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| | | | Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 60 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 60 | Hi Guys: My '54 235 engine is stuck. I was told the crank shaft had babbets so would not be the source of freezing due to rust. Does anyone know if this is true?
Thanks! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | billm, I've had friends who had engines stuck that were Babbitt. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 | Babbit is simply a soft bearing material that's bonded to the big end of the rods instead of having a removable bearing. While it can't rust, the rest of the rod can. It's much more likely that the rings and/or the cast iron pistons have rust-bonded to the cylinder walls. Soak the cylinders with KROIL or some other penetrating oil, then carefully pry on the flywheel teeth with a pry bar like the chisel end of a long shepherd's crook wrecking bar. It might be necessary to remove the cylinder head and pound on the piston tops with a block of hardwood and a BFH to break them loose.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | billm,
A 1954 235 engine would have insert/removable rod bearings. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | What HRL said. I personally owned a 46 with the old Babbitt engine and the piston rings were stuck. Ended up pulling the head and doing exactly what Jerry mentioned. I burned firewood back in the mid 80's and found a stick of oak that was just the right size. Got the engine running but I guess I broke the ring when I was hitting on it. That thing smoked like a tar kettle after that! | | |
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