Georgia200":8jm3l462 said:The link viper posted shows the D7DP being a 164 tooth flexplate.
I sent off a RockAuto order today for a bunch of engine stuff.
This week Im going to get a 164 tooth flexplate and a starter from Summit and see if they fit. Summits right up the road.
New question: How much resistance should the rockers and pedestals have on the shaft?
I have disassembled three shafts and had to use heat to get them apart.
I was in the JY this weekend and looked at some metric shafts that had been removed. Those rockers slid on and off quite easily.
Should I use a brake honing tool and open up my rockers and pedestals so that they slide and rotate on the shaft easy?
I will have to disagree on your bell being for a 164 tooth flex plate! In my OPIN think your going to find that only a 157 tooth flex plate Will fit your bell. Here is one video (see below C4 link) that covers the differance's between the Case Fill C4 157 tooth flex plate (this is the first one) and the Pan Fill C4's 164 tooth flex plate (in the second one). Pay close attention to how many bolts hold the bells onto the C4 cases. You can also see there is a difference in the two cases. The 164 tooth bells can not be used on the case fill C4 trans they are not interchangeable with the 157 tooth bells. As a side note the last trans is a C5 that is made to fit the late 200 with the big bell blocks (its 2/3 of a 302 V8 bell).
The differance's in both of the C4's and the later lock up C5's
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Rzq5WO-MA
How clean is the rocker shaft, Is it rusty or galled were the rocker rides? What do the rocker arm bushings look like? Pictures would be some help on this. The wear to rocker shaft is on the bottom half of the shaft and is also on the bottom of the rocker arm bushings. New rocker shafts and rocker bushings are available and inexpensive. Good luck