Re: Hand turning flathead 6?


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Posted by Tim Holloway [69.54.28.229] on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 20:21:28 :

In Reply to: Re: Hand turning flathead 6? posted by Taylor in Indiana [184.1.97.235] on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 09:30:44 :

I had a 251 that was set-up. I pulled the plugs, dumped in lots of Marvel Mystery Oil. Couldnt get it to budge. Pulled the head, and tried tapping on the piston heds with a block. Wouldnt budge. I finally pulled it, and took off the side valve covers. Several of the valves and springs were missing. Hmmm, thats odd. I flipped it over and pulled the pan. The cam shaft was in a bunch of pieces, one connecting rod was snapped and twisted like a pretzel. So, in hindsight, no amount of miracle penetrant would have loosened this engine up.
The moral of the story is, some engines that look fine on the outside, dont look so good on the inside!
Good luck,
Tim



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