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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > Project '67 XKE. More beauty more problems.
 
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Valt
May 14, 2006

Oh HELL yeah.
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Way2slow posted:

I'm not even at the point of trying to start it yet, because I know if I can't break it free, then I have to pull the engine. Why work on an engine in a tight space now, if I have to pull it later anyway, and can work with all the space in the world? That's my thought process.
I'm gonna give the diesel one more chance (I've talked to people who do this professionally, they all seem to agree that diesel seems to do the best job of freeing a seized engine).

Yah if its seized that bad then certainly the rings have rusted to their bores. So even if you do get it loose it needs to have a hone at the very least, though probably a bore.

You can try taking the head off and hitting the bores with a torch then hitting them with something solid to try and get it moving. That will at least let you see if the rings have rusted to their bores.

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