Re: IML: freeze plugs in head on '67 440cid?

["Daniel Richardson" <TheRichardsonFamily@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I feel a little better that it's probably not a bullet hole!

Any thoughts on this question?  The engine is very old, with OK compression 
and no blue smoke out the pipes.  I am just resurrecting her right now.  In 
a perfect world, I would pull the motor for a rebuild.  I would try to see 
how she does first.

A valve job would tighten everything up on the top end.  Would that hasten 
problems at the lower end, i.e.: rings?

I would rather postpone (for now) the inevitable engine rebuild.  Comments?

Dan Richardson
300L Family Heirloom



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 7:08 PM
Subject: RE: IML: freeze plugs in head on '67 440cid?


> Well, you found one of them!  There are actually 4 of these in that 
> location
> (2 on each head), and they will be replaced anytime you have head work 
> done.
> It's pretty tough to see them and work on them with the heads on the 
> engine
> - my advice is to pull the heads and get them gone through; you'll have no
> further problems, and 100K miles of trouble free driving on unleaded fuel!
>
> Dick Benjamin



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