Thread: 53 Merc....trying to get her going...need some advice

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just checked the valves...they all seem to be closing and opening properly....phew....that kinda scared me for a sec....just one less thing to worry about. Taking everyone's advice, I sent the original mechanical fuel pump out to be rebuilt, ordered new belts and a fuel sender rom Bob Drake....all the other parts are going to be put on hold as far as installation, but we'll see what a Sunday afternoon of elbow grease brings...hopefully she'll fire up and then I can commence with installing the other miscellanious parts

Made some progress over the weekend! After I took off the heads, I realized that the gaskets were caked on along with a bunch of crud. I cleaned all of the junk off + got rid of some of the carbon build up that was present on the pistons and the heads.....also painted the heads with some high temp paint....tomorrow the heads go back on, the distributer gets installed, and a new belt....i thought that i could get every thing done in one weekend boy was i in for a surprise....here got some before and after picks of the motor + the end results of the heads. I'll post more pics as they come.