Re: Frankenengine
I took the engine out of my AA mainly because all the oil passages were plugged with 40 year old goo. It had really good compression. The babbit looked good but a little loose. Too much end play in crank also so I decided to go ahead with full rebuild. After removing I found a freeze crack in water jacket. I’ve gone through two more engines and hope #3 block is better. Hindsight now, I wish I had adjusted bearings, soldered some babbit to thrust bearing, lapped valves and JB Weld on water jacket. I would be driving now. Last two I took apart had junk babbit. I think the babbit job will cost me about $500.
As it is I’m still waiting on machine shop to check out the #3 block.
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