Smoker324

Hi -- got this engine for free -- tearing it down shows the following:

Sand in the bores, pistons frozen solid, slight ridge at top of bores. Head grimey and covered in goop. Cam and followers frozen solid.

Any tips on freeing them?

Are they even worth attempting to clean up?

75ohm

Soak in a vat of PB Blaster for a month!? Jeez. That's not good.

KuHL 951

It will make a nice table

brrt50cal

Stick that puppy in an acid bath and watch those pistons go bye bye. That'll be the only way you'll get em free. Hone the cylinders out and resleeve them.

Smoker324

I can see it now

-- Honey -- you will love this new table -- its the latest in urban chic -- plus it was free! Now just help me lug it up the stairs...

Calmchaos

Why can't you take the bottom off and hit the hell out of them from the top?

KuHL 951

I have to ask, how does one get sand in the bores? If you are serious about resurrecting that block set it straight up, soak the bores in standing PB Blaster or Kroil, let it sit for a day or two and take the biggest impact wrench you can to the crank bolt. A breaker bar will do just that, break something. A 500 ft-lb impact will slowly break the tension and free it up. You can assume that the pistons will be severely pitted around the ring area and the rings will be difficult to remove but it's worth a shot.

V2Rocket

bore and sleeve to a 2.8L turbo

cie_lab

man, I really want to see where this goes.

Good luck. We're all watching.

Rock

Is this a joke?

Keithr726

Very weird.

maybe a katrina car?

Rock

The sandman is such an *******

Smoker324

nope -- no joke -- I have NO idea how this much sand found its way into this block. The intake was off, but it was stored sitting up --atleast thats what PO said.

I got it for free so it doesn't really need to be fixed -- but I was thinking of rebuilding this one and simply swapping it into the car.... I kinda like the resleeve and 2.8 program -- perhaps with MS and a supercharger (just to be diff)?

Also -- there is no crank bolt -- anyone tell me what the size is on that?

-Dan C

Rock

Its a big *** 24mm bolt at the front of the engine (opposite side of the bellhousing) Its in a pulley that holds the alternator belt

Smoker324

ya -- not there -- anyone know thread pitch on crank bolt?

I'm thinking Kroil for a day or two and then ***** of all hamma