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Originally Posted by ERA Chas
That's not a manifold-it's the exhaust port of the head. And yes, iron heads will burn paint off and rust quickly.
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Ooops! Of course it's the head, I guess my mind wandered toward the exhaust manifold when typing.
Thank you both, ERA Chas and RodKnock...
But now I'm just getting confuser and confuser!!
The fact that this SO is a 'service' block, for better or worse depending on who you talk to, coupled with the poor presentation during my inspection (for some reason wouldn't start), has me quite hesitant.
Conversely, the level of perfection on the top-oiler car that I'm also looking at blows the side-oiler away - except that it's a top-oiler.
So, I'm back to the thrust of my questioning:
Is a 'questionable' side oiler a more reliable, better overall value than an
extremely well sorted top oiler?
The deeper I dig on this topic the more difficult my decision has become. (Don't worry, I'm not going on much longer with this thread) Thanks all!