'53 Buick Straight 8 water jacket crack - repair options?
Hi moderators - could you please leave this here rather than moving it to the Buick section? It's a general technical question and I'd like more eyes on it if possible.
I found a cooling system leak on my '53 Buick with a 263 Straight 8; I made an amateur error by tearing the head off before pressurizing the cooling system to double check. I figured it was a head gasket leak when I first saw it, but looking at the location of the cooling passages and where the leak was, I now suspect it's a
I figured I'd update this post. I've been driving my '53 all year since repairing this crack, around 800 miles (hey, I have quite a few cars to drive). There's no sign of a coolant leak yet, although I did have to really flush out the draft tube because there was years of moisture/oil vapor sludge plugging it up. It's amazing how sick an old car can be and still run decently well.
Anyway, I had the valves touched up when the head was off, and I added a Best Gasket "Graph-Tite" head gasket,
