At 12:35 PM 5/4/03 -0600, Ralph Forsythe wrote:
>
>So here is my dilemma... I have a 360FE engine in an old truck I
>"inherited". The truck's actually in reasonably good shape for being 33
>years old so I want to get the engine back to running order with minimal
fuss.
>...
>I only have one head off so far, but other than a small (1/4" wide, not
>deep just visibly present) groove on one of the cylinders the bores
>actually look pretty good, with no noticable oil blow-by. If I pull the
>engine and completely strip the block it will be a lot more $$ involved
>than just a head gasket,.....
>What are my options here? Do you all think it would be better at this
>point to just yank the block and have it tanked, and maybe have the
>cylinders rebored and honed since it's out, machine the head surfaces,
>etc? I don't want to bolt it back together with the crud in the engine so
>if I have to pull it to clean that out, so be it. It's just a big pain...
>
Ralph,
I think you kind of answered you own question. I would definately have
the block hot tanked. Then have a machine shop check the bore for wear.
Also have the crank checked. New bearings shouldn't be that much. The
upper gasket will probably be about $100 to $150 (at least that's what I
paid for the ones for my Mit. 3L eng.). So before I put that much money
into the gasket kit, just to have to do it again, I'd go the hole route.
Just my 2cents.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
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