Yesterday afternoon I was able to tear the heads off the shovel, and after a quick inspection, things looked a little bit better than first expected. The culprit for my smoke and oil burning was actually a bad head gasket.
I called Pat and headed up to his shop for a second opinion.
Just looks goofy
"Hey Pat. Did you see that there's a fire across the road from your shop?"
Fire season isn't quite over yet...
Cool knuckle getting some work at Pats. Owner was up in Groveland for the annual vintage meet.