Ray, Strippers are the metal cleaning businesses that acid dip (or whatever
they call it now) car bodies and other components to remove all rust and
corrosion. Any good engine builder knows where to have the proper cleaning
done. The best engine rebuilders have the equipment on site to do the job. The
problem is that a lot of so called "engine rebuilders" do a quick down and
dirty rebuild and never have the block properly cleaned ( or stripped). BTW,
there is no damage done to the engine block or cylinder head in this process.
Richard Mayor
BN7L-466 Vintage Racer
Portland, Oregon
From: racarbon@verizon.net
To: mayorrichard@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Aluminum Radiator / Overheating
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:44:25 -0400
HI Rich,
Good post and tip. I always had the feeling that friends rebuilding
their Healey engine should not have heat problems, but, they always seem
to. I was told that, under present DEP regulations, the engines could not
be cleaned as good and I never thought about stripping as an alternative.
I am presently preparing to run a compression and leak-down test on my
100K+ 64BJ8P1 as a result of finding a vacuum flutter between 7 and 14 inches
of
Hg at a 900RPM idle. When preparing to readjust the valves (rebushed
rockers and adjusted valves 6 months ago), I found plugs in cylinders 2 and 3
black with the rest a nice brown. Should this prove to be a blown
head gasket or some other problem requiring the head to be removed, I will
probably fall into the situation that "If the head needs to come off, I might
as
well do a ..........." and look to using the stripper in an engine
rebuild.
A few questions:
1. Is there any particular stripping process you prefer?
2. Do you also have the head stripped along with the block?
3. Are the cylinder liners or other retention block parts in the
block or head detrimentally affected and now recommended
for replacement?
Thanks and all the best,
Ray Carbone
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