I got my ’78 with a sbc a few weeks ago, and spent the next week doing little things to get it ready to be a fairly reliable driver. I have driven it to work every day for the last week and a half with no problems. I am not a mechanic, but I feel like I am pretty good at figuring out mechanical issues. The only part that I thought still need some adjustment was the carb, it always seems to run a little rich. So I make small adjustments as I go.
But last night my wife was following me and she said that it was blowing white smoke, and smelled really bad. It can't be a lot of smoke because I have never noticed it when driving. I know her idea of smelling really bad is different than mine, but the smoke makes me nervous. My first thought is the head gasket, the PO only drove it about 20 miles in the last 3 yrs. (the alternator wasn’t even hooked up when I picked it up) So some of the gaskets might have dried up and started cracking when I started driving it on a regular basis. It has also been leaking oil, but I can’t find where it is coming from. It is dripping from the back of the transmission, so I figured it is leaking from the top and running down the top of the tranny and down.
I think I included everything. What do you guys think?
But last night my wife was following me and she said that it was blowing white smoke, and smelled really bad. It can't be a lot of smoke because I have never noticed it when driving. I know her idea of smelling really bad is different than mine, but the smoke makes me nervous. My first thought is the head gasket, the PO only drove it about 20 miles in the last 3 yrs. (the alternator wasn’t even hooked up when I picked it up) So some of the gaskets might have dried up and started cracking when I started driving it on a regular basis. It has also been leaking oil, but I can’t find where it is coming from. It is dripping from the back of the transmission, so I figured it is leaking from the top and running down the top of the tranny and down.
I think I included everything. What do you guys think?