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Lee in Alaska wrote: That's a little bit of a long story. Once upon a time I was told that the heads on the civilian engines were better --- had more compression. It was with that in mind that I took a head off an engine that was in a 1950 pickup. It sat in my garage for years --- long...

On The Road Again :-D Soldier Number-One and I finished putting the Pumpkin back together Friday afternoon. It runs better than it ever has --- or at least better than I can ever remember. I'm damned sure going to watch my oil from now on. I cringe to think what it would have cost to turn...

The Plot Thickens It pays to check and double check details when you're doing forensics. Today I discovered that all the rods except one were installed with the oil cooling/lubrication port (squirt hole) in the crank end of the rod pointed in the wrong direction? The holes squirt oil on the...

Update First off --- thanks for all the input --- much appreciated. :-D We pulled the head and pan today. The pistons look like they came out of a chain saw that someone either ran too lean or didn't put enough oil in the gas. :cry: Nr-1 piston was the worst with scoreing on both sides. The...

I would run it if it wasn't for fear that it might be a pin that could score a cylinder wall. One of the nice things about a flathead is that it doesn't take long to pull the top and bottom off.

It's totally illogical but I've picked up an engine noise in the M37 (Pumpkin) engine. What's illogical about it is the engine was completely rebuilt, clear down to boiling the block, boreing .030 over --- the works several years ago. Granted, it was several years ago but I would guess it...