Spark Knocking 360????

From : earl groce

Q: on sat 18 nov 2006 094540 -0700 miles nope@nopers.com wrote its the manifold plenum gasket thats failed. that will result in your spark knock and oil consumption. very very common with the older 360s. how does the manifold plenum gaskets affect oil consumption replacing those gaskets isnt much of a problem.. earl .

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From : miles

another look into my life. as if im not busy enough trying to get my 87 dodge van running. ======================= a couple weeks ago a firned of mine had a kitten which fell into the heater duct. she called the fire department who came out and took the duct apart. and left it in pieces. i got to put it back together. fortuately i do some heating work and had all the tools needed. well she called again. thinks a different cat went downt he duct from second floor bathroom no less. im out the door to rescue the cat. ths time without fail we screw some covers over the duct to cover the vent. or maybe staple some screen or something like that. ====================== figuring this was another one of the same i took apart the same duct id put back together the last time. no signs of cat in the seven inch round duct. i followed that back to the furnace there was a patch piece of metal over where there used to be a humidifier. so i started to take that apart. i looked in as best possible no cat. went out to the truck and got my miror and used that to look into the heat exchanger and back through the duct. no cat. gwen asked if the cat might be in the heater. not likely but i did pull the cover panel off. no cat by the burners. i pulled the lower panel which exposed the circuit board and the blower fan. look in with my mini mag and surprise! cat looking back at me.... and blast i didnt have my camera with me. that was a total kodak moment. i talked to the cat for a moment and gwen came over. she was pleased the cat was still alive. she reached in and pulled the cat out. they went upstairs to get the cat a drink of water and some to eat. i put the furnace covers back on and also the duct back together. id brought some screen wire to staple over the vents. and screwed shut a part of the vent that was open in the back. hope not to do this again. .

From : earl groce

on nov 18 1103 am gina fierro bogus-m...@bogus-mail.com wrote i have a 1998 dodge ram 1500 short bed i was wondering if it would be possible to pull a 1974 mobile home which is 50 feet long and 15 feet wide 30 feet and turn it 90 degrees my husbands boss says that it will do it but i want to make sure before attempting it. any advance would be helpful. since i dont have all of the information i am left to assume the following the mobile home of which you speak is not an rv but a trailer home likely weighing 15000+ lbs. your truck ... 318 cid rated to pull 6000 lbs. at best. not something i would attempt. *if* you succeed ... you may not have a tranny left. craig c. .

From : miles

hello to all i have a 1998 dodge ram 1500 short bed i was wondering if it would be possible to pull a 1974 mobile home which is 50 feet long and 15 feet wide 30 feet and turn it 90 degrees my husbands boss says that it will do it but i want to make sure before attempting it. any advance would be helpful. thanks gina .