---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Mark Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:38:14 -0600
>When I bought my Chevelle 16 years ago it had a 350 with one camel back head >and one stock head. It ran fine. Point being is the sides were not >perfectly symmetrical. > I appreciate your response and maybe I should be more clear. I was trying to be as brief as possible. I purchased this car while looking for a 55 or 56 nomad. It was from California(Documented) and in such good shape, I couldn't resist it. It looks and is better than it rolled off the assembly line. Unfortunately , I didn't take the time to do a thourough inspection once I received it her in Georgia last May 2002. I drove it last August in some traffic and it overflowed some coolant. No big deal at the time as I just added Coolant mix. A few weeks ago I decided to back-flush and put in new coolant mix while doing the same with another vehicle. The first time I drove it I started smelling Coolant and found a leak at the drivers side head gasket. I also found the temp sensor unplugged at the sensor. So I don't really know when it first overheated to the point it damaged gasket. I understand Idiot lights usually go off too late to prevent damage. Anyway, It is now very cold in m! y unheated garage and I was just trying to do minimum quality repair to resolve untill warmer weather would permit me to posibly replace heads with possibly better flowing ones along with a 4 barrel upgrade. I'm not looking to hot rod it. I just want to make it as efficient as possible. >:) What you got here is an opportunity to 1) spend more time on it, and 2) >spend more money on it. This is a good excuse to detail and clean up the >top half of the motor, if that kind of thing is necessary. > >It is not too much extra work to do the second one while you are in there. > >Good luck. > >Mark > > >Subject: [Chevelle-List] Head Gasket Thickness concerns. >> I have a 69 Chevelle with the 350/225hp motor. >> I have a leaking head gasket I need to replace. Question is, previous >owner had a "Master kit" rebuild several yrs ago and I don't know what head >gasket to use. If I only replace one head gasket, could I use a Fel Pro? >Would the potential difference in gasket thickness in relation to the other >head cause any problems. > > >----------------------------------------------------- >To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html >To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
