Breathing new life into the 318 in the Scamp!

Got everything buttoned up, down to the wire dividers.

Primed the fuel with the mech pump by hand, got a couple of leaks at the chromed pot metal joint of the regulator, to the brass bushings that go out to the brass barbs. Pulled it apart, didn't use enough teflon tape. Put it back together, holds pressure @4psi, where I could run it with my hands, which smelled like 91 octane for an evening.

Came back outside today to get it fired, filled the cooling system up and found the right head gasket is weeping antifreeze at zero pressure, when I went to connect the exhaust manifolds to the head pipes. Pressure checked the system, trickles. Went to 95ft lbs on that side to see if it could take care of it, still trickles.

I suspect a crooked replacement cylinder head. Pulling the heads back off and sending them to get milled. The last set ran fine, no leaks, on factory metal shim gaskets (1)75K+ on the Odometer. Block is fine. Never overheated.

Bullshit.

Moral of the story;

Test everything before firing a mill. Walked away when I was straight edging the heads for deck, I think I did the same one twice. Other side seals, but I'm milling both heads, anyway.

Boooooo...