Re: Waukesha 817 cu. in.

Posted by fuxerupper on February 11, 2005 at 07:52:58 from (206.72.52.5):

In Reply to: Re: Waukesha 817 cu. in. posted by J. Schwiebert on February 11, 2005 at 06:33:35:

Here goes a second try on the second post. This engine was rebuilt, put in the vehicle, the vehicle was driven across the parking lot, and it was parked without being run for six years. About two years ago my friend bought it and we got it running. It ran rough and had blowby but after awhile the blowby was down to a wisp and the engine roared like a lion. He drove it up and down the road periodically to try to find any bugs in it before we started the restoration. Last fall the engine wanted to seize up on three occasions. Each time he would shut it down immediately and it would start back up right away, but the third time it came back to life on only 5 1/2 cylinders and it was puffing blowby. We pulled the heads yesterday and the cylinders are badly scored with two of them having rust pits. The piston tops do not have a new appearance so I don't know what they meant by doing a 'rebuild' on it. The rust pits are probably from six years of condensation from our Iowa humidity. The seller said they made the sleeves for it and they 'turned the pistons down', whatever that means. The oil pressure is a consistent 50-60 lb so the bottom end should be good. This engine has the one spark plug heads.

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• Re: Waukesha 817 cu. in. big jt 08:40:43 02/11/05 (1)
  • Re: Waukesha 817 cu. in. Fixerupper 09:48:54 02/11/05 (0)

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