Team,
Sorry I dropped off for a bit. I decided to pull the engine recently. Nothing we did would move the crank, so out it came. Not surprisingly it is all original inside and we pulled it completely apart. The bores appear to be ok, some of the rings are seized to the pistons and I am working to free them. Other than the seized rings, there are no other indicators why this engine would not move. Bearings looked ok, some had minor wear.
Plan is to clean up block, use the original components, and rebuild DIY. Soaking a ton of money into this car is not in the plans. I'll use crank, cam as is, new standard bearings and rings, etc. I may spring to have the heads looked at. I'm frankly stunned at the prices quoted to rebuild this engine to basic stock...no performance add ons....ridiculous!
To save time I'll probably take the block to be dipped, just trying to find the right shop.
One shop says they do a hot tank, non acid dip...but this will not get rid of
rust. I think a dip that's does get rid or
rust is preferred and interested in what the group thinks of these dips and DIY methods.
If there was a DIY way, I would try it. I've played around successfully with electrolysis on smaller
parts with my 2-6 amp
battery charger, but I'd need a huge tank and probably more amps to do the block. Also interested in what the group thinks about large scale electrolysis like this.
Regards,
Gbird67