470kms, transmission seems fine, block has very little wear, head seems to be leaking into the precup area. Bought the car 3 months ago as a barely running project repaired several stripped exhaust studs which required pulling the motor. tested compression at 550psi on rear and 500 on front cyls should have known something was wrong much too high, head gasket blew & overheated turned out to be a 1 notch gasket , I replaced with a 3 notch gasket but head was leaking by now. rest of car is avg condition but worth saving. priced out heads today $725 bare ouch!! if you need anymore info let me know are you in the lower mainland I seem to recall that username on the DOV board Cheers Dan
Yes it started exceptionaly well even with a weak battery. I did not measure the piston protrusion, I was searching for the most reliable scenario after the head gasket failure and figured the thickest gasket would provide that. Asking $1100 for the car. I am pretty sure that the previous owner used the wrong gasket resulting in the too high compression and compromised reliability. Cheers Dan
trying imageshack w'ell see not too good at pics but here you are Cheers Dan