I have 2 F-head engines--1 in my CJ6 and another I purchased as a take out
from a CJ5. I wanted the spare for the convenience of exchanging the engine
without any down time. How do I tell if my cylinder walls are cracked
without pulling the head? Look for exhaust gasses in the coolant? Water in
the oil? How do I prevent these cylinders from cracking?
Thanks,
L.
-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Paisley <paisley@erols.com>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Date: Saturday, June 09, 2001 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] F-Head needed
>> p.s. You say this is common, based on what ?
>
>Experience. (I own dozens of Jeeps.) Listening to others. Nearly every
>block I have has this condition. (I must have 15 blocks like this.)
>Sleeving and stitch welding always fixes the problem. (one block had all 4
>bores cracked and I had all 4 sleeved because it was the original engine
for
>that jeep. Runs fine.) Never had any of the problems you describe. My
>opinion is that you are wasting your money buying another block when that
>other one probably can be fixed for less money than buying another engine.
>(Machine shop I deal with charges $100 for the sleeving, another $50 for
the
>stitch welding. Forget what the decking costs.) At least at the end you
>will have a good block. No guarantee that buying another block will not
>have the same problem.
>
>Todd.
>
>
>
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