Recent content by Borninthefifties

Thank you one and all for replying. I will give this considerable thought. Not sue how to include a picture.

Aloha Mr. Neilson, Is Irontite a brand name? Would you also recommend Locktite? Thanks for your reply

Aloha Oldgearz, It was definitely water. As I was poring it in one end it was coming out the other. Thanks for replying.

Aloha, thanks for replying. You're sorta right. It's where the flywheel housing bolts to the block. My bad.

I pulled the engine on Henrietta and discovered that there is a hole in the block just above the right side where the flywheel bolts to the block, (the shimmed bolt). It's about a quarter inch in diameter. Is this fixable?

Aloha Mr. Shaft, I would very much like to fix all this, but I don't know all that much about what I'm doing, and that is why I'm here looking for answers and help.

It was shipped from Minnesota, but it was shipped in August.

It's coming out quite vigorously. Could this scenario still be valid?

Well, I had the wife pour water in the radiator while I looked at the back of the engine. The water is coming out of the bolt hole, passenger side, at the location where the flywheel housing is bolted and shimmed to the block. Doesn't seem good.

Hope to at least look at this today but , I was wondering if a head torqued at 35 lbs. would tend to blow a gasket? I've only driven this car a total of five miles and it's had issues right from the get go.

I also found it curious that the car was shipped a gallon and a half low on coolant.

1931 flamingo. I did retorque the head. Curious that all the nuts were around the 35 pound range. Put them at 55 pounds. I went from 35 to 45 to 55 in the proper sequence. Could this have made a preexisting crack worse?

Thanks to one and all for the input. I wont be able to get to this today. I will try to hunt down the source of the leak.

Could this be a bad head, or head gasket?

I'm not sure. I can see drops coming off the spot where the flywheel housing bolts to the block. I'll try to pinpoint this.