I have not had much time to get anything major done on this project. I did get the fuel line purged and hooked up all the way to the carb. Since the fuel line from front to rear had been open for an undetermined amount of time, I figured it should be flushed. It did need a flush. I wanted to do a compression test on my 327, so I pulled the plugs and set up the compression tester. I was able to get Cylinder #1 checked before the starter decided it didn't want to work anymore. Off to the FLAPS. I was slightly amazed that they had a starter for a 50 year old truck on the shelf! I was hoping (beyond hope) that the old starter was original, nope, it was rebuilt as well. I figured that the engine was worn by the way it idled (not to mention a bit of blue smoke coming out of the exhaust). There ended up being a huge compression imbalance. I planned on retiring this engine and doing an LS swap in the future, so I guess the future is sooner rather than later. I wanted to pull the engine, clean it and the engine bay then paint both before putting the front clip back on. I'll do that sooner as well. I'll probably drop the wore out engine back in so that I can move the truck around under its own power until I get ready for the LS swap. I had some visitors to my yard too.
Last edited by Rusty Rod; 01/31/20206:19 PM.
Another quality post. Real Trucks Rattle HELP! The Paranoids are after me!
