The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Engine Shop My 1948 COE engine teardown issues

I picked up the replacement 235 today and it turned freely but it would stop just before TDC on #6 both ways so I pulled the head and found a small wedge of old carbon stopping it, now it turns fine, all the lifters move and the bore shows no scoring nor any detectable ridge on top so I'm quite pleased so far. I'll post the engine number below hopefully so maybe someone could help identify what this engine was put in when new. It was in a 47-53 pickup is all they told me.