Burnt valve with a piece breaking off. It could have been roduss interruptus On Sat, 2007-09-15 at 18:16 -0500, Chuck Blue wrote: > Denis, > That is karma for selling me Blue Bus.There is no way that engine > should have lasted driving it a 3000 RPM from St. Louis to > Springdale.If that had been mine most of it would be on the highway > somewhere in Mo.I think it must be almost bullet proof.You haven't be > able to kill it so it desevers to be fixed. > ole blue > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Denis Dodson > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 4:34 PM > Subject: [tcb] Re: Not a burn't piston > > > We split the case this morning and Derrick was impressed with > how little wear showed. The case is fine. Even a case stud > that I had stripped and I had cut a slot in the top so that I > could push the stud into whatever thread was left and JB > Welded in place held when I took off the nut. The mail bearing > has the teeniest movement and the connecting rod bearings have > no in and out movement. > > Monday we will order the 90.5 pistons and we will replace all > the bearings and whatever and put on new stock heads that we > will open up and Murray should be on the road Thursday or > Friday, certainly by next weekend. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Denis Dodson > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:21 PM > Subject: [tcb] Not a burn't piston > > > We took off the heads and on #2 the top of the piston > looked like the surface of the moon. The top most ring > has become seized by the heat Around the valves the > metal looked like it had melted and rehardened. Half > of a valve guide was missing like it was broken > off. Two of the swivel adjusters were broken. > > Amazingly, the cylinders look good. No scoring > visible. tomorrow we will split the case and see what > other horrors the God of mechanics can come up with. > > ______________________________________________________ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.19/1008 - > Release Date: 9/14/2007 8:59 AM > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.19/1008 - Release > Date: 9/14/2007 8:59 AM