GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Patched up cooling system!
Got car to fire!
Everything Packed for WOS!
Can't wait.................................NOT!
Notice anything wrong about this picture?
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I mean besides the head being off the engine.
Well, incase Freud doesn't photoshop my picture so you can see it, the #4 piston looks like the Salton Sea. Yep, full of nasty water.
But we are okay, we will just remove the head, go over the gasket with a fine tooth comb, re anneal, and re install. NO SWEAT!
Wrong!!!!!! Still leaking
Why why why why.....The curse of the dodge? The curse of the Morton and Brett head
Note this picture of the #4 exhaust port. See that old repair. Turns out the water was filling up the port with water and the water was spilling down into the #4 piston when the exhaust valve was opening.
Here we are at the end of the day
That is Bob who is owns the head, he beat a hasty retreat shortly after this photo. Rich started suggesting we load the Morton & Brett into his Bob's truck!
The day looked like this
Rich had put the front plug back on, we filled the cooling system and the front plug was still leaking.
Plug comes back off, we go to the hardware store for some socket head cap screws. Plug replaced, cooling system filled. No leaks! Great!
Rich wants to crank the engine with out the plugs. Plugs removed, engine cranked, water shoots, yes shoots, out of #4 plug hole.
Head comes off. Everything gets cleaned. Gasket gets some attention, additional deburring etc., gasket is annealed, head is re installed.
Cooling system filled again, engine is cranked, looks good at first.....then water is shooting out of #4 again!
Sigh
The we drain the coolong system, but decide to refill and look at exhaust port while running pump............Massive leak. After the head is back off i spot the old repair.
Rich plans on taking the head to his welder on Monday, still a slim chance we might make it but probably not at this point.
On the plus side, no water in the oil and Rich was in a better mood when he saw how close to the outside of the port the leak was so who knows, it may still work out.
Will update when anything is known.
Oh yeah, on a side note. Yes that is a 28 Chevy engine on the stand. It was set up way back to run in a midget racer. full pressure, welded on crank weights, tractor magneto, etc. Olds head with Winfield intake. Pretty neat!