The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot Big Bolts Update from the Heart of Hunter, ND

Hey North Dakota 56 don't despair yet. Your 56 was likely to have been running when parked. If the truck ran daily befor being parked it may not have had the time too fill the cylinder to the point of hydraulic lock. Possibly they where lucky enough that the piston stopped @ TDC,or ran it with the radiator cap loose as to not biuld the pressure to push the water in to the cylinder.Any way sounds like it may be a small leak in a head gasket.The motor may run now after clearing the water from the cylinder.Cross your fingers and pull the head,inspect the old gesket and it's mating surfaces.IF you find an the leak hear your in luck if not take your head to a good shop for magna-flux inspetion.As for the info on your VIN look here www.chevytrucks.org/mikesgarage/1956.hmt