Hey all!! It’s been a long time since I’ve dropped in. I have my 1948 Chevy PU that my grandad installed a 1955 235 in in the 1970’s. In 1983-1984 I restored the whole truck. Drove it off and on from 1984 to 2007 as I was in the Navy. It would sit then I’ll get it back on the road. In 2007 I was daily driving it and put it in storage at my dads house when I retired from the Navy and moved to Alaska. Fast forward to 2022. I moved back to WA in 2019 and got the truck over to my house in 2020. In 2021 we drained the fuel installed new plugs got it to fire up. Not well but running. Rebuilt all the brakes then got busy with life again. Today got it to fire in ether. But not carb. Changed fuel filter and rebuilt carb. Installed new plug wires. Got it to fire up and run but not idle. Also this time started to overheat while running.

So my question is the upper hose and top tank were super hot but the lower hose and radiator is cool so I think it’s a stuck thermostat.

Additionally it is still running like it is running on 4 cylinders. Am I looking at the possibility of stuck rings? Something else?

Thanks again!

Garry

Garry K in Pac Nor West
1948 Chevy PU 235 SM420 4 spd
1932 **** B pu
1964 Datsun 4x4 with SBC, SM465 4spd and Rockwell xfer Dana 44Fr and 12 Bolt Rr.