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Re: [TR] How smooth does the face of a block really need to be

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Subject: Re: [TR] How smooth does the face of a block really need to be
From: TERRY SMITH <terryrs@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:38:35 -0500 (EST)
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I'm probably in the minority here, but I measure the effort/expense of doing it 
100% right, against the effort/expense of fixing it if it doesn't work.  If the 
block is already out, seems little effort and minimal money to have it skimmed 
at a machine shop, with the added advantage that they'll boil the block, thus 
cleaning any years' worth of crud out of the water channels, and check the 
block for cracks.  Am I glad I did that?  Yes.  When I took in the block that 
was original to the car for checking, the machinist found cracks where the 
liners sit.  I'd have had to pull the engine and start over, assuming I hadn't 
ruined it altogether already.  Instead, I sourced a free block from a List 
member in CT, and was golden.


Your experience may vary and all that.


Terry Smith, '59 Tr3A  TS 58667

New Hampshire


>     On Mon, Dec 10, 2018, 12:58 PM Sujit Roy < triumphstag@gmail.com 
> mailto:triumphstag@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>         > >         I've been at the block face of a Stag's engine with a 
> Roloc. (The block has been sitting in my garage for may years.)
> >         I have noticed around the water channels some imperfections on the 
> > surface. The rest of the block face is relatively OK.
> > 
> >         Can I get away with not having the block face decked?
> > 
> >         Sujit
> >         --
> >         Sujit Roy
> >         Cupertino, California
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ns-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I&#39;m probably in the minority here, b=
ut I measure the effort/expense of doing it 100% right, against the effort/=
expense of fixing it if it doesn&#39;t work.&#160; If the block is already =
out, seems little effort and minimal money to have it skimmed at a machine =
shop, with the added advantage that they&#39;ll boil the block, thus cleani=
ng any years&#39; worth of crud out of the water channels, and check the bl=
ock for cracks.&#160; Am I glad I did that?&#160; Yes.&#160; When I took in=
 the block that was original to the car for checking, the machinist found c=
racks where the liners sit.&#160; I&#39;d have had to pull the engine and s=
tart over, assuming I hadn&#39;t ruined it altogether already.&#160; Instea=
d, I sourced a free block from a List member in CT, and was golden.<br></p>=
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or: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: hel=
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iv><div>I have noticed around the water channels some imperfections on the =
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