You know, I was thinking the same thing Denny. The previous owner had his mechanic rebuild the head, just last april, because it failed a compression test. But then again, the head bolts were at 35 foot pounds when I re torqued them. The timing was set so far retarded that the truck would only run at idle, and the same mechanic rebuilt the carb at the same time, and left out the accel pump check valve ball. Plus, when I removed the rocker arms to re-torque the head, I found that the mechanic had not cleaned out the sludge from the rocker arm tube. In fact, it was about an eighth of an inch thick in there. I'm sure you remember my aggravation early on in my stovebolt career. Unfortunately the combination of my big wooden box, and tiny stock mirrors, I can't see my exhaust at night. One of my friends has those super-duper bright annoying headlights on their car, so maybe I'll get her to follow me and I'll concentrate on it. I only get the smoke sometimes when I decelerate. I wonder if the oil control ring could be broken and turning or something.
I haven't looked in my shop manual yet, But I suspect that the head must be removed to do the valve guides. If that's the case, there isn't much stopping me from pulling the pistons out the top and putting new rings on. Boy, is that ever a long way down the list!
I am excited to say though, my rear main isn't leaking yet...
And the rebuilt starter- The truck fairly flips over when I hit the stomp now!
Hey Denny, off topic sort of, but is there some place like stovebolt where I can find information about my 49 pontiac? Can I ask about it here or chevy chatter? Its a flathead six, and not stovebolt, so does that leave me out in the cold?
Last edited by Mr. Lang; 01/20/2009 4:58 PM. Reason: Spell check is good
