Recent content by 1955effie

Thanks everyone for the information. Dad and I put this one together back in the early 1970’s . I was a kid back then and we didn’t have a heated garage or electricity and it was my job to. “ hold the flashlight “and as anyone knows the winters up here in the NE can be rather cold so I wasn’t...

Threads on the nut were stripped on number 8 in the torque sequence. Tried another nut ( I own a body shop) from my bolt and nuts bin. Same thing threads on the stud were bad so that’s why I decided to remove and replace everything new . I’m torquing to the recommended 65 lbs as the new style...

So what’s the suggestion as far as the torque durations and how many times before it seats itself

I drove it after the last install about a mile or two as I was told to do . It was done again after sitting around for a couple of months because it started leaking again but the car was never started in between time. That stopped the leaking for around a month or maybe a bit more but it started...

It’s a 29 block. The 5.5 to 1 ratio head is from my understanding the equivalent of a B or police head back in the day. I think some of the issues have been the old engine studs were weak because after letting it sit it would have to be torqued again and I haven’t been able to figure out why...

Thanks . I’ll give that a try. I live in Vt and there isn’t any place left around here that is doing any of that type of machining that I am aware of. This was my Dads car and I would like to get some of these issues taken care of. He never got to drive it much and he said for me to enjoy it...

Thanks for letting me join. My engine is leaking antifreeze. Block is .006 low in the center , edges are fine can’t get feeler gauge under the steel square. Is there a gasket on the market for this situation. It’s a 5.5 head and it’s checks out flat