Hey Guys (and possibly Gals),<br /> I've got a couple of Chrysler engines (30 and 35hp)that between them I think I can make one running engine. I think they're from the early eighties. I also have a Chrysler power head that was to be junked, and I thought that before I fooled with the "good" ones, I'd break it down to see how things pieced together.<br /> When I separated the crankcase, I found a peculiar "gasket" setup. There is a nice worm-like channel grooved into the rim of one of the halves, and into the groove fits this very worm-like red rubber material that fits nicely into the groove. It's perfect in it's entire length, so it doesn't look like it was laid in there from a tube. Can someone tell me about this?<br /> The other thing is, the connecting rod end caps are bolted to the connecting arms with bolts whose ends are sort of spiculed. I was told that they were "torx" bolts, and I took that as gospel. Since I was not actually trying to revive this piece, and since I have no torx females so to speak, I dremeled grooves into the tops of these bolts, with the intent of unscrewing them somehow. Not only was I unsuccessful in loosening them up, but I managed to fit a 9/32 socket over one of them, but with the groove implanted into it, it easily slipped, as did all the others. There are 12 little points on each bolt. Do they in fact accept a standard socket when not jerked around with? I really screwed this one up, but it's the reason I decided to sacrifice this one in the first place!<br /> Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
