First car was a '63 Ambassador 990 wagon. I pulled the heads, did a valve job and reassembled.

On the shakedown cruise, I failed to notice the positive battery cable was draped across the exhaust manifold. 5 minutes later I figured out what I did wrong, smoke was everywhere until the cable burned in half.

I played with 'Vairs for 15 years. I bet Twitch and could write a book together.

1. Stacked oil filter gaskets

2. Idiot at machine shop pressed on cam gear cold instead of heating it per factory manual

3. Judson supercharger meltdown

4. Paper towel left in head port under carburetor (wanted to keep foreign objects out of the intake runner while I rebuilt my carbs...)

5. Mouse in crankcase

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Nate Stanley
(Currently Benzless)
1985 F-250 6.9l 170K
2009 SCION XB 36.5K
2003 LS430 78K
2012 Kubota B 2320