Is this block savable?
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Re: Is this block savable?
Considering the rust and dirt I have seen much worse than that saved. Might have to sleeve the cylinders but that is just an added expense as people do that every day.
This looks like a good candidate for lots of PB Blaster penetrating oil. Pull the crank out and drive the pistons down though the bottom end.
Roger
This looks like a good candidate for lots of PB Blaster penetrating oil. Pull the crank out and drive the pistons down though the bottom end.
Roger
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Re: Is this block savable?
Hey Bantam
You will need to clean that block up a bit before you can make a decision.
You need to strip it down completely, everything off including head studs and soak the bare block in an acid / cleaning bath.
You will then be able to see any major problems.
If there are no cracks and such, the rest is quite saveable.
New valve seats,new cylinder liners and a full rebuild will see your WW2 block back on the road.
The WW2 are getting too scares not to save.
A few dollars spent an a proper clean will be worth it.
Heres hoping
Tony
You will need to clean that block up a bit before you can make a decision.
You need to strip it down completely, everything off including head studs and soak the bare block in an acid / cleaning bath.
You will then be able to see any major problems.
If there are no cracks and such, the rest is quite saveable.
New valve seats,new cylinder liners and a full rebuild will see your WW2 block back on the road.
The WW2 are getting too scares not to save.
A few dollars spent an a proper clean will be worth it.
Heres hoping
Tony
GPW Feb, 45,
chassis 259112
body 214625
engine MB131277 Overstamped XXX4B1945
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chassis 259112
body 214625
engine MB131277 Overstamped XXX4B1945
ARN 153851
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Re: Is this block savable?
Thanks tony im not so worried about cracks as I am about the pitting being so bad that it cant be re surfaced. Is there methods to fill the pits? Thanks im new and dumb to all of this.
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Re: Is this block savable?
Thanks roger this is probably a dumb question but is it possible to drop the pan and then drop the crank with the motor still in the jeep? I dont have a cherry picker to pull the motor out as a whole trying to dismantle it piece by piece.
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Re: Is this block savable?
Short answer. No. The engine has to come out. The crank is going to be very difficult to remove with out pulling the engine and turning upside down.
Roger.
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Re: Is this block savable?
Looks fine to me from that angle. Don't worry about pits. Yet. Where are you? Never scrap a GPW block; even if you don't use it now, in 3-5 years, it will be gold.
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Re: Is this block savable?
Hey Bantam.
Part of the rebuilding process involves decking the block.
This is when the machinist will skim the block flat and get rid of any small pitting.
All part of a good reliable engine rebuild.
Tony
Part of the rebuilding process involves decking the block.
This is when the machinist will skim the block flat and get rid of any small pitting.
All part of a good reliable engine rebuild.
Tony
GPW Feb, 45,
chassis 259112
body 214625
engine MB131277 Overstamped XXX4B1945
ARN 153851
chassis 259112
body 214625
engine MB131277 Overstamped XXX4B1945
ARN 153851
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Re: Is this block savable?
Thank you all im in east Tennessee
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