brian-esss
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Not sure what happened, but I recently did a quick repair on a stuck secondary on my 32/36. After I got it back on, I couldn't tune the carb at all. Car was smoking like crazy, pulled the plugs and they were black as night with a bit of oil on them too. Did a compression test and the first three cylinders were sitting at around 100.
Seems to me like the rings may be shot. Its weird because the car was running fine previously. My plan is to pop the head off and take it to a machine shop for a valve job. While that is getting done I will do a hone and replace the rings.
Is there anything else worth doing while I have things torn down? I was planning on checking wear on the rod bearings. What else should I keep my eye on? I rebuilt the engine about 18 years ago. It's a 66 200 block that was bored 0.40 over. Thanks in advance for the tips!
Seems to me like the rings may be shot. Its weird because the car was running fine previously. My plan is to pop the head off and take it to a machine shop for a valve job. While that is getting done I will do a hone and replace the rings.
Is there anything else worth doing while I have things torn down? I was planning on checking wear on the rod bearings. What else should I keep my eye on? I rebuilt the engine about 18 years ago. It's a 66 200 block that was bored 0.40 over. Thanks in advance for the tips!