We’ll finally pulled drivers side head. Thinking it got hot at some point before I got it. Had fun prying the head off. Gasket separated into 3 layers.
LOTS of fun cleaning the surfaces….
Back together now and running good. Lifters quieter now. Bonus. Once I get it back on the road I’ll...
Disconnect fuel line from carb. Crank it over or prime/start it with your favourite spray and see if the pump is working.
Quadrajet carb? Could be a plugged inlet filter.
Codfish
Leak down test done.
#7 the gauge went right to high (bad) then slowly went to low (good).
No bubbles in the rad at first, but once the gauge went to the low zone, the whole column of coolant in the rad started to rise to the point of spilling out.
Stopped the test at that point...
There’s a decent amount of different oilpans and headers on the market now for putting an RB in pretty much any Mopar vehicle, so some of those should definitely work in the relatively large cavity of your pickup. I put a stroked RB in a 68 Dart a few years ago (528”) using a Milodon pan and...
That was my guess too.
Would’ve liked to see a compression test with a cylinder way lower than the rest to indicate that.
And I forgot to mention that the cooling system will hold pressure for a week or more, without being driven or even started.