I'd suspect valve stem seals have dried up and disintegrated over the 20 year dry spell.

Regarding your condenser, contact Jon Goodman and purchase one of his 200,000 hour condensers. The new ones you buy are all made by Chinese slaves and fail with regularity - even straight out of the box.

https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthread...native-condenser-update.html#Post1388813

Last edited by Otto Skorzeny; 09/16/2022 6:48 PM.

1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)

1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)