Just got a T engine home and pulled the head off the thing and this is what I found.
I can only just see where #3's valves might be.
It stinks to high heaven....I figured I'm about to find a dead rat a little further inside somewhere.
Looks like it has been in the bottom of a lake for a century. Maybe it would make a good boat anchor.
Jim
Now tell us the truth,,, That was a boat anchor now wasnt it? I'v seen a few bad engines but this one sets the bar a little higher
Believe it or not mine was slightly worse.
I'm afraid that one is going to need some work.
Bead the hell out of it, dip it, hone the cylinders and use a boat-load of RTV when you put it back together.
And then take it for a drive...grin...
The brake pedal looks good.
It looks like the head gasket did a good job of keeping water from between the head and block.
If this engine was stored outside with the spark plugs removed, the indentations at the spark plug holes will act as funnels letting rainwater in. That water has nowhere to go, and so the cylinders rust. All might not be lost. If you can get it apart after soaking it with penetration oil, you can better see if it is useable. A good engine rebuilder could help you determine what it would cost to get it into good running order. It would at least need new valves, maybe insert valve seats and a rebore with new pistons. top of block re-surfaced. Maybe more.
Norm
Break the top out of the pistons. Then take a 1/4 x 1 1/2 flat piece of steel, place it under the top ring groove from the underside and drive the piston out. The valves will have to be machined out. Then off to a good engine rebuilder and it's good as new!
"Ya gotta know when to hold em and know when to fold em". Are you into Origami at all? You have some folding to do.
Right hand drive? Wow.
It can be fixed,cheaper than a good 1 can be shipped way off down there.
Very nice patina! I gave an engine to a friend that looked like that one. He had it rebuilt and running in about 3 months time!
Any way you look at it, the block is going to require the services of a good machine shop. Cylinder sleeves, valve seat inserts, head and block resurfacing, etc., so, you might as well just find the most competent and reliable one you can and hand it over to them to dismantle and give you a quote on repairing.
To save on money, you can most likely remove the rust from the block yourself before handing it over to them. I've seen some threads on bulk removal of rust using molasses and electrolysis with a garbage can as a container.
While waiting for the block to come back, you could remove the rust from the transmission and repair that yourself. If it is unrepairable, there are plenty of good transmissions that come up for sale on ebay that you could purchase for your engine. Jim Patrick
So ....the add said "Runs Good just needs a tune-up" Right ???
"Ran when parked"
Recon it's got a cracked block too?
A little bit of WD 40 and some Liquid Wrench and you will have it back up and running in a T in no time.
Even though its not the block I'm hoping to use,I haven't given up on the thing, not by a long shot. I'll keep it as a backup....so long as it checks out OK once its completely naked.
I just figured you'd all like to see the pics.
Cheers,
Rob