no wonder it always overheated
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no wonder it always overheated
Started cleaning my engine block today. This particular engine has only a few miles on it (Barstow MUTT), but always overheated and I had replaced it with a government rebuild.
While the rebuild engine works fine, it never had the power the original engine developed, why, I don't know. So I decided to investigate if I can rebuild the original one.
First thing was removing the freeze plugs. Especially the rear part of the engine was filled with rust. Not a chance for any water to circulate there.
I cleaned it mechanically with a piece of wire, anybody has a good idea how to make it really pretty?
While the rebuild engine works fine, it never had the power the original engine developed, why, I don't know. So I decided to investigate if I can rebuild the original one.
First thing was removing the freeze plugs. Especially the rear part of the engine was filled with rust. Not a chance for any water to circulate there.
I cleaned it mechanically with a piece of wire, anybody has a good idea how to make it really pretty?
Last edited by Horst on January 1st, 2010, 4:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Horst
1972 USMC M151A2 w/ROPS (ex Barstow) and M416
1962 M201 and trailer
1966 GTO,1982 E350 Skoolie, 1987 SJ413, 1987 911
Gone: 2xM35A2c, Unimog 404S, Hanomag AL28, DKW Munga
1972 USMC M151A2 w/ROPS (ex Barstow) and M416
1962 M201 and trailer
1966 GTO,1982 E350 Skoolie, 1987 SJ413, 1987 911
Gone: 2xM35A2c, Unimog 404S, Hanomag AL28, DKW Munga
Re: no wonder it allways overheated
Horst,
You can run 'rust converter' through there and then flush it out with water later on. Don't forget to blow dry it later on.
You can run 'rust converter' through there and then flush it out with water later on. Don't forget to blow dry it later on.
Sam
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Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away, Know when to Run !
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There'll be time enough for counting
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Re: no wonder it allways overheated
Inam thinking phosphoric acid to clean out the rust and then a good hot water bath with baking soda to neutralize the acid. Once you have antifreeze in there it will not rust any more. You are going to definitely have to remove the head so you can get to the rest of the passages. You might want to inquire with some local machine shops about boiling out the block, they use a very caustic solution that may also remove the rust. The reason it got that way is because it was in dry storage, dry being the key word. No antifreeze to protect the metal.
Rick
Rick
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Re: no wonder it always overheated
yes, I have had pulled the head quite some time ago. The water passages to head were blocked, some partially, some fully, that was the main reason it overheated
Horst
1972 USMC M151A2 w/ROPS (ex Barstow) and M416
1962 M201 and trailer
1966 GTO,1982 E350 Skoolie, 1987 SJ413, 1987 911
Gone: 2xM35A2c, Unimog 404S, Hanomag AL28, DKW Munga
1972 USMC M151A2 w/ROPS (ex Barstow) and M416
1962 M201 and trailer
1966 GTO,1982 E350 Skoolie, 1987 SJ413, 1987 911
Gone: 2xM35A2c, Unimog 404S, Hanomag AL28, DKW Munga
Re: no wonder it always overheated
Actually it cleaned up pretty good. Blowed it out with compressed air and looks good at the freeze plugs. I am still worried about the area between number 2 and 3, as there is no plug I can remove to get access to. (What's behind the data plate?)
Horst
1972 USMC M151A2 w/ROPS (ex Barstow) and M416
1962 M201 and trailer
1966 GTO,1982 E350 Skoolie, 1987 SJ413, 1987 911
Gone: 2xM35A2c, Unimog 404S, Hanomag AL28, DKW Munga
1972 USMC M151A2 w/ROPS (ex Barstow) and M416
1962 M201 and trailer
1966 GTO,1982 E350 Skoolie, 1987 SJ413, 1987 911
Gone: 2xM35A2c, Unimog 404S, Hanomag AL28, DKW Munga
Re: no wonder it always overheated
I have seen engine without the plate and I dont remember there being a plug there. Just to clear things up about freeze plugs. They are not there to protect the engine, they got there name because they would pop out when a block froze. Problem is that by that time the block was usually cracked anyway. The reaso those holes are there was to get the sand from the block mold out of the block after casting. A mold for an engine block is made from sand and the iron is poured into the mold. After the steel or iron sets up the block is hammered and the sand breaks up and falls out through the holes. I had a job at a foundry for a while as a mold remover/ casting cleaner. DIRTY, LOUD, NASTY, HOT, job. You have a big ass air hammer that weighs as much as you and you just hammer on the casting until sand stops coming out. The piece is usually on an overhead conveyor so all of the crap lands on you. Did I mention HOT? Did I mention DIRTY?
Rick
Rick
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
Re: no wonder it always overheated
There's nothing behind the data plate and the 34P only calls out for 4 plugs in the block. Normally when guys here rebuild engines they have the blocks dipped in an acid bath. Worth the expense especially after seeing all the crude you have in the block.Horst wrote:I am still worried about the area between number 2 and 3, as there is no plug I can remove to get access to. (What's behind the data plate?)
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Re: no wonder it always overheated
That kind of dirt and rust has to be hard on the impellers in the water pump. I would definitely have the block professionally cleaned.
Raymond
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Re: no wonder it always overheated
Horst, I have one motor without the data plate on it and there is a "screw in plug" there. This is the motor from the 4X4 Vega I built back in the mid 70's, I used all the sending units for the Vega in the Mutt motor.
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Re: no wonder it always overheated
I thought I was bad at keeping old junk! Tell me you didn't move that to Fla.!
Rick
Rick
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
Re: no wonder it always overheated
Dan, that's interesting and would help to clean it. Likelihood to unscrew that plug on the other hand is probably almost zero. I have another worn block and will investigate there first.
Horst
1972 USMC M151A2 w/ROPS (ex Barstow) and M416
1962 M201 and trailer
1966 GTO,1982 E350 Skoolie, 1987 SJ413, 1987 911
Gone: 2xM35A2c, Unimog 404S, Hanomag AL28, DKW Munga
1972 USMC M151A2 w/ROPS (ex Barstow) and M416
1962 M201 and trailer
1966 GTO,1982 E350 Skoolie, 1987 SJ413, 1987 911
Gone: 2xM35A2c, Unimog 404S, Hanomag AL28, DKW Munga
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Re: no wonder it always overheated
Now Rick! why would I leave a good running motor ( at time of removal ) up in Baltimore. I just took that photo this morning to post here, I also have all the front and rear suspension parts from that build. here's a photo of the Vega distributor I adapted to fit the Mutt motor.
Horst, I think it has a flat plug that takes a Allen wrench type tool, I used a hand impact driver like you use on motorcycles.
Horst, I think it has a flat plug that takes a Allen wrench type tool, I used a hand impact driver like you use on motorcycles.
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1963 M151 Willys DoD 10-63 in Baltimore
1989 Alley Cat. "work in Progress"
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Colorado Army Nat. Guard 5 years
Md Air Guard 15 years active duty on C-130's
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1989 Alley Cat. "work in Progress"
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Re: no wonder it always overheated
What would it cost to have it dipped professionally? That gets my vote, why half-step?
Ralph
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Re: no wonder it always overheated
I guess I'll have to remove the data plate from one of my engines. Is this something that was possibly done to the earlier blocks? Can't find anything in the manuals about a plug but than again I don't have the older books.
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Re: no wonder it always overheated
hello
Horst you are not the only barstow mutt with this problem
bill yarvis (muttnut )from england has the same problems for a few years ago
i had to tow him a few mile`s to beltring (with the directions help from ken )
we dit soda in the cooling system to clean it without a thermostat
after a few cleanups he dit make to his home adres
the problem with your yanks is you don t use cooling liquid bud antifreeze in the 60/70 all rust
george
Horst you are not the only barstow mutt with this problem
bill yarvis (muttnut )from england has the same problems for a few years ago
i had to tow him a few mile`s to beltring (with the directions help from ken )
we dit soda in the cooling system to clean it without a thermostat
after a few cleanups he dit make to his home adres
the problem with your yanks is you don t use cooling liquid bud antifreeze in the 60/70 all rust
george