3.5 V8 Rebuild

Mr Noisy said:

Always wondered about head blasting, do they shield the machined surfaces??

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not with a soda blaster

And is soda blasting de rigeur for engine cleaning??

Mr Noisy said:

Always wondered about head blasting, do they shield the machined surfaces??

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we used to wet blast using glass beads doesnt etch or harm surface at all and brings up as new doesnt look blasted as dry and other media do

Fair play. One learns today

ive still got a wet blaster but unfortunately its having the motor and pump fixed at a local engineering place and has been for the last couple of years

jamesmartin said:

ive still got a wet blaster but unfortunately its having the motor and pump fixed at a local engineering place and has been for the last couple of years

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That sounds like our local engineering place

So.. had a go at soda blasting this weekend, turns out that the old man had a sand blaster attacment for the compressor and this is how it went.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N98U-KP1fe8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

It woks well but water is a huge problem. As it got colder the more clumpy it was getting and less effective. Tool for good weather imo.
Oh also.. wear a mask and goggles because it goes absolutely everywhere! And tastes pretty foul.

Hmmm, not half bad!!

Finally got some time to work on the injin again, got the old cam bearings out using a long bit of threaded rod and various sized sockets.
Also I made the new oil pick-up for the chain.
After some pondering from myself, the old man and my mate Jon (my resident genius) we managed to come up with a new oil pick up using the oil that returns from 1 of the heads.
The idea of just drilling some holes would allow oil to pass through but only run down the front of the block which is useless; so using some silicone pipe we made a feed that goes directly on the chain (still needs trimming once the new bits are all in).

That's gonna be pretty awesome lubrication if it works good, hats off!

is that soft solder?

fett said:

is that soft solder?

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its just normal Shh (lead) solder

I never trust that but its up to you

Lead solder is awesome stuff. Tbh lead is awesome stuff. That's why they banned it, all the good **** gets banned.

yea lead is good, the replacement stuf is utter ****e

not sure how it performs in hot oil and vibration for long periods, still I am sure the brass will go well with your moving parts

fett said:

still I am sure the brass will go well with your moving parts

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I only looked at the picture quickly but isnt the soft solder attaching the whole set up to the mounting plate that is bolted to the engine?

I would be worried about it coming off and being eaten

soft solder with hold up to a higher temp than the engine will reach, the solder is also good for a pull of about 2.5 tonnes last time we did testing on mild steel soldered together so should still be strong enough with brass

yeah well we have no reason to doubt anything you say doc :doh: