Re: Mike's 53 Clipper

Posted by Tobs On 2010/9/7 14:28:04

On saturday we got the engine totally apart and halfway cleaned up and redy to go to the machine shop for bore and hone. We found a piece of ring behind the number 8 exhaust valve, in the pocket behind the valve, and #8 exhaust valve was also bent. The rings on #8 cyl were also broken as well as the ring land. That would all explain the 0 value for the compression....Bottom half of the engine (mains and con rods) all looked nice, so it was a 'top end' problem that put me out of business for a while. The bare block can just about be moved by two strong guys, it's pretty heavy.
Anybody know what the '12' painted on the block refers to? That makes me curious. It's actually a 54 327 solid lifter block, if that makes any difference, and seemed to be painted a cream color, unless that is primer under the grey paint...Hope the bulk of the dirty work is getting near an end, well on the engine at least... Pics up in a minute....