Hey, I've been using this site since I got my '49 Chevy 3600 in May of '07. Its amazing and I couldn't have done 1/4 the work on my truck with out it.
Anyway I've always loved to fix things and started at age 10 on a '64 Briggs 3 horse push mower, replaced the points & condenser, and hearing that little engine fire for the first time in 20 years got me hooked. I'm now a junior in highschool (driving that 60 year old vehicle to school is about the most fun I've ever had) and I've rebuilt about six or seven single cylinder engines but never something like a straight six.
This six cylinder came as a spare with the truck (the truck has a '58 235 in it now) and I recently decided to take it apart to see whether it's worth rebuilding or would be more suited as a boat anchor.
My webshots album is http://good-times.webshots.com/album/562679698rrCStf
The engine ID is F0803A ( http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2731855310103144652JWANGs ) and I've never been able to find this ID on any site, they always say that the F prefix means V8, but this is definately an L6. Does anyone know what year this engine is and whether it is a 235 for sure? The head casting # is 3836848, ( http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2484892350103144652KdDgbO ) so hopefully I can salvage the '848 head.
One last question, the engine was frozen when I got it and I soon saw why after removing the head. ( http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2267944290103144652uFebcv ) I've since removed everything except the #1 piston from the block (3-6 slid out and #2 came with a little help from a wood dowel and a malet). I've never seen anything like the top of piston #1 ( http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2711266390103144652kdXldv ) it looks like the moon! My neighbor told me that that was the aluminum piston corroding, but why just that one? I've soaked the top in PB blaster and Marvel but that didn't seem to help at all, so now I have the block upside down and poored Marvel in the piston skirt to hopefull free the rings. Has anyone seen this before and have they been able to remove the piston? If the block is good enough then I might want to rebuild it, I hate seeing these old 'bolts going to waste, or is this pretty much hopeless and should I just try to salvage the head?
Sorry if I've rambled on, I love these old Stovebolts and y'all are the only people I know who would actually know what I'm talking about smile .
Thanks in advance for the advice, and this is an amazing site!
-Alan