Start the engine and it'll pop right out...............

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

That'll work! Just grab and yank.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

I'll pick up my little tools monday at work and then play under the car this week. Thanks all.

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The old white brick

Being nice and warm out today i had the chance to take my boy to my friends house with me and therefor got to do a little driving in the process.

Well, guess what I noticed while we were sitting still. That's right, it is getting hot under there. Something that never happened even in the summer. I also noticed that the engine was a bit chattier than normal, and not the good kind of top end noise I'm used to when its running well.

So, hopefully, by Friday or Saturday i'll have a chance to get under the car once more and get that valve out and clean it, still need to get the rest of the chemicals for the flushing. The Kroil was ordered over the weekend.

Is this something I need to start seriously worrying about??

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The old white brick

Went Shopping for Chemicals this weekend, but due to uncontrollable circumstances, aka Fooooot-ball, I was unable to clean the engine out of all the happy gunk, nor get at the pressure valve thing-a-ma-jig. Found that Kano Labs, Kroil's distributor, is good, they sent me the gallon I ordered in under a week, and even sent along a free can of the aerosol Kroil. Also, that Advance Auto in the Pittsburgh area carries both Marvel Mystery Oil and Berryman b12 chem tool.

Have to ask though, the Berryman's only can in a smaller can, 12 or 16 oz, can't remember. Should I go back and buy more, I already bought 4 of them.

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The old white brick

Um... generally when there's any hint of serious oil pressure problems, I wouldn't drive the car an inch until it's truly determined whether it's a bad sender, bad gauge, or really a problem.

IF it's really a problem, and if you've really been driving this thing all over town until you get a chance to look at it..... then you may be about to discover how much more severe the problem has become. Yowza. I hope not.

A slant six is almost bullet-proof. But not that bullet=proof.

- Erik

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Lots of early Valiants and Barracudas have crossed my path.
Also a handful of other toys for variety now and then.

...then there would've been thunks and clunks and seized engines long before now.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

I'd love to stop driving the car and not have to worry about it. But that's not an option. This is my daily driver, and although its only to go back and forth from work, I still need it to do that.

And yes, its still alive, doesn't much like the cold, but hell, neither do I.

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The old white brick

Yep it was the sender, got my hands on a nice oily replacement one and it fixed the problem. Also had some help shimming the spring in the relief valve area. So hopefully, no more unhappy oiling problems.

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The old white brick