Finally got the old beast "street-worthy". Still had a little valve-tap(I think). One day, the noise got worse, then I started trailing white smoke. Stabled it, after that. Cranking the car is still no more difficult than it ever was. Smoking does not begin, right away; only after a warm up. Very repeatable.

 

Head gasket.

 

What he said,

of could be a cracked head.

 

This sounds like more repair than I should attempt.

 

Who put the engine in? Is it a rebuild, or crate?Are you looking for someone to do it for you?

 

This car was bought, with original engine, in '72, maybe. The engine was rebuilt, in a few years, due to driver negligence. I married the car in 1980 and it has had no major engine work, since. So, I believe it is the original 289 block.

Yes, I am looking for a healer.

 

there are alot of shops that can easily fix that, however when i say easy i am not talking about the funds.

as usual i would recomend Larry's on south parkway
256-881-4111

mark s

 

I recommend calling one of our club's sponsors.

Andy Wittschen of Andy's Mustangs
You can reach him at 256-828-5388.
Tell him Ralph sent you.
He does excellent and fast work.
He got my busted transmission done in a day.
Had my fuel pump done quick, too.

 

Toted the baby up to Andy's, Monday. Forgot to tell him Ralph sent me. I did tell him there was no big rush. Probably why I haven't heard from him, yet.

 

Andy says there is considerable oil in #4 cyl and suggested a rebuild, since the investigation would require pulling the engine, anyhow. I approved it.

 

Andy will take care of you. No one in town knows SBF like Andy.

 

Guessing yours is the yellow one? Went up there today and dropped my transmission off and saw that one. Also had a nice blue 65-66 coupe there.

 

So, what did you see? I haven't talked to Andy, since I committed to the rebuild.

 

It was outside in front of one of the doors. I didn't really look at it or get a good look in the shop to see if the engine was out and being worked on.