9 Years Later and Counting... Reply #45 – December 05, 2014, 03:16:28 PM Got word today that the area behind the exhaust valve has a crack and is getting welded up. This will require a new seat and valve job on that cylinder. Evidently when the valve dropped in that cylinder it smacked up against the casting and cracked it. Machinist is a stand up guy and I am only paying the welding for the fix. Might get it back tomorrow but most likely early next week so it may be a couple of weeks before I can get back after it.Darren Quote Selected
9 Years Later and Counting... Reply #46 – December 12, 2014, 11:12:30 AM The head got welded up so my guy ground on it to clean all the welds up and pressure tested it again to find a small leak. The welder fixed that leak and it was tested again to 50 psig and all it good. Both seats were replaced and the valve job on that cylinder was performed so I'm good to go there. The welding on the head required it to be milled just every so slightly which makes sense with the heat that was put into it to weld up the crack. This also caused the need to rework the receiver grooves for the Fel-Pro 1006 wire-lok gaskets. I'm going to head down that way to pick the head up on Monday so hopefully I can try to start the car that week as well.Darren Quote Selected
9 Years Later and Counting... Reply #47 – December 12, 2014, 09:57:35 PM Good luck! Hopefully it's running before the new year. Quote Selected
9 Years Later and Counting... Reply #48 – December 16, 2014, 08:51:12 PM Aerocoupe....that is a bum deal....hope its up and running soon.Travis Quote Selected
9 Years Later and Counting... Reply #49 – December 22, 2014, 06:04:38 PM I got it 95% back together. All I lacked was putting the #1 piston on TDC and dropping in the distributor, plugs, plug wires, oil, and topping off the anit-freeze. I am hoping that when I go back to my dad's shop over the X-mas holiday I can get to it that weekend.Darren Quote Selected
9 Years Later and Counting... Reply #50 – December 26, 2014, 08:43:00 PM Its a shaging BEAST!!! Fired up on the first hit and idled perfect. Let it warm up a bit and then dialed the timing in. Go it up to about 3,000 rpm and broke the secondaries on the 830 Carb Shop Holley and holy shiznit did it shake the shop. My dad was smiling from ear to ear. I let it idle for a bit to build some temperature and then turned it off...the silence was depressing.I started to clean up and checked for leaks and there it was, a steady drip of coolant. Put the car back on the lift and traced it down to the condensate drip line for the AC which means I now get to replace the heater core. I did it once long ago so hopefully it will come back to me as i do it. Sucks but we all know it was a shiznitty design. This will be the last post on this already too long thread. Darren Quote Selected
9 Years Later and Counting... Reply #51 – December 28, 2014, 12:31:51 PM Woohoo! That's awesome man! glad to hear it. Good luck with the heater core. Hopefully the rest of your posts are about tearing up the 1/4 mile. Quote Selected
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