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Ok, so the UCAs were rusted out on my car. I bought a used set off fleabay, disassembled, blasted, painted (closer to natural) pressed in eccentric bushings (based on other posts) and thought all was good.
I went to install the ball joint - bought plenty as part of the crazy low prices on...
I kinda think the answer is in your question. Putting aside pulling the engine and testing the block before rebuilding/refreshing - something you said you didn't really want to do, which I get - the easy solution is check and resurface the heads, if they're good, get a new set of head gaskets...
Mikey, the upper rod that is attached to the carb needs to be turned counterclockwise to adjust it and make the rod longer. Try this: if there aren't enough threads, insert a bolt, as shown in the 66 Sat picture. Kelly
Seeing your just looking for some touch up paint, I wouldn't worry about it. One thing to remember is if your car has the factory paint on it, it's aged 50+ years and the color has shifted away from the stock color.
Now if you're repainting the entire car then l would get the stock color mixed...
I will probably be using another block if I have to do a full rebuild and will definitely get that done. Was hoping I might avoid pulling the engine,l and rebuilding, if there's a chance the leak was caused by the heads not sealing.
Looking for some advice from the knowledgeable people here.
Have had the heads removed from 60" over 440 after confirming engine had a combustion leak, after eliminating other overvheating causes.
The engine also had some oil in coolant but no coolant in oil.
Was hoping the head gaskets may...