Nina:
I would question this machine shops suggestion that you not clean out the
oil galleries. THe plugs are readily available. You will find that after
drilling out the plugs, and then hot tanking the block, you then use a
copper bore brush, and run it thru the gallery. You will be surprised at
all the gook that comes out. You dont want this floating thru you oil
system. I am just a little surprised at this BAD advice given by a
competent automotive machinest. In building engines,"cleanliness is next to
godliness".
Cheers:
Skip................At 05:38 PM 3/3/98 -0700, Nina Barton wrote:
>As many of you know, I've been looking for an engine to rebuild. I found
>one which has supposedly been recently rebuilt, and it's at the machine
>shop to see what it needs. Here's the question: John Twist and other
>books talk about drilling out the brass plugs in the oil galleries to clean
>everything out during a rebuild. The guy at the machine shop doesn't feel
>that this is necessary. I'm soliciting opinions now, but am leaning
>towards doing it anyway. What does everyone think?
>Thanks in advance, Nina
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