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Meadowbrook Partial Rebuild


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Hi. I’m looking for tips and recommendations.

Ive mentioned my 50 Meadowbrook has lost compression on number 4 (I suspect a broken ring and/or piston) and I will likely pull the head and perform a partial rebuild with just new pistons, rings, a hone if the walls are ok and maybe lap the valves.

 

any recommended sources? I can go Napa, RockAuto, Vintage Power Wagons, Bernbaums or ??

 

If I find I need a full rebuild, would it be worth it to spec out a cam and intake and carb from a 1958 230? It was rated at 135hp and mine is 103.

 

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7 minutes ago, meadowbrook said:

Hi. I’m looking for tips and recommendations.

Ive mentioned my 50 Meadowbrook has lost compression on number 4 (I suspect a broken ring and/or piston) and I will likely pull the head and perform a partial rebuild with just new pistons, rings, a hone if the walls are ok and maybe lap the valves.

 

any recommended sources? I can go Napa, RockAuto, Vintage Power Wagons, Bernbaums or ??

 

If I find I need a full rebuild, would it be worth it to spec out a cam and intake and carb from a 1958 230? It was rated at 135hp and mine is 103.

 

Probably not unless you mill your head. Most of the additional power came from higher compression.

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