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Offline wobblywalrus

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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #405 on: June 19, 2015, 12:43:05 AM »
It is a good idea to look at the bores with a borescope before you run the engine.  Marks in the glaze over the hone marks on the cylinder walls will show you if rings are broken.  Sometimes, if you are lucky and catch the problem early, it is possible to replace the broken parts and to hone the bores.   

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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #406 on: June 20, 2015, 09:57:31 AM »
OK. I bought a dopey Harbor Freight leakdown tester. The instructions make no sense and neither do the numbers. That being said, I checked all the cylinders the same way and they all acted the same. Compression check showed 140 accross the board with the exception of the one (as it turns out, there is just one) oil cylinder which is 160. I think I'll pull that cylinder head and have a look.  :| Wayno

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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #407 on: June 20, 2015, 10:21:12 AM »
I borrowed my buddy's SnapOn leak tester for years.  Finally got embarrassed and bought the HF piece of shitt.  The instructions made no sense and neither did the numbers.  Back to borrowing again.  I don't feel too bad -- he's driving the car.
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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #408 on: June 20, 2015, 10:39:23 AM »
I would expect if it is not a ring problem that the oiled cylinder would have better compression... oil is a good seal... back in my tractor mechanic days that is how we sorted leaking valves from bad rings... add oil and check again.  So does that thing have valve seals?  Been a long time since I looked at the trailing edge of technology underhead valve engines.
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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #409 on: June 20, 2015, 10:45:15 AM »
It has seals on the intakes. Wayno

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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #410 on: June 20, 2015, 10:50:32 AM »
It has seals on the intakes. Wayno

Well sounds like 7 of them do...  :|
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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #411 on: June 20, 2015, 01:54:28 PM »
i think I see some difficulty in following those instructions.

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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #412 on: June 20, 2015, 01:57:15 PM »


Rocker cover?

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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #413 on: June 20, 2015, 02:01:46 PM »
Ladies and gentlemen, my engineering consultant . . .  :-D
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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #414 on: June 20, 2015, 02:08:02 PM »
i think I see some difficulty in following those instructions.
Rich, I have trouble following any instructions. These should prove particularly difficult.  :roll:  :-P Wayno

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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #415 on: June 20, 2015, 03:23:24 PM »
 :-D No BOX. From MM's thread. :cheers:

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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #416 on: June 20, 2015, 03:29:58 PM »
Like I said earlier, take a look at the intake port for oil trace. Some of us knew it was a flathead. :evil: Not having a big enough breather might be a problem or you could have a pan windage issue. A bad oil ring won't show up on a compression test either.
Work out how the oil is getting there, either down the port or up the bore.
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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #417 on: June 20, 2015, 04:42:56 PM »
I've pretty much decided to pull the head and the intake. I want to run the valves anyway. They're really not bad to pull in the car.  :cheers: Wayno

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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #418 on: June 21, 2015, 01:32:49 AM »
Ladies and gentlemen, my engineering consultant . . .  :-D
Did that just happen? :evil:
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Re: Utah Belly Tank
« Reply #419 on: June 21, 2015, 03:02:27 PM »
I'm going to cut him a little slack on this one - he's met so many folks here in the last two years with so many different projects that it's tough to keep 'em straight without a score card.

When I was about 18, two of my high school buddies, John and Tim, were working on one of John's van.  I pulled in and asked Tim if he could do me a favor and check the coolant level on my car.

He spent about 5 minutes on that Corvair . . .  :evil:
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