we got to hear the 47coe run sunday for the first time. took some atf in the cylinders to get some compression,new plugs,a battery that was turned in for a core,filed the 40+year old points,and some valve grinding compound for the carb needle, but it ran...sorta....
we only let it run a few seconds, had little brother fetch some greenish water for the radiator, and while it was filling, water poured out the front of the block, freeze plug gone.
so monday on my day off i pulled the radiator,front shield,and replaced the missing freeze plug, so after many hours it holds water,yeaaa lets fire it up with what fuel is in the carb.
crap
it blew water out the broken exh gasket, out the tail pipe, and pushed the water back up the radiator. drat. as bad as it was pumping water i'm shure its not just the head gasket.
so it's back to the drawing board, or scrap yard.
