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Dave I was thinking of using the inductor with the long wire that can be formed... i bet it would work
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#18 the crank is out
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Seems there are lots of opinions here so I'll jump in with yet another take on it. If the motor was outside all those years without a head on it, it's gonna need a rebuild anyway. I can't see the bores being serviceable let alone the likely circumferential groove the rings have likely left in the bores. That alone would require a rebore to cure.
So, if it is going to have to be reconditioned, I wouldn't go to much trouble to save the old pistons nor even the con rods. They are easy to find and cheap. When I am rebuilding a motor, I use new rods, not eighty something year old, fatigued ones. I see no down side to destroying the pistons to get them out. If the rods are damaged in the process, so be it. All that is if you insist on using THAT block. If it is the number correct one for that car, fine but even another engine might be better in the long run. Just thinking outside the block!! FWIW
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I was also wondering if dry ice would cool some parts so quickly that they might crack?
With an engine setting outside for so long with no head, I'm wondering just how much can be saved? Do you have any pictures, especially of the pistons and cylinders? |
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Believe it or not, what has always worked for me is used motor oil. Yes, you heard right, used motor oil! Used motor oil contains a mild acid that is a by-product of combustion and it will help to free the pistons. By used, I mean oil that that needed changing that turned black. Let her soak. |
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A couple of years ago, I had to dismantle an engine that had sat in a shed since the 1950s. I was in no hurry to get it apart so I poured a little old engine oil over the head studs and everything else I could see externally and left it for a couple of months. Every nut/bolt unscrewed like they were assembled yesterday. If you have time on your side, you don't need fancy penetrating fluids.
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You have no idea how much I appreciate your comments on this. Unfortunately I will have to put this on hold as my Willys Knight is in need of my immediate attention. Thanks Jack
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Tom : I think I have a real problem anyway with the sleeve valve engine. It runs but has no power. You would think that a 6 cylinder would beat the pants off of a model A but I find that the sleeve valves that I have researched have no guts. Jack
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Years ago, I had a friend who was a Stearns-Knight expert and he used to say that the more the engine carboned up the better it ran. Apparently carbon helped to seal it. |
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I've heard that from several sources too and it makes sense. Boy, can those sleeve valve engines blow smoke!
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This is a thread I started on the early V8 section. I have taken EVERY engine apart even ones that have sat outside for years with no heads. Enjoy
http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showth...+up+a+Flathead |
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