Hello all, first time posting. I have a 1952 Buick Super that's in need of some help!
I pulled the head because of low compression in one cylinder and lapped the valves. The head gasket was in a sorry state as well, as I found out.
It was my first time setting up a distributor from scratch. (After disassembling/cleaning the lifters I turned the engine over to adjust the valves lash per Ken Ellison's instructions:
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I believe that I have the timing correct after three tries of setting the distributor. It coughed the first time (I was off a tooth), it backfired the second time (off by 180) and by the third time the battery was quite low.
TO THE POINT: __What are the intake manifold inner rings for?__ Do I need to have the outer rings (that look like almost like fender washers) installed, despite new manifold gaskets (from oldbuickparts.com)?
I left the outer rings off, because the new gaskets sit against one another, and it seems that the old outer rings were gaskets that sat between the intake manifold and the head. I did retain the inner rings (that look like a ring with a section cut out), and put all four in the manifold side before assembly.
Thanks for reading, any an all information is greatly appreciated!
-Pete
I pulled the head because of low compression in one cylinder and lapped the valves. The head gasket was in a sorry state as well, as I found out.
It was my first time setting up a distributor from scratch. (After disassembling/cleaning the lifters I turned the engine over to adjust the valves lash per Ken Ellison's instructions:
I believe that I have the timing correct after three tries of setting the distributor. It coughed the first time (I was off a tooth), it backfired the second time (off by 180) and by the third time the battery was quite low.
TO THE POINT: __What are the intake manifold inner rings for?__ Do I need to have the outer rings (that look like almost like fender washers) installed, despite new manifold gaskets (from oldbuickparts.com)?
I left the outer rings off, because the new gaskets sit against one another, and it seems that the old outer rings were gaskets that sat between the intake manifold and the head. I did retain the inner rings (that look like a ring with a section cut out), and put all four in the manifold side before assembly.
Thanks for reading, any an all information is greatly appreciated!
-Pete