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Originally Posted By: Oldsfan

#1 145
#2 150
#3 85
#4 80
#5 110
#6 80
#7 20
#8 150
I'm assuming #7 is a burned valve.

Without knowing any more, pull your heads and recondition. While you're at it, install a good roller chain.

I don't know how many miles are on this engine, but since you have the top half apart, this might be a good time to do the bottom (while you're at it).

Reconditioning the heads will restore compression. On very worn piston rings, that can be a cause of accelerated but inevitable death. It happened to me on a '59 Pontiac. That engine ran GREAT after doing the heads, and it started instantly, but not for long. The rings were over 100k old, and they soon started blowing-by from the new-found compression. I didn't do the bottom because I was a kid, and didn't have much money.

Lesson learned: Do it right, or leave it alone.

[Oldsfan]

Originally Posted By: pete324rock

Back to the topic...wondering how you made out?

I decided to sell it, for various reasons. It's on eBay right now. Hopefully going to Sweden.

Paul

Yes ,I see it now. Very fine car.A very good description as well.The underbody shots are are of cancer? peeling undercoating? they are not so clear,perhaps I didn't read the description fully.Anyways,good to see you are getting bidders

[Oldsfan]

Nope, that's not peeled undercoating. That's rust. Those pictures aren't as good as the rest. They were taken with a cell phone, which is all we had at the time, and he didn't have it set right. I'd have played with the motor if we didn't find that rust. I just don't want to get into the repair work on that car. I'd rather paint my Starfire.

Paul