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Dang green1. This sucker is really fighting you.

Lifters will bleed down over time. Sometimes mine do and sometimes they don't. My guess is that depends on if the oil hole on the lifter and the lifter bore line up when the engine is stopped. That's just a stab in the dark though and I don't know for sure.

Check all the cam lobes before you bolt the manifold back on and make sure your cam hasn't gone south. Also, if one head was milled and one wasn't, it could be the cause of your water leak and give you a big vacuum leak too.
 
what intake gaskets did you use? when ramcharger mentioned vac leak it made me think of it.i know the fel-pro perma-torqs can be prone to vac leaks if used under an aluminum intake.also you mentioned"the good head"did it have a head on / off recently?if so was it surfaced?sorry to hear so many problems.man ive been there.
 
Mr. Gasket sells some really thick gaskets for just this problem too. I can't recall the part # off the top of my head, but if you need it, let me know.
 
mygwenevere66 said:
what intake gaskets did you use? when ramcharger mentioned vac leak it made me think of it.i know the fel-pro perma-torqs can be prone to vac leaks if used under an aluminum intake.also you mentioned"the good head"did it have a head on / off recently?if so was it surfaced?sorry to hear so many problems.man ive been there.
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Napa felpro; don't know the history of the engine; no problems for 10+ years of daily driver.. Heads look untouched. all was fine until I took it apart; standard gaskets, etc. Pistons just out of the hole.
What a nightmare; next week, a buddy is due to help install the 727(was a manual 3 speed) If I change cam and try to check trans fluid on start up.... too much at the same time. Oh, no drive shaft, so can't start it.. more time to think, and get PO'ed.
A guy at the local NAPA; has a bud with the same problem. Nobody can figure it out; he says: out of the hole-great, then stumbles. Sounds like a retarded cam. Now take the radiator and grill back out, and spend $. damn.
And the springs are dark red, with the anti-harmonic spring inside; ain't factory.
 
It's driving me crazy; no ridge on the top of the cylinders new timing chain.. why can't I remember this engine? 727 going in in the am. Get that done, head helicoiled, I so don't want to pull the timing cover back off, and find the cam is not retarded, etc; and have an unknown trans in it, trying to get fluid right, and break in a new cam at the same time. Sigh.
 
727 in, now looking at the head; all threads are sloppy. The installed head looks good; man, what a trip.
 
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