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Metals expand with heat. If it's 'one piece', it expands outward in all directions. But with a split in it, it still expands outward. So the material on both sides of the crack seemingly would be expanding toward each other, to try to close it. But the block is also expanding to become...

When you get it put back together, fill it with water and drive it around the neighborhood, get it warmed up, and see if that crack leaks, it might not leak all the time?

That's your only option (that I know of).

@rkrochen As I read through this it sounds like you want to keep the car and I'm empathetic to your situation. I see that in the center of Indiana, I'm not exactly on your route from Teulon to Peurtos Morelos. But if a boat ride from Florida to Puerto is available, that changes things? I might...

The better the contact area you make between the drum and shoe, via turning and arcing, the more heat you can generate. Which equals a faster stop. Which ironically leads to the main disadvantage of drum brakes - heat buildup causes the drum to enlarge in diameter (and/or bellmouth) and ruin...

Did you buy that one recently? I remember it being for sale several times over the last few years.

Possibly because they get in over their head, and nobody wants to admit they've ****** up their car, can't afford to pay a pro shop to fix it, and can't sell it for anything other than a non-rolling parts car. After we gave them all the reasons not to do it. (sorry about the f-bomb, but that...

We've also lost the appreciation for spring-powered alarm clocks. The bad rap started back when drum brakes were new. Road tests from back in the day had criticism for drumbrakes fading in successive stops and pulling out of a straight line. When discs became available, the factory spec'd them...

Yes, but how many studs will break removing the manifold? And if removing it, no need to buy different manifolds, he can drill/tap the one he has. And should only be hte passenger-side, IIRC this isn't an air pump system, it's a pulsed/vacuum tube that pulls air from the air cleaner?

It was years ago, so I don't remember the specifics, but essentially the bottom of one of hte ports on the valley pan wasn't sealing completely. Checking for a vacuum leak around hte carb and intake manifold as we'd normally do gave null results. But one cylinder's port was sucking a little air...

Fixed that for you.

Do you have fenderskirts? The latches on those limit tire size a bit. There's a huge thread on here called 'exactly what wheels and tires fit on C-bodies' or something like that. Browsing that might help.

When the person on hte breaker bar is pushing clockwise - is that from their POV, or yours at the rear of the engine? Keep in mind an engine can also get stuck due to other rusted parts besides piston rings. If you are turning the engine the rotation of when it is when running, a stuck valve...

I doubt you have clearance, but pipe taps in that dia (1/4 or 3/8?) would be pretty short and you might be able to tap it for JustCarbs pipe plug. But - starting threads always seems difficult unless you have a straight shot and can put a double-handle tool on them. Doing with a wrench or...

Did you see my post#11 on the leaking valley pan? It can allow oil to be sucked into a cylinder, and I believe does not cause a vacuum leak, either.

I'm betting that if you really dig into the work that's already been done, you'd find you need to start over with a different car. Like looking at a house to buy and then seeing the basement is comprised of blocks, rocks and paver blocks.

So did they take the jackstands out on the grass, knowing they would be useless there, or did they learn that during??? The interior on this one, what we can see, looks to be a real selling feature. Seats look like the vinyl might still be soft. Looks like a good price on this one. It's...

I hear what you're saying, but at the same time, how is a guy supposed to know what's good and what's garbage? Price isn't enough - sometimes junk is sold for inflated prices, sometimes good things start out low to get a foothold in the market. In the old days you could count on NAPA - but...

While I understand/support not posting or pursuing a car if a member is known to already be on it, we shouldn't NOT post a car just because there's a possibility a member might be pursuing it. If we did follow that reasoning, we would never post anything.

Do you have the trim that's missing around the driverside grille-to-bumper area?