Re: IML: 62 Rebuild Engine

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---- Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Steve's advice to drive the car is right on.  
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> You don't have much to lose besides a few quarts of
> oil.
>  EXCEPT MAYBE A TICKET FOR POLLUTING.    
> I suggest getting a tool to check compression -
> they're cheap and easily borrowed if you know someone
> with one.
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> Test now, and in another 250 miles to see if things
> are improving or staying the same.  This will also
> tell you the relative health of the rings/valves and
> whether your engine is sealing properly/evenly across
> all cylinders.  I don't have the desired readings
> memorized, so go double check, but I seem to recall
> that when pressure falls below say 85 lbs, that's not
> desireable, and an engine with pretty consistent
> pressure is better than one with lots of variance,
> although the engine's design is very tolerant of
> varied pressures.
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> I strongly disagree about putting a 440 into a 413
> car, although it will certainly work and won't be
> obvious.
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> Your engine block and heads are likely to be
> rebuildable unless there is some sort of failure or
> crack someplace, and the leaking coolant isn't a fatal
> flaw.  Try BARS STOP LEAK if you have not done so
> already - the liquid in the jug beats pellets in my
> book.
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> There are plenty of 413 cores laying around - I
> couldn't give them away when I was selling through a
> yard of 413's and 440's...    
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> Your machine shop will be able to tell what's up if
> they get to inspect the engine.
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> Only weak point on 413 rebuilds that I know of is
> pistons, and they're just not as common but are still
> around.
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> My position:  Keep your car stock.  If you do move to
> a 440, do you really want that old 413 hanging around
> your property through 3 moves and 2 states over the
> next 20 years?
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> At the end of the day, it really doesn't matter that
> much which one you decide to do, but please don't give
> up on your 413 just yet.  There may be hope.
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