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Gudentite. Like a German bride.

I believe that I made it clear that sealant is not necessary on these NPT fittings. Tighten them. That is the concept of pipe thread. Teflon tape in this application is worse. But if you want to use some goop or thread sealant….have at it.

No sealant. Pipe thread seals against the male OD and female ID threads by being tightened together. It’s a taper fit. Others will tell you to use Teflon tape. But Teflon is slippery stuff and can allow a fitting in a high vibration environment to unscrew itself. Tighten the fittings like...

Remove hoses from nipples and "short circuit" them. I've made simple u-tubes of soldered copper pipe and two elbows for a tidy solution. Or just loop the hose. Don't kink it. Suck out all the coolant from one of the nipples with a wet/dry vac, otherwise it will leak and dribble forever...

Well regardless, that coolant looks like it’s dribbling from the heater box unless you can see otherwise. Bypass the box by short circuiting the heater hose and see if it stops.

Appears to me that your heater core is leaking inside the heater box assembly under the dash. Any coolant on the passenger floor?

You’ve definitely come to the right place. The members here will gladly provide you with lots of info and good advice.

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Big John knows what he’s talking about, and always has realistic solutions. He rarely recommends a supercharger.

The next thing you'll probably get here is someone telling you that you need domed forged pistons, aftermarket heads, a blower and nitrous, roller cam. They'll ignore the fact that you're in S. Africa.

My take, briefly: 1. Scuffs on cam bearings are fine. EVERY cam bearing gets little scuffs during assembly. 2. Right Side. When you say "flush", do you mean zero? Like 0.00 negative deck height? Seems you would have a piston to closed-chamber problem with that, unless you're counting on...

This is coming along nicely!

"I consider that "background information" from my experiences." The OP doesn't care about your background info and experiences. He wants useful suggestions, not Whack-a-Mole. "Loose rocker arms? Shaft-mounted rocker arms are that way because they have to be, unlike stud-mounted rocker arms."...

I had hoped you would get the message from my earlier post. But here you go again: A history of cast iron manifolds, cylinder heads and gaskets, full meal deals, a lesson on flattening the manifolds with a "rotating rock" machine, something about a 1955 265 Chevy engine, and something about a...

"but I don't have the knowledge to determine it myself." Guys, Please keep in mind what the OP stated about his experience with engines/valvetrains and keep your suggestions simple (like @detmatt did with his good troubleshooting suggestion). I've seen time and time again here where someone...

Thanks for further explaining your situation and considerations for your engine. Mission creep......yeah. I have never seen positive-deck pistons in anything other that full-on race engines, but then again I haven't seen everything. I betcha @Big_John has some useful advice. He knows...

Is the engine apart? If so I'm sure you know that you could deck the block (and intake rails) to get those pistons up from that very deep 0.95. If it's still together, you should have some C/R choices with aftermarket heads. And use a steel shim head gasket (0.20) with several thin coats of...

I haven't seen that pic before. There is no way to know if it is or isn't in the Registry....need that VIN and I can't quite make it out in the photo. :lol: But thanks for the alert. It looks like a pic from long ago but maybe someone here will recognize the time and place and the car...

They put it there because all they had to do was drill a hole in an unused bit of plastic inside the glovebox, instead of integrating it into the existing dashboard layout. And I'm guessing that it was also "groovy" and exotic to have that hidden button that your GF could push for you once you...

It's not odd, considering the era. Ergonomics, ease of use, ease of assembly and repair wasn't a big consideration back then, other than the obvious AC and radio controls that they bragged about in brochure marketing-talk. Most other items that drivers and mechanics had to deal with went...