Signs of oil starvation
- DurocShark
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Signs of oil starvation
This is pieces of the 3/4 valvetrain on the 79 engine setting in my garage:
Notice the blueing in the second pic? There was some serious heat happening.
I'm wondering if it's worth going any further. If there's this much damage in the valvetrain, I fear what's inside at the crank and cam. The guy who gave me the engine said there was no compression, and the engine turned over well enough by hand.
I may stop here and just give it away.
Notice the blueing in the second pic? There was some serious heat happening.
I'm wondering if it's worth going any further. If there's this much damage in the valvetrain, I fear what's inside at the crank and cam. The guy who gave me the engine said there was no compression, and the engine turned over well enough by hand.
I may stop here and just give it away.
- bottomend
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Blue means heat. Scoring means dirty oil ( caused by heat?). The rocker shafts probably cant be used agian if they are actualy scored and you can feel the grooves.
If the crank looks like that, I dont think it's a big deal cause you can get it taken down to the first undersize
Keep all your crank gear/hardwear to go with the cam gear you'll take off and use again with your new cam. Aftermarket stuff seems to be noisey. Factory parts, if still servicable are matched ( the numbers on the backside of the cam gear) ad wont make a mesh noise when running.
If the crank looks like that, I dont think it's a big deal cause you can get it taken down to the first undersize
Keep all your crank gear/hardwear to go with the cam gear you'll take off and use again with your new cam. Aftermarket stuff seems to be noisey. Factory parts, if still servicable are matched ( the numbers on the backside of the cam gear) ad wont make a mesh noise when running.
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- bottomend
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I'm not sure if you've ever opened up an engine case at this point Don, but even if it's your first time, it'll go quick. About 4 hours if it's still got everthing attached and nothing is rusted badly ( jinx). What else would you do with the engine if you kept it? Paperweight?
Cylinders can be reboard
Crank can be turned down a size
Heads can be reconditioned
Cam gear can be removed and saved for later use
Crankgear is reusable
Lifters can be re-ground and coated
Case can be checked for tolerences and conditioned as required
Rods are reusable
If there is blueing then the stuff is not useable. I bet you'd find lots of goodies hiding inside there!
Cylinders can be reboard
Crank can be turned down a size
Heads can be reconditioned
Cam gear can be removed and saved for later use
Crankgear is reusable
Lifters can be re-ground and coated
Case can be checked for tolerences and conditioned as required
Rods are reusable
If there is blueing then the stuff is not useable. I bet you'd find lots of goodies hiding inside there!
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The issue is my time is worth more than the "goodies" I can pull from this. I'd rather rebuild the known good Guac engine. Or even something better......................................................................................................................................bottomend wrote:I'm not sure if you've ever opened up an engine case at this point Don, but even if it's your first time, it'll go quick. About 4 hours if it's still got everthing attached and nothing is rusted badly ( jinx). What else would you do with the engine if you kept it? Paperweight?
Cylinders can be reboard
Crank can be turned down a size
Heads can be reconditioned
Cam gear can be removed and saved for later use
Crankgear is reusable
Lifters can be re-ground and coated
Case can be checked for tolerences and conditioned as required
Rods are reusable
If there is blueing then the stuff is not useable. I bet you'd find lots of goodies hiding inside there!
;)
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Use as many old parts as you can. They are a finite supply. You can sand the shafts with 220 in a 45* cross hatch, clean and re-use. These rockers are excellent (compare to that stamped sheetmetal crap from Chevy). They can be rebushed by a machinist certified not to be an idiot, there are oil drillings that must be open.DurocShark wrote:
The issue is my time is worth more than the "goodies" I can pull from this.
Colin
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not tossing it. I'm going to find someone who has the time and space to work with it. I have other things I need to do with my time and space.Amskeptic wrote:Use as many old parts as you can. They are a finite supply. You can sand the shafts with 220 in a 45* cross hatch, clean and re-use. These rockers are excellent (compare to that stamped sheetmetal crap from Chevy). They can be rebushed by a machinist certified not to be an idiot, there are oil drillings that must be open.DurocShark wrote:
The issue is my time is worth more than the "goodies" I can pull from this.
Colin
The rockers can be re-bushed, etc. But the heat blueing makes me nervous and not willing to use the rest of the engine.
Besides, I'm swaying towards a watercooled engine again.
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I was rather amused myself by the 419,000 miles I got on my original crankshaft, and the 508,000 miles on my original Broken Pottery Looking cylinder heads, and the reliability of the original stuff. That's what I was interested in.DurocShark wrote:
How about triple the power but with the same mileage? Or better?
Naw, nobody is interested in anything like that.
Colin