I hope I have as good results as you have with the diesel soak. I’ve got a stuck D2 5J I poured full of diesel and oil mixture more than 10 years ago. Need to get back to it some day soon!
Sorry but I decided to swap ANOTHER engine into my 9U vs overhauling the “spare that won’t run” I was planning on using in it.
So I don’t have any info on new parts prices or availability. I would like to know what you come up with though.
[quote="ccjersey"]I hope I have as good results as you have with the diesel soak. I’ve got a stuck D2 5J I poured full of diesel and oil mixture more than 10 years ago. Need to get back to it some day soon!
Sorry but I decided to swap ANOTHER engine into my 9U vs overhauling the “spare that won’t run” I was planning on using in it.
So I don’t have any info on new parts prices or availability. I would like to know what you come up with though.[/quote]
at least you gave it a soak, most people leave a project for a few years and forgot to soak them down. with the beer flu lock I have more tiem on my hands so doing this project is the right timing.
thansk
I bought a "Big Twenty" about 15 years ago. Motor was stuck so I drained the oil (mostly water) and refilled with as much diesel as I could get into it. I recently decided to part it out and a fellow wanted cylinders and pistons. I figured most parts would be rusted, but I would see what I could do. The head came off and all but one valve was free, and it only took a little tapping to free up the last one. There was no rust in the cylinders and they pulled off pretty easy. The engine is still stuck so I figure that the transmission (which is full of rust) is in two gears and the main clutch is rusted solid. I suspect that the engine might have been easy to get running if the tranny had not been keeping it from turning.I will get the rod caps off in a day or two and maybe have a decent crank. This machine had not been run in 30 or 40 years. The moral of this story is that any engine might be saveable , but you dont know until you go into it.
Grant.
Looking forward to your build thread here! That looks like a challenging one.
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