The Shmunk
Member
Hello everyone. I have an old model c that was my grandpas.A few years ago i had to replace the head gasket and upon re-assembly i put the valve cover stud with the oil passage in the wrong hole and ran it that way, needless to say the valves were not getting any oil and the engine kept dyeing on me. Well i ended up figuring out that the stud was the problem. Now im getting plenty of oil to the head but it keeps dying when at wide open throttle. It almost sounds like its working against itself, my question is, where do i start? did i wreck the whole engine just because i deprived the head of oil? should i just look for a good used 125 out of a b or c? just asking what everyones opinion is. after i found out what the initial problem was i ran it till the mag puked,then replaced the 6volt system/mag with a 12volt distributor/mini ac delco one wire setup. any advice would be helpful. Thank you!