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That is frigging awesome, I love the way the old cars were made .... they just worked and could be maintained. They will last forever properly taken care of. This is perfect for someone maintaining a 1930's vehicle ...... For those of us with a modern 1950 vehicle 🤣 ..... We no longer need to do this maintenance chore. @Theturtle this is my only point, you said it is the distributor that came with the engine and we know it will work. I just suspect that it is not the correct distributor for your year of car .... without the numbers stamped on the engine block, no idea what year/size you have. I would want to know that information if it was mine ..... post the numbers. There were the usual P, C, D, T, then IND ... for industrial ... maybe more I'm no expert. It is important to know if it was a Industrial engine. They had some oddities in the distributor/camshaft area .... they were designed to run at one set speed. ..... It would be good to know what engine you do have. Also back then you could buy a new engine block with no numbers stamped in it. .... It was up to the builder to stamp in the number. While it would make sense to copy the original number that matches the title .... they might stamp in the invoice number for their own warranty. I just see a mystery and it gets me curious ..... A 1930's distributor in a 1950's car with a engine with unusual numbers.

Maybe if I try a more sensible approach .... I'm not really a bad guy. My first truck I bought was a 1949 3/4 ton. It had a 1/2 ton front axle installed and a 1938 engine. ..... Just a farmers truck with mis matched parts. The 1938 engine did have the ball bearing distributor installed. So in a different approach, are you sure you have the original 1950 engine with the correct distributor for it? The engines were so close that it was easy to swap engines or parts to keep them running. .... like a older distributor. My 1950 218 engine does not have the old skhool ball bearing distributor .... my earlier 1938 engine did have the ball bearing distributor. Hey if it floats your boat fine ..... but the distributor you are repairing is for a much older engine and will work .... I would rather find a newer modern distributor to replace it with .... one that would have come out in 1950. ...... Use to be able to get them from Napa or Rock Auto a few years ago .... no idea today.

While no expert .... I never liked the rotate on ball bearing style .... too much room for sloppy and non working conditions. A later plate attached to a pin to rotate on .... thats where I would spend my time. I only saw or worked on 1 distributor with ball bearing rotating plates .... I never liked the style or the actual product. I realize they did work .... not anything I would want to install on my engine. I also suspect, yours was rough but with some time and care you could have taken it apart and made it work again .... A little TLC. We are talking about ball bearings and they need to be cleaned up .... 2 plates that rotate and also need to be cleaned up ..... are you sure you want to rebuild this? Not a big job and doubt you need new parts. ..... well maybe some wiring..... Such a basic function though.

There is no doubt you re-torque the head bolts .... is suggested 3 times. I equate it to wiping your arse ..... You wipe it 3 times to find out 2 times was sufficient When the bolts no longer move, you are done .... Is suggested 3 times at different intervals .... if the 3rd time and 1 bolt moved a hair .... I'm going to wait and do it a 4th time at a later date. Modern cars, often the head bolts are not re-usable. You torque them and the bolts stretch and do not move. It is not needed to come back and re-torque them again. .... Our old vehicles it is required. Modern engines not required .... our engines it is required.

Nothing wrong with that at all .... I kinda wish I did that to mine also. .... Just not knowing if I have a broken ring or heavy scratches .... just a good inspection I would sleep better at nights. Same time a few years later and compression is all good in my mind, so it is going ok. Letting a engine sit is like the worse thing in the world you can do to them. It takes a while for them to get back into condition and seal up after a long sleep. .... Every engine will have it's own stumbling blocks to get past. Some never recover. I have watched videos of starting old flathead Ford V8's on a engine stand. After running a bit, you actually see water dripping out of a exhaust manifold. The block has a internal crack in the water jacket and impossible to fix. It is possible you have something like this going on ..... the only way to tell is to let it run and see if it clears itself up.

A shot in the dark, I have seen some engines burn coolant off and takes a good 45 minute to 1 hour before the engine actually dries out. Cast iron in a way is like a sponge and will absorb moisture over years of non use ..... you run em and warm them up it burns off and never accumulates. Some engines seem to be worse then others. Couple years ago I installed a V6 in a Dodge caravan, the engine had been sitting for 10+ years .... took almost 1 hour for it to clear up. I first started my 49 Dodge up, it had been sitting for many years also. I pushed oil into the cylinders and rotated it and worked it for a couple weeks before starting it. I had Blue smoke, black smoke, white smoke ..... I fumigated the whole neighborhood from my driveway. That took awhile to sort out, found I had a clogged cooling system and could not let it run for long and had to fix that first. Now it still smokes a little but I really think it just needs to get out on the road and driven and most of that will go away. I'm just suggesting the first thing I would do in this situation, get it running. Be sure to have a accurate oil & temp gauge connected .... then let the engine run. Get it in the driveway or open the doors .... whatever you have to do just let it run. Monitor the temp and oil. Then after a hour or so .... see how it is doing. .... I would have done this before changing the head gasket .... nice to have a fresh gasket though and know you can pop off the head for access anytime you want without frozen bolts.

Good job on getting it done! I have some welding to do and to be honest, 100+ temps my heart just not into it. You ever google redtube out of curiosity? Your friend might be a movie star.

I love the Mopar flathead 6 .... reminds me of a Briggs & stratton lawn mower engine that was built for decades with no changes. They are cool and something you do not see every day. And they just worked. They have the worse possible design for a air pump and have the valves in the block so the air has to flow sideways ..... In it's day the Hudson Hornet broke records ..... pretty cool for a old flathead. Then the overhead valve engines came out and flatheads were dropped like a hot potato Just saying I love the old flatheads and have one myself ..... When I see them with dual carbs and split headers, I think thats pretty cool for a lawn mower engine. Nice to keep old cars alive .... just depends what you want.

Love it or hate it .... a factory 95 HP engine trying to push a AC pump .... Job will get done but nothing to write home about.

Here in Texas they are called wild Hogs ..... Like deer they live in the brush and come out at night to eat and destroy crops. Farmers actually put up feeding stations for them ..... then thin the herd when it is time. They do not destroy them .... they just keep a few around then shoot a few for meat .... they actually spend hundreds of $$ every year to feed them, just so they do not destroy the crops the ranchers are growing. Then when the herd of deer or Hogs gets too big, they are put in the freezer. Same time when I drive to town, the road side is filled with dead hogs or deer because they come out at night. and get hit. My buddy had a newer chebby truck almost paid for .... hit a hog and blew every airbag in the truck .... they totaled the truck .... not worth fixing. Now he has a GMC and 5 more years of payments. Down here we do not ask what kind of wild hog it is .... same with deer ...... some ranchers sell hunting privileges and drive the hunters to the sight. Just saying, down here they are a nusense and treated as such.

I'm a serious fan of the SBC .... I drive one daily and love it. There is always haters out there that will laugh at it in a mopar ..... they are just fools and not to be considered intelligent. My neighbor has a 1954 Ford shoe box with a 1990's Ford engine installed .... yeah it is cool but it just sucks. The engine fits so poorly ..... mainly the transmission .... you literally need to cut the tunnel out of the floor to raise the transmission .... then build a new tunnel. Many have installed a sbc 350/350 just because it fits and works well. .... No major mods to the car to make it work. Just saying buddy, I do not care what you decide on .... I have a 318 because the price was right and they fit well in a truck. You do you.

Lets not unless you can provide protection @keithb7 Always nice to be under protection ....Nothing new ......You have nothing exiting to share.

Thats true .... very very true ...... I know a guy that recently bought 3 single pot MC for his ride ..... all leaked out of the rear seal except 1 that a empty box showed up. Are you saying that moparpro has new sources? ...... just saying that the last 2 sources were name brand and junk on arrival .... Are you saying Tim that the moparpro team will fix all this? I just see no excuse for their behavior unless they actually produce high quality parts and deliver them. I have yet seen the appraisal of moparpro and the quality work they have put out. @Plymouthy AdamsYou continue this conversation if you want ..... I spoke my piece and have no desire to reply back again on this thread.

We agree 100% here. Same time we choose which side of the street we walk on .... as much as I appreciate having a vendor for our projects. I prefer to walk on the other side and do without their help .... we did fine before they showed up, we can survive without them. We have sufficient people in the field to tell us what we want ..... we all got by before moparpro. Tim Glad to meet you, I'm Fred and we will never agree on this. moparpro has proven themselves to be the true pieces of crap on the market while they are just trying to get started .... wait til they get a solid foothold in the community .... You just wait and lets hear you stand up and protect them then @Plymouthy Adams when you prove me wrong, I will eat my words and maybe a hat ..... I just wont walk on the same side of the street with moparpro

My only opinion comes from HollyWood movies of all the early guys that used the existing laws to further their advancement. Nothing illegal about that .... just a skunk using their $$ to further their investments using legal means. So the little guy that gets pushed out has no retaliation. I watched singing guns this morning ..... again a cowboy that discovered 2 gold mines, had a rich mining company use the law to take them over. @Plymouthy Adams I appreciate that their is a guy willing to help ..... moparpro is nothing but a modern day road agent taking advantage of anyone he can to advance his goals. You do you and whatever you choose to do ..... I will be me and say what I think.

I live in the past, maybe I get my ethics from there. I like this movie and think it actually shows how the process of evolution really occurred in the USA. If you care to watch it, tell me which side you think moparpro is on and who you are rooting on to win. https://rumble.com/v4ga835-war-of-the-wildcats.html

Hrm, maybe if someone else made one that works .... then moparpro would come in and copy it?

Often it seems the worm gear is worn and not fixable. Over on the truck side we kinda know the internals in your gear box is same as a 1952 Ford 1/2 ton truck. At least the 1/2 ton Dodge trucks are this way .... The key is to cut the steering column and replace the internal gears, then weld it back together. I'm just saying it is possible to fix this ..... Get a brand new object to restore & repair ..... Or deal with others

Just my opinion, A good running flatty is cool ..... A hopped up flatty is someone with too much time on their hands. I'm sad your flathead is dying, seems 2 years ago I thought it was coming with your compression test results. While I hope to run the flathead motor just to say I did .... I do have a 318 on the side and expect to install it when it is time. @Sniper your car is no where near stock with all the mods you have done ..... nobody here will look down on you for installing a newer motor .... I expect to do the same some day.

Thanks for being there and correcting the issue. I woke up this morning and had some leftover fried chicken for breakfast, watched a old cowboy movie .... then out in the shop enjoying a cold beverage and watching the forums ..... Because of people like yourself working behind the scenes.

Think big ..... grow big

I will toss in my 2 cents.. What you are asking is not a lot. https://www.walmart.com/browse/electronics/all-walmart-restored-computers/3944_9332706_7782955_2916436_4932219 I just think you can find something here that will do what you want, while not breaking the bank doing so. I have bought 2 desktop computers from this link in the past and still using them several years later. For your budget I think you can find something here that will do what you want. I'm just no good at laptops and could not point you to the correct one to buy ... can point you in the right direction.

No bunny problem here .... just tall grass I have thought about having some critters like chickens in the back yard, just too frigging hot in the summer to try and take care of them. Be difficult and border on cruelty to animals in my opinion. ..... While I have seen a couple neighbors try it a few times, never for long.

Thats it! I have been trying to figure out my backyard ..... Thanks @Eneto-55 My backyard identifies as a bunny refuge

@DonaldSmith Just laughing because I think it is a good story .... I think we all have a story about doing it at least once.