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I was bugging my buddy to give me this motor. He finally took a head off to inspect it. He decided I could have it, haha. I know how you guys love pictures, so here you go.

Don't believe everything you read:



I'm going to call them up and ask about the warranty, haha.









The "good" one



COOL!



Hmmm. looks like el mirage, haha

 

More:

Not quite so bad



or not







Have to measure and see what it was bored too. Hope to use it for parts.

 

Well,there is no doubt that it's not a seasoned block,,hopefully it's not cracked. HRP

 

Did you try calling their customer complaint department? hahah...

 

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A little Marvel Mystery Oil and she oughta fire right up.



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I do believe they are still in business up there !!

 

Hell a good power washing and some oil and that one will be good as new.

 

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One of the best (not cracked) flatties I've torn down looked far worse than that one.

 

I know they are still around. I was going to call the service department and ask about the warranty, and give them the numbers off the tag, haha.

The crazy part is the huge chunks of steel that flaked off the heads. Never seen that before. I have to believe that was under water. I have never seen that much condensation damage.

 

I have a Model A engine with the same decal

 

The valley chamber looks as if it were stored in the river for a few years. Maybe if it was under water, it never froze.

 

All you need is a few dryer sheets soaked in acetone/atf. That will clean it right up.

 

Actually, it looks like 8 little faces screaming in pain, don't it?

 

Pretty cool tags. Garnsey Wheeler is still in business even.

 

time for a 3 year soak in mol***es...

 

Always be ready for a surprize !

 

man...you just can't trust any old machine shop. Maybe the engine was in a submarine?

 

Into the Dishwasher - Pots & Pans cycle - Might have to run twice

 

Almost forgot. I have a matching transmission from another car, haha

 

I'm gonna put em in the bathtub and fill it with mol***es. The old lady will love it. We can warsh in the yard.

 

Hi, H.I. ........In my many years of experience,

It looks to me like it was run hard without
any gas in it !
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did you say it was given to You ? Maybe you can get your money back......

 

I would diffidently call and ask to speak with a manager !!

 

So I called them up to mess with a service manager, and maybe even get some info. They were bought by Spradley Barr 2 years ago. Computer system was changed 2 years ago. All records over 4 years old were purged. Only 1 old timer left in the department, and he started in 87, haha.

Oh well. No plans for it currently. It will gather dust until I need it. I'll post if I tear it down any further.

Cheers!

 

I think its already gathered all it can.....actually the one I just tore down was worse than that.

 

you must be smoking some good weed,

 

Yep....looks about like a rebuildable flatmotor to me !! Get it apart, and make a trip to the local machine shop........

4TTRUK

 

I should have made this a show us your rusty motor pics thread