I decided to get off my lazy butt and see why the car wasn't running well, and had such a great, awesome cloud of white smoke. Started taking everything off, and saw that the #1 pushrod had slipped out of the rocker arm. That explains some stuff, anyway! We're going ahead with popping off the head, cleaning the goopy stuff I used and replacing the headgasket properly. My middle son rounded up two of his buddies to provide the muscle behind lifting the cast iron head. Hope the rain holds off! I have to move my camper out and move the Rambler in the garage - I took off the car cover and the windows were all steamed up. Not a good thing! But anyway - glad to see the first problem was so simple. Hope the rest are simple, too. _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list