With hydraulics, "throwby" is a real problem in the valley area. I installed one of the baffles I posted, PCV still sucked major oil; looked like engine had a major ring problem. I then made a "cup" to fit around the baffle out of fiberglass and drilled holes in the bottom of it to keep most of the oil away from the baffle and still drain out of the "cup". It didn't help. Sealed off the rear hole, installed PCV (with baffle) on a valve cover and everything is fine.
Rings are probably well on their way to being seated, but based on the blowby I get out of mine with no PCV and around 700 miles, they've got a bit to go yet.
I think you'll have the same or similar experience I did...

Dan

N/M Covered in another post

I'm declaring success!!!!
 

Well got out for my first good ride today of about 2 hours and was sitting on pins and needles the whole time waiting for something to blow.....and guess what - nothing happened :3DSMILE::3DSMILE: :3DSMILE:

Gave it a couple of good runs of 5 - 105mph (hope SVOBUD isn't reading this) ;)

The breather caps stayed put, the rear breather didn't leak where I'd sealed it off. Oil pressure ran about 70 lbs at speed, water temp hovered + or - around 90 c (and it's mid 90 deg F here), and oil temp steady at 65 c (got to get used to these centigrade instruments).

The radial tires are so much smoother riding than the Goodyear track tires, but you could tell the difference in how it stuck to the road at speed on a curve.

So thanks to all who've helped and followed my saga.......now you'll have to go back to watching NASCAR and hoping for a wreck there instead of following my mayhem :p.

When I have more time I'll try to summarize what I learned from this experience in the hopes it will help someone else short-cut any similar ordeals.
Thanks!
Scott

FANTASTIC! Life is good again, isn't it! :D

Dan

Carnut427 - you ain't kiddin!
 

Now if I could win the lotto, the kids decided it would be a good idea to behave, the miracle diet pills really worked and made me look like Brad Pitt and my wife like a Playboy bunny, then life would really be good :LOL:

Hey, yet another use for aspirin. That's a neat trick. I remember my dad telling my sister when she started dating as a teenager that the best birth control was aspirin... the girl should put one between her knees and don't let it drop.

I think it's fixed....for the third time
 

Wanted to update this thread, even though I've started several others in this saga.

I ended up having the engine torn down and re-assembled in order to find the source of the mystery water and here's what we found. This is the cylinder sleeve from #2 after it was removed from the block. Apparently the sleeve had rusted from the back side, where the original crack in the block was allowing coolant against it. Over time it got thin enough that it became porus and opened pin holes in the surface. Under heat and pressure, it was enough to flow coolant into the cylinder. Apparently these type of issues don't show up easily on a magna-flux. The holes appear much bigger in the photo as the sleeve was bored out and made the holes open up.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...ted_sleeve.jpg
In addition, found that the rocker shaft on this side had developed a crack. So, had I kept running I was in for bigger problems sooner rather than later. Builder said it was probably due to not having end stands on the rocker shaft as I was running the original Ford pedestals that leave the end rocker arms hanging off the end of the shaft.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...cker_shaft.jpg

So, now it's all back together and had it running today with new rings, new sleeve on #2, new rocker shaft and new end stands on both rocker shafts. Also got my rear breather working as they added a valley pan modified to work with hydraulic lifters, while keeping the splash off the rear breather.

I also have the TKO 600 installed with the short input shaft and no spacer, which was the thing that started this adventure last December. Wow, can't believe I've been fighting this for almost a year now.

In any case, it's been a real learning experience - good, bad and ugly!**)

Wow - I can't believe I went through all this. It's now been 5 1/2 years since that last post. Since Bill Parham and Southern did their rebuild magic, it's run like a charm. I drove it from Atlanta to Huntsville and back this past weekend. Found out I had a radiator leak, so have taken out the radiator and will have it fixed. Still the best toy ever!

You and me both...I recall tearing the top end off trying to figure out what was going on. We didn't find it, obviously. Hope you are doing well Scott!

Tony/Cracker

You as well Tony! Did you ever finish your BMW?

Kids and work have taken over life of late, so haven't been out and about much in #7. But am now in the midst of radiator repair and reinstallation on it.

BTW - Clay Sims at Sims Radiator in Chamblee, GA is the place to go if you need work done. He has a Cobra replica as well.

Sent you a PM