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LM, OMY005, and JBT have all already been on hand to survey the damage, and help with the remedial works.

It's progressing well, but first - here's the damage.....

This is a straight conrod (cyl 4):


This is a bent one (cyl 1)


Messy huh???

This is the intake side - you can see how it cleaned things up, but also how the little bit of residual standing water in the head around the valves is causing some surface rust:

cyl 4 -


and cyl 1 -


However, every dark cloud has a silver (polished?) lining. Replacing the motor gives me an opportunity to finish the job of making it all look good.....




More pics will follow as I progress (including the full tear down of the old engine.....

When's the heart transplant happening?

This weekend coming.

Wayne can come and cook wingzzzzzzzzzzz if he likes

This weekend coming.

Wayne can come and cook wingzzzzzzzzzzz if he likes

This weekend coming.

Wayne can come and cook wingzzzzz if he likes

Say it one more time UA......

StanTheMan wrote:Say it one more time UA......

I hate it when the forum locks up on posting.....

This weekend coming.

Wayne can come and cook wingzzzzz if he likes








This weekend coming.

Wayne can come and cook wingzzzzz if he likes






This weekend coming.

Wayne can come and cook wingzzzzz if he likes





:D

But, cool. You'll need some sunnies for that engine bay, soon!

So they weren't making it up when they told us in science that water is hard to compress?

Uncle Arthur wrote:

StanTheMan wrote:Say it one more time UA......

I hate it when the forum locks up on posting.....

as opposed to a 1.6 locking up???

man, you're lucky she didn't keep turning, that rod is a poofteenth away from snapping & creating a hole

if i get all my chores done this w/end, i might drop around & annoy youse.......is it an all w/end jobbie??

AJ wrote:
as opposed to a 1.6 locking up???

Yes - even more annoying cause it happens over and over and over.....

AJ wrote:
man, you're lucky she didn't keep turning, that rod is a poofteenth away from snapping & creating a hole

Seriously????!!!! You think it's that close???

AJ wrote:
is it an all w/end jobbie??

Probably a whole weekend job - depends really on how much we get done on Saturday and what SWMBO has planned for me - I mean us

But that's why I'm looking to get the motor pretty much all put together and ready to simply insert back into place....

Uncle Arthur wrote:

AJ wrote:
man, you're lucky she didn't keep turning, that rod is a poofteenth away from snapping & creating a hole

Seriously????!!!! You think it's that close???

yup, in my experience cast and/or forged metal doesn't bend very far before breaking.......i've seen a few bent conrods over the years, but that one is as bent as any i've seen without snapping, i'm tipping once you get it out you'll find a stress fracture in it...........& probably a severely crushed bearing