that one though.

geckonz08

throw in some pics when it is going eh!
doing something similar to a 86 f/wood so lets know how she goes
BTW what axle ratios are you using
mike

HARDLUCK88

my father told me many times, " if its worth doing, its worth doing right the first time" and he gave the motor to me for free, so i dont want it to get fucked up, plus the car its in really means a lot to me as it is, so i figure since i have another beater car, (95' accrd wgn 5spd) i dont mind if my car has to sit for the winter for me to acquire parts.

funny thing is, i tried to pull the dip stick on the 307 i have and it broke right off, lol. that motor lasted apprx. 2oo,ooo miles but man all the garbage hooked to it made it a really crappy motor as a whole. i aim to change that with this mildy cammed and jetted 350 rocket. it should help in moving the extra weight i have added to the car

to be honest with you i dont know... the rear axle is from another cadillac with a different motor (ht4100) so id have to see if i could look it up, but the trans is a th350.


i understand if you guys dont like the car, but be glad i at least insisted having another olds motor!

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this is what the 307 sounded like.



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Eric Anderson

I guess caddys are cool...as long as they're olds powered The trunks are huge in those cars and you have it filled pretty good, looks you could run a dozer with those hydros. By the way did you do that to the hummer? Looks kind of like 29 palms.

HARDLUCK88

i was the recoverer of it, and that is in fact 29 palms.

Eric Anderson

Thought so spent enough time frying there to recognize it. The carb gaskets will work fine . What do you think will hit the egr valve, the throttle linkage or just the cable? You might solve it with a universal cable mount to change the geometry a little.

HARDLUCK88

i think the spring might not clear it... ill order the gasket and the spacer, if anything i could make a new gasket for it.

HARDLUCK88

old pic from when i lived in deuce 9

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HARDLUCK88

found some interesting things at the NAPA warehouse today!

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all i have to do is go back to get the right length lines for the tranny, and vac lines, and ill have everything i need to finish the car!

what great finds!!!

HARDLUCK88

figures, the one random nice day i have free produces more problems....

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this spacer i bought, came with mounting studs that were too short!
with the studs in and the carb mounted, the top of the stud is flush with the top of the carb, i cant even get one thread on it... so now i have to go out any buy longer bolts... what the **** is the point of buying an adapter if the hardware that comes with it is wrong???!!!

anyway... i got the adapters for my trans cooler lines ready, i have to go to Napa tonite anyway, so ill get all of my vacuum line and tranny line and ill inquire about getting some new mounting bolts...

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HARDLUCK88

so i went to napa today to get some stuff. i swapped out that exhaust pipe for a smaller one, got new bolts for the carb, some vac line, the correct spark plugs, i new U joint, and a lower radiator hose ( totally been spacing out on buying that one... ) i have to check another local napa to see about the tranny lines, the warehouse didnt have the correct size... oh well.. precipitation expected for next few days, idk when i can work on this bucket of bolts next...

HARDLUCK88

OH and i almost forgot! the guy at napa said i should have left the stock th200 tranny in lieu of the th350, i think the rockett ill destroy that little *** trans, plus the car is over its gross weight... im going to stick to the th350, just gotta figure out the lock-up converter.

Oldsguy

I think that is a good idea and the guy at Napa is wrong.

HARDLUCK88

i trust these are the correct spark plugs?

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the x over pipe i have allready had, but heres the other goodies ( minus x-mission lines) i bought.

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i dont get it, i have to change this one out for a smaller one, because the previous one was too big, now this one is too small, WTF am i gonna do? can i bend this flare out more? these manifolds are from a 79' i believe. the manifold from my 88 307 doesnt have the male ball flare on it, it has a lead gasket with a metal ring that goes on it... what size is the opening on this damn manifold?

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HARDLUCK88

i have been told a lot of crazy things in my life, but that a metric200 is better than a th350... man i dont know about that. even with the 307 i destroyed that tranny on 3 or 4 separate occasions. i heard the 200 was especially notorious for failure behind the only 350 diesel... i dont care if the tranny came in a grand national, that car weighs 1/4 of what betsy does... lol.

J-(Chicago)

If your Caddy has Overdrive, you had a 200-4r 4 speed
If it's just P R N D 2 1 then it was a 200-C 3 speed

The 200-4r has a faster gearing than the th350, but the th350 is a better choice for you in my opinion.

Since the Caddy isn't going drag racing and having 3.73 or 4.11 gears in the rear end, you won't need the overdrive gear. Just remember that the th350 is a 3 speed trans and your gear selector won't read correctly anymore if you had the 4 speed trans before.