The guy who rebuilt my 230 took great pains to balance the con rods. He said it was the best thing to do for these motors.

As far as I know, you are correct on all fronts.

Got my first “nice Jeep” today. I gave him a “thanks! it’s a dodge”

i've had some 'discussions' with the offending shop. they're too far to drive to, and i don't have a towing setup for this beast. I am back on the road, albeit with much trepidation. One thing i'm noticing, now that i got it to idle good at 600rpm, is that coming out of idle there is a 'dead spot'. ...

after another frost plug popped out last night I’m in quite a state. I paid good money for a supposedly professional rebuild by a shop with 230 experience.

Yeah, I dimpled it and used aircraft permatex. Gonna pressure test the system to 7 psi before reassembling this time.

My frost plug replacement came out on my first test drive today. Argh!

Just put new points back in and still no spark. Not looking good at all for the parade

In my panic I left the ignition on. Coil burned for sure (open circuit between posts). NOS coil from John and still no spark.

Can u burn up a Pertronix? How do you test them?

I can get at it. Fingers crossed I can dimple it tomorrow!
Look what I found behind the plug!!!

What kind of sealer should I use?

I ordered the whole set this morning; one of the upper plugs is weeping I should probably change that too.

Well, so much for the parade Sunday. Blew the frost plug behind the starter. Grrrr. Hope I didn’t wreck it.

Got a mile from home today and noticed the truck was over heating. Once it was cool enough I added some water to the radiator…and it came pouring out the frost plug behind the starter! Grrrr….no parade for me Sunday! This is a fresh rebuild. What could have happened and what should I note when reass...