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Old 08-02-2015, 05:35 PM   #1
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About 2 weeks ago I purchased a 1934 and a 1938 - 1940 engines along with some odds and ends parts. The 1934 engine " had run good when pulled" and no comment on the other engine. I got these engines home and noticed that the 1934 engine was missing half the teeth from the fiber timing gear. So much for "run good when pulled" At least I knew why the engine was pulled, at least not a rod that had let go. The heads were 68-**** and the pan had the crankcase vent in it, but these things could be changed. I soaked the engine in diesel fuel and after a few days the crank turned over. I pulled the pan and lo and behold the main studs were on 3 1/4 " centers. Yes it had inserts and was an LB engine without the LB stamped on the intake surface of the block. Some days even a blind squirrel finds an acorn!! I checked for cracks on the intake holes and found none. When I get the block stripped I'll get it boiled and magnafluxed. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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Old 08-02-2015, 06:16 PM   #2
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Lucky-lucky you.
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You are vey fortunate, the LB's are hard to find.
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Old 08-02-2015, 08:40 PM   #4
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Bill,
Congrats on the LB score. Try to get a sonic check on wall thickness. I
lost an LB due to core shift.
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I don't mean to cut in but curious of the core shift thing.
Im real new to the V8. With the core shifted to the extreme that it couldn't be sleeved?
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Old 08-04-2015, 10:31 AM   #6
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I don't mean to cut in but curious of the core shift thing.
Im real new to the V8. With the core shifted to the extreme that it couldn't be sleeved?
I was of the belief you can sleeve almost anything. There are different types of sleeves.
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