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I’ve been unable to have the original dual point distributor rebuilt. Mine is going to need a shaft. When the front cam bearing failed the oil supply passage to the distributor drive shaft was restricted, pulling some of the metal on the shaft. I found a guy who rebuilds the Autolite...

I had the transmission rebuilt by David Kee in San Antonio. David is a well known top loader expert. I’ll look back and see it I captured any pics with the top off, prior to taking it to David. The only issues I was having was a leaking front seal and the speedometer gear on the tail shaft had...

Dressing the engine. I decided I did not care to chance sending the original alternator off and rebuilt it myself. Turned out pretty good. The 4300D has only had non-ethanol fuel in it since I’ve owned the car, for 20+ years. It was rebuilt once by Pony Carburetor. But it has been sitting in a...

Welcome from SW Louisiana.

Engine and transmission about to go back in.

Continuing to dress the engine. I’ve made a mistake here but will not know it until I fire the engine up. My engine shop supplied me with a master gasket set and additional gaskets which are unique to the Boss engine. While painting I used one set of the exhaust gaskets to help me mask off the...

Weather warmed up. Let’s spray some paint. Primed engine compartment and sprayed the engine and a few other items. This is all after a lot of time spent on hand prepping the engine compartment and a lot of time in front of the media blasting cabinet.

Gotta love that dark green metallic :cool:

Now I’m back to work on the engine compartment. Fitting the front two side panels in. You can see the rust bubble in the old drivers side panel, prior to removal.

Too late now. Have not had any issues so far.

My Boss has the same Philco radio and gauge set. Nothing like listening to a little AM while cursing around.

Welcome from SW Louisiana. I like the center console. My 71 in high school had the same. Man……did I have some good times in that car!

Engine is pretty much back together. Paint will come later. Now back to working on the engine compartment.

Ron…. I had a machine shop in Terrell, Tx. Rebuild the original pump.

Engine is close to being back together. I managed to snap one of the throttle bracket bolts off in the intake. Working on removing it. Factory paint marks are more visible on the rear of the intake.

I did mark them but decided to go with new. I’ve got a friend who has rebuilt engines for years and he could not believe the camshaft showed no wear at all. My engine guy said he saw no reason to replace it.

Mission is who I used and I’ve been very satisfied with their work. John Hamilton is who I worked with. Comes highly recommended by the Boss 302 site. I’ve got a 70 Boss 302 I’m trying to remove the engine and get it to John before he retires. Johns a Cleveland block expert. Just too many irons...

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I agree with many here which think it is a timing issue. Jon Enheart rebuilt my original 4300D years ago and after installation I was having issues getting the timing correct. Jon taught me to toss the timing light and time according to maximum vacuum. With the recent engine rebuild, I had my...

Engine continues to go back together. The engine shop took a .006 inch cut to clean up the cylinder bores. We had many discussions over trying to reuse the original pistons but when it was all said and done I decided to go with replacements. I stayed with the original head design but did go with...