shocker998md
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- Jan 8, 2009
So the joys of having a project sit are showing themselves. Back story is I took this engine out of the car after I broke the timing cover by being an in patient young person. Fast forward 5 years, a house, few deployments and other things I'm finally getting to this engine. It was supposed to be a re gasket, new timing set, and new engine mounts years ago. Well being young I had hopes and dreams of building an engine and life got in the way.
So fast forward to yesterday I planned on starting to torque the bottom end, re use the old bearings, re gasket it, put a new timing set in, and re place the valve springs. With some guidance from some members on here through PM's I was starting with setting the thrust bearing. I snugged everything up, smacked the crank with a block of wood and a mallet backward and then forward and proceeded to torque the main bolts for that cap. I went to turn the engine over and got nothing. Started looking at it and I could see all the pistons but one move a bit. So I decided to pull the heads. And this is what I found.
We all know what this looks like but figured id paint the picture some
So now I've got a situation on my hands. Well this thread is going to turn into the how your not supposed to freshen up an engine. This is going to go against the grain for most here for a few reasons. 1. I don't have the money to fix it correctly. 2. I'm getting sent to another non deploying unit for 3 years so I wont have the money. 3. I need to car to be running and moving by spring when I have to move.
Here's my plan. I've got two cylinders soaking in evaporust. One had a little crusty stuff that I figured will go away with a soaking. The bad one pictured is getting soaked for a day, ill check it tonight. Then kroil it if its still stuck. I ordered a bottle brush in a 240 grit and will clean up whatever is left and re ring that cylinder. The engine had 80K on it, ran fine and I believe this will hold me over until I can build a good engine. Here's a picture of it soaking.
So fast forward to yesterday I planned on starting to torque the bottom end, re use the old bearings, re gasket it, put a new timing set in, and re place the valve springs. With some guidance from some members on here through PM's I was starting with setting the thrust bearing. I snugged everything up, smacked the crank with a block of wood and a mallet backward and then forward and proceeded to torque the main bolts for that cap. I went to turn the engine over and got nothing. Started looking at it and I could see all the pistons but one move a bit. So I decided to pull the heads. And this is what I found.
We all know what this looks like but figured id paint the picture some
So now I've got a situation on my hands. Well this thread is going to turn into the how your not supposed to freshen up an engine. This is going to go against the grain for most here for a few reasons. 1. I don't have the money to fix it correctly. 2. I'm getting sent to another non deploying unit for 3 years so I wont have the money. 3. I need to car to be running and moving by spring when I have to move.
Here's my plan. I've got two cylinders soaking in evaporust. One had a little crusty stuff that I figured will go away with a soaking. The bad one pictured is getting soaked for a day, ill check it tonight. Then kroil it if its still stuck. I ordered a bottle brush in a 240 grit and will clean up whatever is left and re ring that cylinder. The engine had 80K on it, ran fine and I believe this will hold me over until I can build a good engine. Here's a picture of it soaking.