So what led me to pull the head and replace the head gasket was I had coolant in the oil accompanied by coolant blowing out the overflow tank once hot. I didn't know I had coolant in the oil as I didn't have any aeration of the oil on the dipstick and my oil pressure was good.
I finished reinstalling the Moss composite head gasket yesterday, bolted everything back together and just fired her up after adding coolant and I am getting significant oil and coolant mixing now - you can actually see the aerated mix coming out of the rocker oil weep holes.
It only ran for about a minute before I noticed the aerated oil - I was tuning the carbs so it would idle properly after the oil pressure came up (I did spin it over without plugs in it first to prime it).
I just checked the #1 bolt to tighten in the head torquing sequence and it about 1/2 turn before the torque wrench clicked at 100 ft pounds.
Needless to say I am slightly discouraged here.
I finished reinstalling the Moss composite head gasket yesterday, bolted everything back together and just fired her up after adding coolant and I am getting significant oil and coolant mixing now - you can actually see the aerated mix coming out of the rocker oil weep holes.
It only ran for about a minute before I noticed the aerated oil - I was tuning the carbs so it would idle properly after the oil pressure came up (I did spin it over without plugs in it first to prime it).
I just checked the #1 bolt to tighten in the head torquing sequence and it about 1/2 turn before the torque wrench clicked at 100 ft pounds.
Needless to say I am slightly discouraged here.