My friends and I pulled the cylinder head this morning. The head gasket and all appear to be original. It is a mesh of wafer styled steel and in one place, was corroded through. Small hole that let coolant leak up the head bolts. Don't see any cracks in the head.
Taking this and the exhaust manifold to the machine shop Monday. The steel air pipes for the exhaust manifold will need replaced. I'll have the machine shop make this assembly since you cannot buy it anymore and it does have a small hole rusted in the small pipe.
The biggest surprise was the front converter. After we pulled the head and exhaust manifold as an assembly, I pulled the head pipe and front converter unit. Looking down the 4 inch can at the exhaust manifold seems that the converter guts are GONE! The entire converter must have desinigrated over the years and blew out the tailpipe!
Taking this and the exhaust manifold to the machine shop Monday. The steel air pipes for the exhaust manifold will need replaced. I'll have the machine shop make this assembly since you cannot buy it anymore and it does have a small hole rusted in the small pipe.
The biggest surprise was the front converter. After we pulled the head and exhaust manifold as an assembly, I pulled the head pipe and front converter unit. Looking down the 4 inch can at the exhaust manifold seems that the converter guts are GONE! The entire converter must have desinigrated over the years and blew out the tailpipe!