Posted by Matt E. on January 29, 2013 at 11:49:31 from (173.216.243.161):
We drug home a 1950 H a couple of weeks ago. Been sitting outside for 6-7 years. It was stuck but it had a good muffler/rain cap on it so we had high hopes.
Well, not so lucky. Not the worst shape but not good either. One piston is stuck, got the other three out pretty easily. Letting it soak and see what happens before increasing the blow force with a BFH to get it loose. The cylinder doesn't look too bad but it was the lowest setting piston, the others were at the top or down just a little. The wrist pins on three of the four are stuck also. I don't think the motor has been run much or had a recent overhall. But that's not the real question.
Where did I get a ton of water in the pan from? Or I should say I think it came from the radiator, can't see any in it from the top. Couldn't get the plug out of the bottom to drain it and didn't pull off the lower hose yet. If the block is cracked, where should I look? Typical location prone to cracking?
The head gasket didn't look to be the problem. I couldn't see any obvious cracks in the head but it needs to be cleaned up as well to get a good close look.
My dilemma is this: if we get the piston out, the cylinders cleaned up and everything broke loose or usable components to make it run - are we shooting ourselves in the foot by putting it back together to find out there is a crack in the block somewhere we can't see?
I purchased a running motor that smokes a little and got it pretty cheap I thought ($175). My thought is to just swap motors and go from there instead of messing with the first motor when we have it pretty much tore down already and ready to remove. Then we would know about the clutch also when it is split.
What would you do? In a perfect world we'd have unlimited funds to just rebuild it completely but not the case. It would have the easy life after getting it running.
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