Hi Scott
Well, now we have the opportunity to join up three well worn threads.
There is a contrary point of view to which I subscribe that once you stitch
a block you are driving round with what is only a temporary repair - your
engineer based gut feeling is in my opinion (and experience) correct. It's
your truck and you want it right.
Take God's favourite tool (second thread), the four pound *hammer* to the
block and send it to that great scrap yard in the sky. There's plenty more
cheap uncracked F blocks in your country for the price of a stitch-up.
Then throw on a *jerrycan* of petrol and watch those flames burn!.
Cheers. Mike S. RR Services. UK.
----- Original Message -----
From: "m18.hellcat" <m18.hellcat@netzero.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] F-Head needed
> Todd, Its great to hear from that sort of experience with these blocks.
> Perhaps you misunderstood that the problems associated with
sleeving/welding
> a block are gained from my experience with naturally aspirated
800hp/304c.i.
> engines we build. A highly stressed & intricately built engine like these
> could never live with such repairs. But I am quite sure that a
70hp/134c.i.
> engine would run fine.
>
> I am surprised to get no answer from the list on diffs. between Civi
blocks
> & MV's ?
>
> Regards - Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Todd Paisley <paisley@erols.com>
> To: m18.hellcat <m18.hellcat@netzero.net>; mil-veh@skylee.com
> <mil-veh@skylee.com>
> Date: Sunday, June 10, 2001 12:05 AM
> 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. >
> >Todd.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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