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"Is this a flat head 8? Looking at the year"
'54 324 is an OHV V-8
Personally, I would suspect valve guides-seats as the culprit.
Do you run unleaded fuel? These valve trains were lubricated in part by Tetraethyl Lead, a gasoline additive (or survivor of Fractional Distillation).
And no longer readily available.
The absence of this can cause premature valve train wear in these engines.
"Premature" being a relative term in a 53 year old engine.
Jeff
Last edited by jeffrey : 11-21-2007 at 07:00 PM.
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