Re: HA's 52 200 Grey Ghost

Posted by Hans Ahlness On 2014/4/19 21:45:13

Got the engine mostly painted (sorry, no picture yet) after scraping, washing with laquer thinner, and wire brushing. Lots of work for no payoff on whether it runs or not, but if I'm in there fixing or replacing stuff I'm going to clean it and shine it up. Got to the point where it made sense to drop the oil pan, just like everyone says it's a good thing to do and clean it out. Lots of sludge, the oil pump pickup was pretty much embedded in the muck so that had to impede any flow. About 3/4" deep in the bottom. I include a picture of the old pan to demonstrate why I thought I need to replace it, even though with the dented bottom I could save on oil because it would hold maybe a quart less than normal.

I ran my finger around the goo to see if any parts big enough to have part numbers on them were stuck in there, hey I found a valve keeper! Better check to see if all the valves have theirs, hopefully this is from a repair at some point.

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