Seller suggest dropping a new motor in.
So was it a brand new engine? There is a break in procedure. Sounds like it ran good for a hour did you get any burnouts in at least.Just bought it, drove it for a hour ran great. Then started with a rattle an loss of power, found and oil leak sprayed all over the prop. Distributer cap cover and probably clogged up some, decided to cut to to chase and do a compression check, all cylinders are 150, except #2 is 100. What causes this? Did I buy a motor with a blown cylinder or did it happen with in the first hour??
Well 150 is not a ton of compression sounds like a mild 383 small cam and a low compression motor my guess is if the seller told you to get a motor he knew there was a problem and doctored it up. if your sharp and know your stuff you can fix patch or doctor up something just to sell or get rid of a problem . my guesstimate is he had his fun was tired of the car and said lets unload it .the logic here is if he liked and still wanted the car he would fix it. many years ago I bought a 55 150 post coupe that had a 370 Pontiac engine in it. after many beatings it let go I liked it so much I put 5 engines in that car all Flynn,s auto salvage good used motors that I put cams in and some other goodies. I finally sold it with a truck 409 engine in it . the kid that bought it had it three years at least. I would go back to the seller tell him keep his car and you want your money back. you must have some kind of protection laws for the customer. up my way we have too many of them and sometimes they are a double sided sword that works in favor of the wrong party. give it a try you have nothing to loose you already lost. as far as your engine goes you have to take it apart to see the damage but don't expect to luck out because you will be disappointed. on the other hand you could be lucky. Remember this "since man to man is so unjust the world alone knows whom to trust I,ve trusted many to my sorrow. good luck Al
