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Detonator · 07-25-2013, 12:06 PM

We pulled this 59A motor apart and after hand-cleaning the sludge (it was like the La Brea Tar Pits) we had it tanked and magnafluxed.

Three long cracks were revealed across the floor of the valley. Is this do to the block freezing at some point?

The motor came from Southern Calif, but there's no guarantee it spent its life there. Anyone seen this before?

Walt Dupont--Me. · 07-25-2013, 12:44 PM

Well, the one on the wall of the water jacket I'd blame on a freeze up. But the couple on top of the lifer bore is something different to me, there no water there, strange. Walt

JWL · 07-26-2013, 05:10 AM

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For several years I had the feeling such cracks were a result of freezing. But, I have since altered my opinion to say "maybe, maybe not". I have seen too many of those to think ALL have been frozen.

07-25-2013, 12:06 PM	#1
Detonator Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Santa Cruz Posts: 391	Cracks in Valley Floor. Did this motor freeze? We pulled this 59A motor apart and after hand-cleaning the sludge (it was like the La Brea Tar Pits) we had it tanked and magnafluxed. Three long cracks were revealed across the floor of the valley. Is this do to the block freezing at some point? The motor came from Southern Calif, but there's no guarantee it spent its life there. Anyone seen this before? __________________ Seabright Hot Rods

07-25-2013, 12:44 PM	#2
Walt Dupont--Me. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Gardiner Me. Posts: 4,200	Re: Cracks in Valley Floor. Did this motor freeze? Well, the one on the wall of the water jacket I'd blame on a freeze up. But the couple on top of the lifer bore is something different to me, there no water there, strange. Walt

07-26-2013, 05:10 AM	#3
JWL Member Emeritus Join Date: May 2010 Location: Fitzgerald, Georgia Posts: 2,204	Re: Cracks in Valley Floor. Did this motor freeze? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) For several years I had the feeling such cracks were a result of freezing. But, I have since altered my opinion to say "maybe, maybe not". I have seen too many of those to think ALL have been frozen.