Could have been a speck of dirt inside the tire. When I had my recent flat, the industrial tire shop dismounted and inspected everything. They found no sign of external tire damage or pinched tube..found a small wear hole on the side of the tube that they believe d was caused by debris that was rubb...

When I did my head gasket over the summer, I used both bolts and studs(for accessories) from vpw. The only issue I had was that the nuts came wrapped in cosmoline and it oozed out of the threads when I started the motor. ...word of advice from a lesson I learned...Inspect your bypass oil filter line...

Have not done a compression test since reassembly. Raining today...
Other than checking head bolts/studs, i don't want to play around with it too much or make additional adjustments until I get to run it a bit for reliability.

Used manual 9-1840a and set them @ .015 with the engine warmed. Pita....was very careful to not break off the v/c screws..they were stuck good. Valves are a little sloppy sounding cold but truck runs/ idles good.

I have checked them....bolts we're good but the studs I used to replace the bolts that also mounted accessories were a tad loose. I took the torque wrench with me on the drive.

Drove around today. Truck ran great...good pickup, no leaks-steam or smoke,steady temp,no stumble or hesitation. Seems to prefer the timing at about 2 degree btdc. Let it sit to try restarts after various lengths of time and restarts quick with just a little throttle. I did not attempt to put the pe...

It lives......will test drive tomorrow. I found an old flathead enthusiast who whipped out an old book with machining limits. It gave a maximum total machining limit of 70 thousands on a dodge 230 with 6.7 compression ratio to raise it to 7.5 c.r. The new felpro head gasket was 10 thousands thicker ...

For now I put the old one back. Tested it 190 degree water and it opened up nice and wide. The Napa ones are standard thermostats that fit way up in the neck and a "cup" that is supposed to fill the rest of the opening to allow water to flow through the bypass elbow before the thermostat t...

Update... Head checked and resurfaced, new water distribution tube, engine almost back together. Question about the thermostat...Napa lookup is #155. It is a 2 piece with rubber gasket. How do you set the bypass cup...freeze it or press it in? Old one is the 1 piece that seems to work fine so if I c...

What is better....head bolts or studs? Can I reuse the old ones?
Thanks

Tried search feature but had no luck.....does anyone have a part number for the gasket set for a head without the extra cooling hump?

...words of encouragement
When I do it, I want to check/change water disto tube and thermostat & flush the whole system.

I don't think it is the water pump. The block has a small "ledge" where the head ends and the back plate of the pump. I can physically see it start to leak. It starts like a few really small popping bubbles when cold and then grows to small (less than diameter of a quarter) goo spot. I thi...

No oil or milk in radiator as of yet. If I didn't physically see it, I wouldn't know it was happening. I only caught it because the key must've gotten switched on at a show, and the coil and pertronix fried..coil leaked oil all over distributor. Put a used coil and pionts back in and it runs fine.

Question for the flathead gurus... Developed a head gasket leak at the front of the head. Bubbles black goo while running. Smells like oil/gas not coolant. I can see it seep w/ bubbles from on top and below the existing gasket (someone before me must have changed it because it is one of the extra hu...