65 impala video 3 What was the 327's problem????

I got on the stuck rings railroad when I thought only #6 had low compression. But when I discovered that #4 had no compression also, the problem should have been obvious, but I already had my mind thinking stuck rings, oooops! 65 impala video 2 is kinda embarrassing to me know. Thanks for your suggestions, thats what helped me "unstick" my mind and consider the real problem.

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[restodan]

I left the pushrods in and with pressure against them, mainly to help push the head up once unbolted. And, yes, it does help on adjusting the rocker arms, but not from having the pushrods inplace when putting the head on, but rather by torquing the head down, then backimg off one rocker bolt at a time, exactly 3 to 6 complete revolutions, depending on whether its lifter is up or down, installing 1 p rod at a time, then turning the rockr nut the same # of revolutions u backed it off.

[restodan]

NO FENDER COVER because this car will be repainted soon. The paint job on this impala videos better than it is in real. It should be the darker candy orange color that only shows in the door jambs, but has faded to gold on the exposed surfaces. And the clear has dulled on the top surfaces.

[bighead29058]

why did u leave the push rods in it? ... the only thing i can figure is so u wont have to re adjust the rocker arms when u put it back together ... but thats going to be agrivating trying to keep all the push rods lined up when u put the head back on it .......

[BggstHm]

GREETINGS FROM PA. best wishes and hope u start fixing up your brothers 55 chevy conv. in the not too distant future.

[CzechLowrider]

Live from Texas.. another great video!

[bloodreighn]

so from the looks of the blown head gasket the heads were not skimmed on the last rebuild? U had the same problem on my 1977 Triumph 2500tc, only it was going past 4 cyliders so only 1 and 6 were getting compression!

[transdetendal]

orh man it sux big time considering it has already been rebuilt once or maybe twice

[yardtechbrando]

Well Dan, the good news is that you'll also be fixing all the oil leaks on the top part of the engine at the same time. Should be able to clean it up really nice and it would actually stay that way for a bit!

[rpeek]

Hahaha.. I just did a head job on a Honda and was so surprised to find how easy it was to get the heads off.. Good to see you huffin' and puffin' like you didn't have quite enough lead in your bucket to get that head up over the fender. That's the way I remember it was to work on a real American motor.. Glad you found the problem. You'll have it fixed in no time... Beautiful engine! I'd take it any day.