The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot '60-'66 Trucks Just bought a '63 dually (what 's wrong with me, lol)

Yeah, I'm itching to get it on the road and do some hauling. Anyway, a little update. The guy said it blew the head gasket, and he put a new one in. "Just needs valves adjusted". Yeah, right, lol. I adjusted the valves and got it to run, ran it for a few seconds up and down the driveway, and shut it off. He didn't clean the head bolt threads, so the head wasn't tight. As soon as it ran it blew out and water and oil went everywhere and re-collected in the pan and rear cylinders. Oh well, as least I got to drive it, lol. Then I had to peel the head off, as the brand new fel pro gasket had been gooped with gray silicone. Good news is that it is a relatively low mileage standard bore engine, that looks to have never had the oil pan off, like I thought. (No silicone there, lol.) The head is nice, valves are thick and not sunk into the head, and again I think it's never been messed with. Cam seems fine, too. A few new gaskets and it should be good. I was going to pull the head off the fix the "new" gasket anyway, lol.