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February 17, 2020

The late Co-op: Sorry guys…..I know…..you don’t wanna hear that!

…..but it’s true……im actually strapped down to the desk waiting for a call we’ve been phone talking for what a week!  That’s no good, sorry but there’s 1 of me and that’s stretching it.

Too hurried to show you the trip I took with Eleganza to Narcoossee this weekendwe both enjoyed that…..

But let’s get some content going here.  Had a coach come in from California……after overheating then looking 12 volts from a wonky wired charging system….the “Eagle” landed at our placeYou’ve gotta hand it to that 455, it overheated and locked up in Texas…..cooled down and came on it……..fantastic!

But you KNOW there was damage……one cylinder was low pressure with signs of coolant.  That’s at least a blown head gasket!

Opening the motor up it was even more unbelievable!Spent look too bad hey?  So let’s remove the intake

Yuk….and look at the top of the known (important to keep in mind) bad cylinder.and that’s after scraping THIS stuff out!that’s the “turkey tray that was half full!  Must have been a “Quaker State” motor!

So taking both heads to the machinist ….i mean we’re there…..good thing we did cause they were BOTH burned up!…The ground X means they are badcracks between the valves means it REALLY got hot!  Hey but it made it here…..

Hey, lemme continue this tomorrow….as of tonight we are hereI’ll tell ya about it then….see ya

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