[elefantrider]

Yeah, I think the drivers side throughbolt needs to be loose also. What to use as a jacking point? The last '65 I did this to had a manual trans and I believe I jacked it on the bellhousing. This car is an automatic.

Maybe block of wood on the front of the exhaust manifold?

The amount of caked oil in the lifter valley was amazing. Got most of it out. We hot tanked the heads so those are clean.
There was a little rust on the underside sheet metal of the valley pan and valve covers, so I think this car has had a failed head gasket for a very long time, prior to me buying it.

While the valley pan is off, was thinking of flushing with gas but don't want any to remain in the pan.
I know the baked oil does little harm.

I drained the recent but blackish oil and there wasn't much water in it at all. There was moisture but it wasn't a brown mlkshake.

[hurryinhoosier62]

Originally Posted by elefantrider

Yeah, I think the drivers side throughbolt needs to be loose also. What to use as a jacking point? The last '65 I did this to had a manual trans and I believe I jacked it on the bellhousing. This car is an automatic.

Maybe block of wood on the front of the exhaust manifold?

The amount of caked oil in the lifter valley was amazing. Got most of it out. We hot tanked the heads so those are clean.
There was a little rust on the underside sheet metal of the valley pan and valve covers, so I think this car has had a failed head gasket for a very long time, prior to me buying it.

While the valley pan is off, was thinking of flushing with gas but don't want any to remain in the pan.
I know the baked oil does little harm.

I drained the recent but blackish oil and there wasn't much water in it at all. There was moisture but it wasn't a brown mlkshake.

Oil sludge in those earlier engines isn’t unusual. Far more paraffin was used in motor oils back then( most of the motor oil was non- detergent as well.