Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon
11/6/23:
I got the engine all broken down and torn apart. It was super sludgy inside and out.
I will be cleaning, blasting, and respraying the tins, and rebuilding things like the power steering pump.
We got the Block degreased and ready for the machine shop.
I was able to get the crank and block to the machine shop before work this morning and I should have it back for reassembly before Christmas!
There were no broken rings or piston lands or anything weird, just lots of glazing on the cylinder walls and spots where the engine had sat in one place without running for probably a few decades. I am going to have it bored 0.060" over and I will put new rings and pistons in it along with a different camshaft, a new timing set, a different head, and cam, main, and rod bearings.
The oil pump should be fine but I will check it all over to be sure. I will redo the poorly executed exhaust from the prior owner.
Some pictures:
Block parts disassembled:
Very Sludgy, dino turds from past decades, no amount of oil changes or cleaning strategies seemed to make the oil any better or not black instantly after changing it.
The helper was at the shop. She helped degrease the block before it went to the machine shop.
The kickback on the pressure washer was something for her to get used to.
The cylinders were super smooth - no evidence of a cross-hatch pattern anywhere except below the ring packs. Makes me think It sat a long time, the cylinders were rusted up and then the engine was started and the rings worked the cylinder crap into the walls knocking the hatching back to glass smooth.
The Head Rail Pad near the alternator may be missing a "5" after the 22? It is a 225 engine for sure., not a 170. Seems like someone took a smoke break a bit early on the line one day.
More cleaning 60-year-old gunk in the small parts washer tonight and all week at home.
11/6/23:
I got the engine all broken down and torn apart. It was super sludgy inside and out.
I will be cleaning, blasting, and respraying the tins, and rebuilding things like the power steering pump.
We got the Block degreased and ready for the machine shop.
I was able to get the crank and block to the machine shop before work this morning and I should have it back for reassembly before Christmas!
There were no broken rings or piston lands or anything weird, just lots of glazing on the cylinder walls and spots where the engine had sat in one place without running for probably a few decades. I am going to have it bored 0.060" over and I will put new rings and pistons in it along with a different camshaft, a new timing set, a different head, and cam, main, and rod bearings.
The oil pump should be fine but I will check it all over to be sure. I will redo the poorly executed exhaust from the prior owner.
Some pictures:
Block parts disassembled:
Very Sludgy, dino turds from past decades, no amount of oil changes or cleaning strategies seemed to make the oil any better or not black instantly after changing it.
The helper was at the shop. She helped degrease the block before it went to the machine shop.
The kickback on the pressure washer was something for her to get used to.
The cylinders were super smooth - no evidence of a cross-hatch pattern anywhere except below the ring packs. Makes me think It sat a long time, the cylinders were rusted up and then the engine was started and the rings worked the cylinder crap into the walls knocking the hatching back to glass smooth.
The Head Rail Pad near the alternator may be missing a "5" after the 22? It is a 225 engine for sure., not a 170. Seems like someone took a smoke break a bit early on the line one day.
More cleaning 60-year-old gunk in the small parts washer tonight and all week at home.
