Resleeve all of the cylinders and replace the pistons. Does your friend
want to make this engine run ie pump oil out the tailpipe...or restore?
Best of luck...been there...
Chris In Trinidad
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> From: Allan Connell <alcon@earthlink.net>
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: No Tiger Content
> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 10:20 PM
>
> CALLING ALL ENGINEERS - Metalurgy quesiton.
>
> This message has no Tiger content, the the questions and answers may be
of
> assistance somewhere down the road......
>
> Based on all of the discussion over the past months concerning mixing
iron
> and aluminium in a aqeuous enviornment, I believe there is no better list
> from which to derive some sound guidance as to how to proceed on a
friend's
> project.
>
> I stopped by a friend's shop today who does some real classy restorations
> and work on old Brit cars. A customer recently brought him an old 3.8L
> Jaguar motor (early E-type) for a complete re-build. The motor had been
> sitting in some idiots back yard for over ten years.....Unforuanately
sans
> spark plugs. Removing the head confirmed his worst fears. Each cylinder
> was completely filled with water. Obviously the engine is frozen. After
> some discussion, we decided that the penetrating oil he had filled the
> cylinders with would be of no help at all. Then the discussion this list
> had concerning radiators came to mind. I told him to hold off until I
> could ask the list........
>
> Question: does anyone know of a combination of chemicals or an available
> commercial product that will free this puppy up?? My suspicion is that
we
> are dealing not only with rings rusted to the walls of the cylinders, but
> as well the chemical reaction (basically a battery) that occurs when
iron,
> water and aluminium are mixed together. Obviously, it would be nice to
get
> this thing apart WITHOUT ruining the pistons, which I suspect may already
> be toast. Most importantly, he wants to minimize potential damage to the
> block. I think this is one of those situations where torching things
'till
> they are cherry red and then hitting 'em with WD-40 will probably just
> waste acetyline and O2.
>
> Comments? Suggestions?? Your help is greatly appreciated and thanks for
> putting up with this non Tiger content.
>
> Regards,
>
> Allan
> B9472373
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