On Monday and Tuesday I got my old 235 in the car and going. The amazing thing is it fired on the first try. I pushed gas through the lines and to the carb with an air line in the gas tank. I took her for a spin in the parking lot of the shop where I was working on it and it ran great. 46 psi on the oil gauge. (I made sure to prime it first). My only problems beside setting the carb a little, and tomorrow I'll be throwing the timing lite on it because of a few hicups, Is it over heated and fast. Boiled over through the overflow. I didn't have time to look at it since the test drive, I'll be at it first thing tomorrow. So if any body has a few suggestions as to what to look for please give me some advice.
The engine is stockand freashly rebuilt. The rad is rebuilt and oversized tops and bottoms. I had the heater core out and its flushed. I will check the thermostat first. Now the only thing beside a dead water pump (it never came off), I can think of is my heater core hoses. I had maked them Top and Bottom when I tor down the engine, but when I was putting it back together the marking were gone. Could the position of these make a difference, could my engine be too tight, am I air locked in the head, (yet I've got fluid up the temp gauge sender hole. Oh and the mixture is 50/50.
What else could I look for?
