hi,
so, I have a "new" long block, (reciprecating mass, head, oil pump and oil
pan), which I had planned on transffering all the bits and pieces to from
the "old", lunched motor. I had planned on doing this w/o opening the "new"
motor. however, once I saw that there were rodent nesting materials in the
intake with the valves opened I decided it would be prudent to see if any
nut shells, etc had gotten into the cyl's, so I removed the head. (see I am
learnig ) Good News, no nuts, Bad news water had been sitting in 2 cyl;s
and caused a ring and a half of rust to form on the 2 cyl's ( the fun just
never ends :).
So, I decided to open the "old" motor as well and discovered badly burned
pitons and angled cyl walls.
At this point, I see two options:
1) hone the "new" motor (with ~55K miles), and see if the rust is only
surface rust.
IF (only S.R)
THEN.
- Maybe pop out the pistons and replace the rings and rod bearings
/* (a suggestion from a mechanic friend) */
- swap bits from "old" motor including head and maybe crank
ELSE
IF ( it is better/less expensive to use the "old" block)
/* since the "old" motor and crank has been machined (
bored/decked/balanced/new baerings), and is painted and is the original) */
- have the "old" block bored out to 20 - 30 over with new
pistons/rings.and assemble it
ELSE
- have the "new" block machined
- transfer the "old" bits and crank
(forgive me my poor "C" p-code, it has been a while)
your constructive comments are appreciated,
peter
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