<VV> Was Gift Horse, Now Seized Engine

[tkalp at cox.net]

A couple of years ago when I got the Shark home after purchasing it, I 
found a very stuck reverse rotation 140 . . . Pulling the heads I 
discovered why:

http://members.cox.net/tkalp2/Shark4.jpg

There was rust everywhere:

http://members.cox.net/tkalp2/Shark3.jpg

Soaked everything in PB blaster and started taking apart what I could. 
Working several hours a day for the next week, I was able to get the 
rods I could reach apart and those cylinders off. This was not often 
easy because many of the wrist pins were frozen at awkward angles. With 
those piston/cylinder assemblies gone, it allowed me to reach some of 
the rod nuts that were untouchable before. More cylinders came off until 
I could finally move the crank a bit by sliding the cylinders in and out 
of the block. Once all the pistons were out then the crank and cam 
turned freely and the rest came apart easily. I was able to save almost 
everything except the pistons and cylinders, including a 300 degree high 
lift reverse rotation cam.

tkalp
wichita, ks


On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 2:36 PM, RoboMan91324 at aol.com wrote:


>
> All pistons were frozen solidly in their respective cylinders.  I 
> pulled the heads off and all other possible parts to have access to 
> the innards.  I soaked the tops and bottoms of the pistons/rings with 
> PB Blaster and anything else I could think of for a couple of weeks 
> without success.  My "Plan B" was to unbolt the connecting rod caps 
> from the rods and slip the cylinders and pistons out of the crankcase 
> as assemblies to be dealt with individually.  Unfortunately, the 
> crankshaft was in just the wrong position where I could not access 3 
> nuts on the caps.  SNIP
> Doc
> 1960 Corvette; 1961 Rampside; 1962 Rampside; 1964 Spyder coupe; 1965 
> Greenbrier; 1966 Corsa turbo coupe; 1967 Nova SS; 1968 Camaro ragtop