Ed Hughes

I think I was all the way right-ice inquired about a sealant, and the sealant kit has the Threebond, 574, Curil T and the Silicone lube for the case o-rings. The seal and gasket sets are indeed seperate and don't include any sealants.

irobertson

Hopefully I'm going to get the pieces off to a machine shop next week. Many things to get done. I will have the guides done and get the valves & seats evaluated, as well as pistons & cylinders, cams, rods, and the crank checked & polished.
In the mean time I will be back cleaning the other parts, case halves, cam towers, and other little bits.

I'm still pondering if I should pull the oil galley plugs in the case to better facilitate cleaning. Any thoughts on this guys?

Ed Hughes

Why not, you won't get the chance to do it again-we hope!

rusnak

Dont forget to send the oil coolers out for cleaning and testing.

Brett San Diego

Unless you had reason to believe metal bits went wandering through the oil galleys, I'd be inclined to leave any plugs alone and be satisfied with running some solvent through under pressure. Just one opinion. Looks like the score is 1 to 1, now. I can't comment on how easy it is to do. If it is indeed easy and ensuring good seal upon replacement of the plugs is not an issue, then do it.

Brett

irobertson

That's basically what I'm wondering... what is the effort vs. reward of going this extra step?
Is it a PITA to get them out and then to install the new ones?
Has anyone done this?
I'm also considering bead blasting all the exterior corrosion off the case halves. If I do go this route, I will be masking off all entry points into the oil system, but I would never know if something snuck by, so I would want to do a very thorough cleaning afterward.

Thanks

Ed Hughes

A machine shop would do it for peanuts, if you're hesitant. Why wouldn't you want to make sure that there is no detritus in there? Like I said, you don't plan on doing this again, right?

irobertson

Thanks for the words of encouragement Ed.
I will check with the local guys and see if they can do it for me.

Thanks

irobertson

I spent the better part of the day bouncing back and forth between cleaning my chain casings, and cleaning all the old glue out of the engine bay.
Question for those who have gone down this road before me.
Replace the foam sound insulating pad.... or go without one?

Ed Hughes

I would replace it. The material that is sold these days is of high quality, IMO, and not expensive. It's certainly easy enough to install the new one using the high heat 3M contact cement with you engine out of the way. I always thought you can hear the engine nicely with it.

irobertson

I got the oil lines off the tank & thermostat today.
After soaking them with PB Blaster for a couple of days and getting no joy, I finally resorted to cutting the nuts with a dremel tool.
I cut down along the threads and stopped just before I would hit the aluminum. I used a jewellers screwdriver to gauge the depth of the cut vs. the depth to the threads at the end of the nut.
Then I cut in from the back of the nut until I knew I was completely through the back side.
This required cutting into the oil line some as well.
Then I gave them a whack with a cold chisel and split them.
That way I was able to do it without affecting the thermostat or tank threads whatsoever.

Next will be removing the lines from the front cooler.
I expect the same approach will be required.

Ed Hughes

I've used heat in the past, on the nuts, with success.

irobertson

I heat cycled the one on the tank between shots of PB Blaster, but man that thing was stubborn! I was reefing on it with a big crescent wrench and was getting nervous that I was going to damage the tank. Even after splitting the nut, it took almost two turns before it really began to turn with ease.
At that point I kind of resigned myself to a new set of oil lines and went into thermostat preservation mode.

irobertson

Got the front lines undone at the cooler, then pulled the cooler and lines off the car.
While I was in there with a bright light, and with the lines out of the way, I discovered the only road cancer I've ever found on the car!
Two patches on the top edge of the tub, just below where the fender bolts on. Each about 3 inches long.
I can't see it, but can feel it.
I am now officially grumpy!
Mechanical I can deal with, but not rust, ARRGGG!

Ed Hughes

Hopefully it is really localized.