Just to clarify, I said I vacuumed it out, I was talking about the intake manifold. I want to make sure there wasn't anything like acorns, rat turds, pine straw, etc...that might get sucked into the valves and down into the cylinders. It was as clean as I could get it. I will rebuild the engine, but if I can get her up and running without doing it, I can drive her around as a rat rod until the restoration is complete.
Just to clarify, I said I vacuumed it out, I was talking about the intake manifold. I want to make sure there wasn't anything like acorns, rat turds, pine straw, etc...that might get sucked into the valves and down into the cylinders. It was as clean as I could get it. I will rebuild the engine, but if I can get her up and running without doing it, I can drive her around as a rat rod until the restoration is complete.