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49 Cubber!
12-01-2003 16:13:57
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Well,it seems I have inherited a project,a 1953 SMD that my buddy bought for 200 bucks.We pulled the head and loads of gunk and water,and he got a little scared of it so I offered to take it off of his hands for the 200 he had in it.A little history on Mr B,bought new in 1954 by Mr Duard Bagwell,hence Mr B.Mr Bagwell died in 1979,and mr B has sat every since.His only nephew,which he treated like the son he never had,decided hed pull it out and try to get it running,but time had locked it up,so he put back in the barn.The barn had since fallen in and broke off the exaust pipe and thats where the water came from.Another fellow had bought it about 6 months ago,not realizing the amount of water in it,had filled the cylinders with brake fluid in a neffort to break it free with no succes,so he sold it to my buddy.After a couple of post and some good advice I got here we began tearing into it,then the scariest thing happened,as we pulled the head,water came from the cylinders and combustion chambers and my buddy got cold feet.Well, as I said, Igave him his 200 for it and I tok the head this morning for pressure testing,and with any luck,itll still be good.I know itll need new valves,all 12 of them probably,but i have a good machinist and he may can save it all.The rust on the valves isnt bad at all except on the surface tha tface the pistons,but the sleeves will need replacing as well as the rings and if Im lucky I may can save the pistons,these are M&W pistons,butIm not holding my breath on those.I think the rods may be ok if I can get those out,and the strangest thing is the lower half of the neigne is in emaculate condition.It looks as though maybe it was rebuilt shortly before it was parked.All the bearings seem tight,but that could just be from it being locked up.Oh well,such is life.Im sure I will have a ton of questions once I get more deeply into the teardown,so be patient with me,this may take a few years!!!!
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