Re: Block cleaning at home
Thanks! All great input. I worked on my door project and my wife went to town and brought 3 cans of gunk and a six pack of beer (without me asking) ... I had kept the main bearings in the block and caps after plastigage to keep them sorted properly but today I pulled and labled everything for the big scrub. Also pulled the oil pump gear from the block. As I feared the slot head plug in the rear of the oil gallery stripped in the slot even after carefully sharpening a large screwdriver.... The plug is just below flush with the block's surface, so thinking I will dish a washer with a ball peen hammer and weld it to the plug, then weld a nut to that. Maybe use an allen head plug to replace them? I sort of worry about the welding heat, but I also remember old guys saying they would melt out a broken stuck in a block with the torch and hit the air to blow it out and the threads remain intact. Welding on a nut should be far less worrisome than that.
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Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)
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