Well I've never had a flathead apart. One thing I did see is that it didn't look like it was too much trouble getting the bolts out, which is a plus in my book.
The intake and head bolts came out easier than expected. I only broke two out of like 60ish bolts so I’ll take that! Getting out the broken two will be challenging though. 🤣
The lifter valley having sludge is better than being rust in my opinion. Might make the valves and guides easier to extract. Those are some of the areas of most concern when it comes to cracks. Good luck.
Oh I wish that was my case! Spoiler alert but I’ve got half of the valves out now and it was anything butt easy! Hope the second half isn’t as painful! 🤣
Sorry I can't help with any flathead info. I've never had one and they are quite hard to find here in New Zealand, and expensive too I think. Would be great to get one for the track t roadster I'm wanting to build. I'm still following along with your build and look forward to the videos. Keep it up. Cheers, Glen.
You can get em from free to $10k here depending on how much work you want to put into them, but they’re still fairly plentiful. Thanks for watching Glen!
Well I've never had a flathead apart. One thing I did see is that it didn't look like it was too much trouble getting the bolts out, which is a plus in my book.
The intake and head bolts came out easier than expected. I only broke two out of like 60ish bolts so I’ll take that! Getting out the broken two will be challenging though. 🤣
The lifter valley having sludge is better than being rust in my opinion. Might make the valves and guides easier to extract. Those are some of the areas of most concern when it comes to cracks. Good luck.
Oh I wish that was my case! Spoiler alert but I’ve got half of the valves out now and it was anything butt easy! Hope the second half isn’t as painful! 🤣
Sorry I can't help with any flathead info. I've never had one and they are quite hard to find here in New Zealand, and expensive too I think. Would be great to get one for the track t roadster I'm wanting to build. I'm still following along with your build and look forward to the videos. Keep it up. Cheers, Glen.
You can get em from free to $10k here depending on how much work you want to put into them, but they’re still fairly plentiful. Thanks for watching Glen!
Also check the oil pan rails of the block for cracks. The block surface that the pan bolts to, is what I mean. Doesn't look too bad, so far, to me....
Will do when I get to that point. Still trying to get the valves out now! Thanks for the advice!