Dave, You may want to try American Parts Depot. They're a couple hours north (likely about 2-3) of Cincinnati between Dayton and Columbus. Matt d stohler wrote: > i have almost given up on my 65 287. as some people > may know, i spent forever trying to find lifters and > pushrods for it. i got them in and got it running. > this weekend i pulled the front end of the engine > apart. the chain is stretched a lot. it was one tooth > off. i set it dead on. ran like CRAP. wouldnt even > idle. i set it one more tooth retarded, worse. set it > back to where it originally was, idled, still now > power. set it one tooth advanced. wouldnt hardly idle. > set it back to the original location, idled with no > power as always. started tapping real loud in the left > bank and had a dead cylinder again. the valve that was > stuck when i first got it, and fought to get it loose > siezed back up. bent a BRAND NEW pushrod. in a z > shape. was H*LL to get it out. i am HATING this > engine. my buddy has equipment to do a valve job. i > dont know if i even want to keep screwing with this > engine. in early july i am going to be going up to > cincinatti area. anyone ANYWHERE within a couple > hundred miles have a 327 i could pickup? i am tired of > messing with this little 287. i still need a > bellhousing for the t86/od. PLEASE someone help? im > about tired of this engine. > > dave stohler > http://picasaweb.google.com/das24rules > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. > http://sims.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > > -- mhaas@xxxxxxx Cincinnati, OH http://www.mattsoldcars.com 1967 Rambler American wagon 1968 Rambler American sedan ================================================================= According to a February 2003 survey of Internet holdouts released by UCLA's Center for Communication Policy, people cite not having a computer as the No. 1 reason they won't go online. _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list