My machinist is going to go through the heads. He's great. I will hone
the cylinders also while the heads are off. Since I had to pull the FWC
and P/S-Alt package to remove the left head, I yanked the water pump
also for replacement, and am going to pull the balancer and timing
cover. The cover is pretty rusty, so refinish there and new front seal.
A lot of the fasteners on the engine were not SS, and very corroded, so
a comprehensive replacement of all the steel fasteners also. I figure
this scenario is fortuitous; a couple more years and most of those
fasteners would have just snapped off.
JR


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On Jul 25, 11:21 am, JR North wrote:

The result of the failed right bank manifold, allowing sea water to run
in the exhaust port into the cylinder. That's what seized the valve
also. Only 2 cylinders show rust on the right bank, none on the left.
JR




That makes sense. So what's the plan?

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So you're removing the block as well?

"JR North" wrote in message
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My machinist is going to go through the heads. He's great. I will hone the
cylinders also while the heads are off. Since I had to pull the FWC and
P/S-Alt package to remove the left head, I yanked the water pump also for
replacement, and am going to pull the balancer and timing cover. The cover
is pretty rusty, so refinish there and new front seal. A lot of the
fasteners on the engine were not SS, and very corroded, so a comprehensive
replacement of all the steel fasteners also. I figure this scenario is
fortuitous; a couple more years and most of those fasteners would have
just snapped off.
JR


wrote:

On Jul 25, 11:21 am, JR North wrote:

The result of the failed right bank manifold, allowing sea water to run
in the exhaust port into the cylinder. That's what seized the valve
also. Only 2 cylinders show rust on the right bank, none on the left.
JR




That makes sense. So what's the plan?

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JR North wrote:
As The Wrench Turns...
Got the heads off; and posted some pics on the metalworking Dropbox
at:
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/
See valve.jpg 3 pics
No damage to the cylinder wall or head, and just a couple minor dings
on the piston crown. Lucky me.
JR
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It does look like someone forgot to fog the engine.