Rusty Fifty One

Looks like a stuck valve. Got a valve spring compressor, a couple cans of Wynn’s Xtend and ordered 12 push rods, a push rod cover gasket and plug seals. Gonna soak the valves and rings in the Xtend Engine Tune-Up for a week or so.

After a series of bad storms with tornadoes and almost constant rain I finally got out to the garage to wrench for a bit. Drained the oil, pulled the valve and push rod covers and discovered a bent rod and slight coolant leak. Gonna pull and clean the pan this coming week/weekend and order a new set of rods. Then when I have it all clean and I find the bind that bent the rod, I’ll fill’er up with a 5qt 80/20 mix of zinc heavy 20w-50 racing oil/Marvel Mystery Oil and also run a couple oz’s of Marvel thru the gas tank.

She’s leaky. I’ve gotta stop driving her for a while due to a few bad oil leaks. I think the carb also sucked up a bunch of 5-30 from the oil bath air filter so its smoking at idle … note to self: don’t park on severe slopes. I’m gonna try and do the filter, fuel line, fuel sending unit, valve cover and push rod gaskets this weekend.

UPDATE:
Rain, rain, rain. This weekend’s plans for the truck are off. …needs a full rebuild anyways. I think I fried a ring or two or something cause she’s smoking like a DDT truck.

…sept there were no kids frolicking in Bessie’s fog…