Got the engine completely apart and ready to steam clean tomorrow. I had to heat the back main cap and some epoxy in the oven to repair the oil return tube in the rear bearing cap.
Cylinder #2 has been sleeved many years back and looks good. All 4 cylinders have slight pitting where the pistons stopped many years ago but should hone out ok. Looks like new rings is a definite and lifters and camshaft are too pitted to reuse. Walt has lots of cams and I'll buy adjustable lifters for it. New valves, seats, guides and springs arrived so Walt and I will go to Morganton next week to have his machinist mill the block for the seats and then I will do a valve job on it.
Cylinder #2 has been sleeved many years back and looks good. All 4 cylinders have slight pitting where the pistons stopped many years ago but should hone out ok. Looks like new rings is a definite and lifters and camshaft are too pitted to reuse. Walt has lots of cams and I'll buy adjustable lifters for it. New valves, seats, guides and springs arrived so Walt and I will go to Morganton next week to have his machinist mill the block for the seats and then I will do a valve job on it.
Walt gave me a measured drawing of counterweights that you can buy to weld onto the crankshaft to balance the engine that Henry Ford forgot to do. Well I have a company on my way home that laser and waterjet cuts steel that I have used in the past to cut custom deck railings. I went to see them and they will cut me a set of weights (actually 3 sets) cheaper than you can buy one set. Walt wanted some spares!
Then next week we are going to Tommy Berry's machine shop in Kings Mtn to have Walt's and my flywheel lightend to improve balance and extend bearing life. More pics after the steam clean!
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