400 Pontiac Trans Am Top Reassembly Continues!

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400 Pontiac Trans Am Top Reassembly Continues!

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We're back at it with our customers 1979 Pontiac Trans Am Convertible, under the hood with the Pontiac 400 that's had the top end refreshed. With the heads bolted back on the 400 Pontiac and our "new" timing cover in hand it's time to get the new PRW water pump installed, and buttoned up, make sure everything is ready for fire up and break in of our new Comp Cams Camshaft.
As always, there's a snag that will slow down the project and this one is totally unexpected... well like most snags if we're honest. Good news is we have a brand new OER Radiator to keep this Pontiac 400 V8 cool, bad news is... well you need to watch the video to find out!

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@victoroneill7924 9 ай бұрын

A lot of people may find videos like this boring but I really enjoy them. The second car I owned in 1960 when I was 18 was a beautiful '55 Pontiac 2 door hard top with the 287" engine that I found on a used car lot. I didn't anything about cars then but in 1955 the Pontiac and Chevy V8's weren't equipped with oil filters. My uncle was a heavy equipment mechanic that also rebuilt any kind of engine so I asked him to check it out. The lifters were all clattering because it only had 15 lbs. of oil pressure. He said the motor needed a complete overhaul and an oil filter so i bought a set of 1/8" over pistons and a Howard solid lifter cam and took it all to the local machine shop for a complete rebuild and a valve job. For what I spent on this engine I could have bought a low mileage Pontiac engine and transmission from one of the local junk yards. The 1958 engines were 370" and the 1959-1960 engines were 389". The 287" through the 455" Pontiac engines all used the same basic block.

@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369 9 ай бұрын

Thanks COOP the WiSeNhEiMeR from Richmond, INDIANA ...

@quantumleap8888 9 ай бұрын

Doing a great job Rich. Always enjoyable watching you work. Cant wait to hear this puppy fire up!

@terryeustice5399 9 ай бұрын

Rich your the man. And will have this together no doubt really soon. Know you want to get out of the shop as well. Thanks for sharing your work ! 💯👊

@NoName-yr1jv 9 ай бұрын

Well done Rich 👍

@user-hi2ev7ug4l 9 ай бұрын

Great job... Rich.... looking forward to seeing the break in.

@kennethchapman9564 9 ай бұрын

Im right there with you Rich, ive owned a shop manual for everything i have ever turned a wrench on. Takes out the guess work. Great job as always!

@BronsonOsborne 9 ай бұрын

GREAT JOB

@captainrick01 9 ай бұрын

Hi Rich, your doing a great job on the Pontiac, can we please see some of the cam break in, Cheers

@dennisoliver9120 9 ай бұрын

You did see a mouse.

@LucoreAuto 9 ай бұрын

Please tell me I'm not hallucinating! 😂

@dennisoliver9120 9 ай бұрын

You're not hallucinating.@@LucoreAuto

@ricknorris6943corvair 9 ай бұрын

A mouse in the house...EEK! A 12 gauge with 3" magnum double ought buckshot will take care of that...GG!

@pockets5628 9 ай бұрын

Bolts into aluminum. Why don’t you put antiseize on them, or some non hardening high temp thread sealant? Something to keep electrolysis from occurring?

@jct300m 9 ай бұрын

Shame you didn't clean up and paint the intake..........

@rbarker4426 7 ай бұрын

The trans Am is twice as hard to work on as a Camaro I have a 80 turbo trans you have to remove the turbo and carburetor set up to get a valve cover off.

@jct300m 9 ай бұрын

Isn't the Vac advance suppose to be facing the Passenger side?

@apachebill 9 ай бұрын

On Pontiac it’s drivers side but ai run mine in the passenger side for several reasons.

@jct300m 9 ай бұрын

?????????? Is it done??? What happened??