Hi Stovebolters
I was at Church this morning talking with a gear head and told me to make sure since I have spark and I appear to have fuel...."you gotta check the compression"...so I did...
#1 = 120 lbs
#2 = 115 lbs
#3 = 0 lbs
#4 = 0 lbs
#5 = 145 lbs
#6 = 30 lbs
So I took the head off..took me 2-3 hours of twisting wrenches and ratchets too....breaker bar for the head bolts...
kinda fuzzy all strapped in for the ride to the machine shop in the morning....
and here we have the gaping hole I have under the hood...
what is missing here??? I havent worked on an engine like this since I raced an oval track 250 cu in 6 cylinder Camaros back in the really early 1980's at the local dirt track....I forgot how simple they were...gotta love 1950's technology...
I am off to see my son in Kansas so I am hoping the machine shop can get the head done while I am away...we will see..
A little side note here:
The fellow I bought this truck from told me that there was a slight rattle / clang inside the motor when he drove (truck had no muffler just a header pipe when he owned it) it...well I think I found it...on cylinder #6 the pushrod was bent and just sorta dangling around inside the engine....
hmmmm...wonder why it wont run...no compression on half the cylinders...
MikeC
