Re: Beginning a CD-12 adventure

[Leon]

What I would do, is pull the exhaust cover to have a look at the pistons. Like aquasonic stated, you may possibly have a bad head gasket. You can pull the head and get more of a visual of the cylinders. If push comes to shove, you can use the internals from the later powerhead such as pistons crank etc. I’m not sure if that later powerhead will will work, as a complete unit. I think I read somewhere that they will work, but don’t quote me on that. However, the internals will. If you have the wing nut fasteners on the shroud, then that is a ’54 or early ’55. They were changed in ’55, to where they slipped off, like the ’56 – ’58 did.