Thanks guys for the response. Only issue is I was going to hear it run real quick then take the engine apart again...using a new head gasket would be a waste doing this as I would have to buy yet another one. I guess the smart thing to do would be pull the engine, put it on a stand where I can clean the cylinders real good, check the condition of the underside crank, bearing and dippers etc., then install a new gasket set and go from there. Guess I was just trying to get ahead of myself like always.

Karl, WOW! Fall Creek to Sweden! Quite the move there. I live on little Fall Creek now and have for the last 24 years.


Chris Simmonds
1942 Chevy 3/4 ton