People who have never gone to war with broken bolts will never understand the satisfaction of victory. Knowledge is knowing how to remove broken bolts and wisdom is knowing which method to use in the different situations.
I remember breaking a headbolt roughly 6mm below deck on a backyard diy rebuild when I was young. Took the better part of 2 days for me since the only method I had was drilling and easy outs which suck imo. That feeling when not only the bolt came out, but the threads suffered no damage was like a mini high!
For sure and imagine how cool it must be for the engine owner to see the rebuild being done step by step. It must also add value if the vehicle if sold in the future. No need to tell buyers what was done to the engine, you can show them.
One of my favorite TH-camrs; Jim is a great teacher, and seems to be a truly decent man! Would have confidence in him working on any engine I brought to him!
I'm 70 years old too and I have all the same problems you observed with the block in the first 5 minutes of this vid. Similarly, I plan to just keep running as long as I can 'cause I can't find any spares either! I hope they give me a shot of something when they start using tools on me.
When you take the best of the old ways and mix in the best of the new ways...I think you end up with the best ways, period. NICE VIDEO. Love seeing old stuff like this coming back to life!
I’m getting more addicted to your videos everyday. I’ve been building hot rod 2 stroke engines but I’m just learning about machine work. I just picked up an old Pennsylvania Railroad lathe that I need to learn how to learn how to fix some of the sloppiness of it. It’s not horrible but just enough to make it a pain if you know what I mean.
I’ve had a few of these F-heads, hot rodded one 25 years ago that I still drive. 72hp up to maybe 100 is a huge difference! Really glad the owner elected to save this block. I run 100% glycol specifically for rust prevention and it works awesome. He should be fine with 100% and some good block sealer. I did make a torque plate years ago, and it helps a lot to run hot water in the block when you bore & hone it. I circulated hot water from a small electric hot water tank. WAY over the top, but I was doing all my own work and not paying a shop rate. Really nice work as always!! That owner chose wisely to take it to you!!
Have you guys ever used left hand drill bits on broken bolts? Being from the rust belt (Michigan) I always keep a set on hand. Lots of times, just as it's about to break through, it catches the end of the bolt and backs them right out. I have about a 70% success rate. I even use the cheapies from Harbor Freight....they work well.
I was going to suggest this myself, left handed drills are great, once you thin out the bolt it tends to collapse from the thread and pull the bolt right out.
I'll third this, coming from a mechanic job that uses lots of bolts under high stress high corrosive, where bolts sheer of a set of Carbide left hand twist is expensive but makes removing broken bolts WAY easier. Like first guy said 70%-80% of the time before you get to max size broken remnant will screw itself out before you get to tap stage of process.
This mans work is so professional I am totally amazed by how much I am able to learn from watching him work, I sincerely thank you for making these videos.
Love following you two! My father is a retired Machinist and I've been wrenching and fabricating since the 80s. Kids need to know how important Math is! Lol
You are so right how the old ways worked. And they worked well. We did things by feel. How they looked. And some simple Mathematical formulas. parallel and perpendicular. And don't forget how clean everything was before we assembled it.
I could watch the S*^* all day. The Cleaning Guys attention to detail is amazing...balanced out by losing his tools. The best casual conversation while locking in for the hone
Really enjoying this series, thank you! I’m doing a home shop freshen-up on a 1958 Willys F 134 that has a .010 overbore. I’ll likely install new rings, valve guides and possibly new valves and rebuild the oil pump. Sure can’t achieve your level of sophistication and accuracy, but it should survive well past my lifetime and give my grandkids much enjoyment on our Montana forest service roads! Thanks again for sharing! 👍🇺🇸
I have a set of Left handed Cobalt drill bits that work well for broken bolt removal, a lot of the time the bolt will spin out just as your ready to drill completely through. The drill bits have paid for themselves many times over.
Compared to the level of precision used when this engine was originally made, this is a perfect example of blueprinting - this engine will run tighter and smoother than it ever did right out of the factory! Excellent video, showing how much judgement is necessary and all of the decisions that have to be made along the way, stuff you just don't learn from reading a book on how to rebuild an engine. I took machine shop class and automotive shop in high school, and we did have an entire small room dedicated to heads/valve grinding, but didn't have the big equipment for doing the blocks. I really hope and believe that videos like this will inform and inspire a new generation of machinists that keep this critical skillset alive moving forward!
Found this channel about a week ago and I can't stop watching I use to do work like this for about 3 years and i miss it and you just scratch that itch plus You have learned me a thing or two Tha k you so much for your Videos! Love you guys!!!
I just love watching you, because there is always such a relaxed atmosphere, no matter what actually happened. (I know that videos get edited but still...) Even though I am no machinist, I have learned many things and especially I learned to stay calm and think for a minute before taking a hasty decision and making things even worse. Keep up the good work! Greetings from Germany! Alex
35:05 very common to see this kind of rust pitting on freshwater cooled marine blocks like the 125 and 140 HP GM I-4 (Mercury) engines. The bad ones you'll see even at common overbores.
At about 1 hour and 6 minutes into this video the janitorial specialist says "torque plate" at least 10 times in the span of 45 seconds. Probably the most intense 45 seconds of this video! 🤣 You gentlemen are amazing!
You guys are great, really enjoying your videos. I have a valve grinder, a stone seat grinder set, and a forklift that runs terrible. I’m going to give my first head rebuild a shot.
I truly enjoy this channel.. I was an old gear head from the 60's on ward and have always love to build cars.. But Alas my body has finally betrayed me and I had to stop about 4 years ago.. In all of the fun I have had I never got around to doing machining though I always wanted to.. But seeing how this was a kind of hobby (I was a builder and a wood worker) I never got to go that far.. This is so relaxing and enjoyable I still want to do it.. But my memory is also going by the way side also.. not that I am complaining mind you I have had a great life.. I just wanted to say thanks for the enjoyment my friends.. Carry on!
Awesome video. I believe I'm learning more watching you folks and other similar channels than I ever did in my ASE courses. My personal record for extracting a broken fastener was a 4-40 that snapped off below the surface.
While working on medical equipment at Houston Hospital outside Texas Medical Center in 1990 I was presented with IV pump with damaged drive head a Stainless shaft with a Stainless broken headed screw needed attention.There was a tiny curl of threaded screw above the shaft with the screw head snapped off .I had no materials to work stainless;I used a pair of flush cut diagonal wire cutters ;holding the thread of the screw I was able to back the damaged screw out; the flush cutters allowed me to reach the thread of metal outside the drive shaft. MY coworkers were surprised I could remove the broken screw; You have to have some Luck;hard work plus some Luck
Maybe 1 to 5% of modern technology is worth it, but you Sir, are the guru on top of the mountain!!! When I watch your videos, my blood pressure drops 1 to 5% !!!!
When experiencing fastened bolts like your two broken ones, I usually use a screw extractor. (The cone bolt with left threads) I love those old engines as I appreciate your channel. Carl
Great video as always. I did rebuild a lot of this L-134 and F-134 Jeep engines here in Spain coming from military auctions. I agree with the cleaning guy, the torque plate honing is a boomer thing, for 100 years engines have been honed without it and engines ran fine without any problem. Only thing I would have done is to change the remaining 3 exhaust valve seats and install hardened ones as the one in #1 cylinder, just to be safe for the modern unleaded gas. For the rest, always top notch service and machining job. 👍🏻👍🏻
Impressive. I love building my own engines but watching the real work done by a professional is soo awesome. I wish my engine guy would let me go see how he does it. Thank you for the videos.😀
As someone else said, lifetime of experience and willingness to learn and try new things is a great combination. Thanks for teaching all of us, and love the Boomer rant!
Glad to see the next chapter of this engine rebuild. I've been following along as I have a couple F134 Jeeps that will need attention. Fortunately a local junk yard had an old orchard sprayer with a F134, so I have a spare set of components.
I don't think that sleeve would ever leak however a block filler ( we used yrs ago for truck pulling engines) could be used probably at 3/4 inch would ease your mind.
As always, i thoroughly enjoy your work and will definitely nt let the junior know of your use of these so called modern tools, i just hope cameraman can keep the secret too,,,, thank you
On Ford tractor blocks, 4.400 bore, have had them to cavitate through to within 1/8 above shelf for sleeve. Install sleeve top side down with no bevel. Have had no problems.
As you may already know, if a bolt hole opens into the water jacket you can drill out the center of the bolt clear through into the water jacket, then burn the bolt out with the torch. With an open hole, the crumbs will blow right on through. Get the shell of the bolt red hot, then hit the oxygen lever and stay on it until all the remnants of the bolt are burned out of the bolt hole. The rust/crud in the bolt hole threads serves as insulation so the cast iron threads do not get red hot and thus are protected. All you need is a thread chaser to clean out the crumbs and you are left with an undamaged threaded hole ready for a new bolt/stud.
Update: The brand new engine blocks from Kaiser Willys are the older all flathead type. I didn't realize Willys Overland made this hybrid flathead/ohv type he is working on in this video.
We used to rebuild engines on the picnic table we did a 283 back in 1985 are decking tools were 120 sandpaper Pep Boys hone that engin is still running great today
When I was restoring my 43 GPW I bought a grouping of parts that included 2 F 134 engines. Tried giving them away and nobody wanted them haha. One of them is probably still holding a tarp down to this day
On removing broken bolts, have you considered taking a torch and heating up the bolt to red hot before welding the nut on? I believe the heat from the welding does the most of the work of getting them loose. The nut is just the connection to the broken bolt.
I had a 56 willys cj5 with the F head! It is so cool to see the tech back in the day. I wanted to have that engine gone through too but as things turned out, sold it.😢 keep up the good work guys, can't wait for the next one!
For your pitted water jacket, if it were to leak post job, you could apply Glyptal. Most only think to use it for sealing against oil leaks but it can be used to help seal/protect water jackets. It's used in saltwater applications often to increase the longevity/protection.
My dad inherited a couple Willy's from one of his uncles. Thankfully my uncle ran antifreeze, though we never tore the engines down to see what the internals looked like, they both ran great.
People who have never gone to war with broken bolts will never understand the satisfaction of victory. Knowledge is knowing how to remove broken bolts and wisdom is knowing which method to use in the different situations.
...yes, ancient wisdom, known previously only by the Greeks and Egyptians...
And they don't know that sinking feeling when they broke.
In this situation the cutting torch is easy and scary fast.
He does have the advantage of editing out all the swearing and tools being thrown across the shop.
I remember breaking a headbolt roughly 6mm below deck on a backyard diy rebuild when I was young. Took the better part of 2 days for me since the only method I had was drilling and easy outs which suck imo. That feeling when not only the bolt came out, but the threads suffered no damage was like a mini high!
The cleaning guy got some great skills!
Yeah, I'm thinking the cleaning guy just might know a thing or two (or three)
Good thing that he's willing to learn.. he's probably bored, cleaning all the time 😂
@@edjay395 But he's good! The floor is kept really clean.
Love to see these old engines getting back to being on the road again. No matter how many headaches they end up giving you. 😅
For sure and imagine how cool it must be for the engine owner to see the rebuild being done step by step. It must also add value if the vehicle if sold in the future. No need to tell buyers what was done to the engine, you can show them.
Engine builders are going to be in high demand in the coming years with new vehicles costing more than the average person can afford.
One of my favorite TH-camrs; Jim is a great teacher, and seems to be a truly decent man! Would have confidence in him working on any engine I brought to him!
Totally
Answering emails would be a plus.
Top ten in no order Hand Tool Rescue, Bello’s, Rat Rods in Africa, Mortske, Halfass, Vice Grip, Edd China, Cutting Edge-Kurtis!, GT1900 Garage, Abom79
And Jim of course
Your secrets safe with us, nothing beats a lifetime of experience and an open mind to new things
Just goes to show you, you are never too old to learn new things. Great job Jim. Glad to see the block that is 6 years older than me get a new life.
Really enjoy watching you guys.....am a retired machinist and fitter from Australia...I learn a lot from you. Brilliant...triple thumbs up.
I like the guys demanding torque plates on every single engine. Because everyone loves doing free labor.
It’s always easier when someone else is doing the work.
I'm 70 years old too and I have all the same problems you observed with the block in the first 5 minutes of this vid. Similarly, I plan to just keep running as long as I can 'cause I can't find any spares either! I hope they give me a shot of something when they start using tools on me.
This guy reminds me so much of my uncle, when he was still with us. He brings me plenty of good memories.
When you take the best of the old ways and mix in the best of the new ways...I think you end up with the best ways, period. NICE VIDEO. Love seeing old stuff like this coming back to life!
I felt that when Jim said “I’m having trouble keeping track of my tools lately”😂😂 story of my life
Powell Machine recently did a video about torque plate use, might be a good reference for those demanding torque plates.
Cleaning guy deserves a huge raise.
I’m getting more addicted to your videos everyday. I’ve been building hot rod 2 stroke engines but I’m just learning about machine work. I just picked up an old Pennsylvania Railroad lathe that I need to learn how to learn how to fix some of the sloppiness of it. It’s not horrible but just enough to make it a pain if you know what I mean.
The cleaning guy needs a raise!!!
You guys have turned broken bolt removal into an art form. Thank you for another outstanding video 👍🏻
Love the trick with the "warsher". 🙂
I’ve had a few of these F-heads, hot rodded one 25 years ago that I still drive. 72hp up to maybe 100 is a huge difference!
Really glad the owner elected to save this block. I run 100% glycol specifically for rust prevention and it works awesome. He should be fine with 100% and some good block sealer.
I did make a torque plate years ago, and it helps a lot to run hot water in the block when you bore & hone it. I circulated hot water from a small electric hot water tank. WAY over the top, but I was doing all my own work and not paying a shop rate.
Really nice work as always!! That owner chose wisely to take it to you!!
It was very nice to watch. Every second of it. Thank you.
It’s really nice to see an old engine coming back to life one piece at a time. Thank you Cleaning Guy for sharing this.
Jim the main thing I love about your videos is the variety of engines you've worked on this is fantastic I love the videos thank you .
My hats off to you and creators of machines and tooling you used
it's fun seeing you two take on these old engines and all the obstacles they put in your path. def one of my favorite youtube channels.
Have you guys ever used left hand drill bits on broken bolts? Being from the rust belt (Michigan) I always keep a set on hand. Lots of times, just as it's about to break through, it catches the end of the bolt and backs them right out. I have about a 70% success rate. I even use the cheapies from Harbor Freight....they work well.
I was going to suggest this myself, left handed drills are great, once you thin out the bolt it tends to collapse from the thread and pull the bolt right out.
I'll third this, coming from a mechanic job that uses lots of bolts under high stress high corrosive, where bolts sheer of a set of Carbide left hand twist is expensive but makes removing broken bolts WAY easier. Like first guy said 70%-80% of the time before you get to max size broken remnant will screw itself out before you get to tap stage of process.
They mostly use the welded on nut method, which works about 98% of the time.
@@machinist7230 no, crap. We're talking for when they're usual method don't work. A helpful alternative to the current method.
This mans work is so professional I am totally amazed by how much I am able to learn from watching him work, I sincerely thank you for making these videos.
One thing, I am ALWAYS entertained by JAMSI videos! Love ya work guys.
Oh man. What a disappointment...
Love following you two! My father is a retired Machinist and I've been wrenching and fabricating since the 80s. Kids need to know how important Math is! Lol
I learned that welding a washer and nut in school ag mechanics! It's too bad more mechanics in the past haven't heard of anti seize.
Thank you for saving the old stuff
Great episode. Enjoyed watching your skills and experience giving an old engine another chance to live on.
You are so right how the old ways worked. And they worked well. We did things by feel. How they looked. And some simple Mathematical formulas. parallel and perpendicular. And don't forget how clean everything was before we assembled it.
I could watch the S*^* all day. The Cleaning Guys attention to detail is amazing...balanced out by losing his tools. The best casual conversation while locking in for the hone
Also, dimpling the washer for the deep, broken stud, is a nice touch.
Wish my shop teachers had Jim's demeanor.
Really enjoying this series, thank you! I’m doing a home shop freshen-up on a 1958 Willys F 134 that has a .010 overbore. I’ll likely install new rings, valve guides and possibly new valves and rebuild the oil pump. Sure can’t achieve your level of sophistication and accuracy, but it should survive well past my lifetime and give my grandkids much enjoyment on our Montana forest service roads! Thanks again for sharing! 👍🇺🇸
Mate, your secret is safe with us! Very nice episode. It's a huge pleasure to watch you work on these.
I have a set of Left handed Cobalt drill bits that work well for broken bolt removal, a lot of the time the bolt will spin out just as your ready to drill completely through. The drill bits have paid for themselves many times over.
I learned a new trick! Fill a bolt with weld and when it shrinks it may release. Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
This was such a great video. I could watch videos of Jim working in the shop all afternoon.
Compared to the level of precision used when this engine was originally made, this is a perfect example of blueprinting - this engine will run tighter and smoother than it ever did right out of the factory! Excellent video, showing how much judgement is necessary and all of the decisions that have to be made along the way, stuff you just don't learn from reading a book on how to rebuild an engine.
I took machine shop class and automotive shop in high school, and we did have an entire small room dedicated to heads/valve grinding, but didn't have the big equipment for doing the blocks. I really hope and believe that videos like this will inform and inspire a new generation of machinists that keep this critical skillset alive moving forward!
You are such good father, sticking to trusted methods and embracing the new once
Found this channel about a week ago and I can't stop watching I use to do work like this for about 3 years and i miss it and you just scratch that itch plus You have learned me a thing or two Tha k you so much for your Videos! Love you guys!!!
as an armchair mechanic, I always enjoy your videos - Greetings from Bangladesh
Nice job Jim! Always a treat to observe and learn from you. Props to the camera guy!
Love watching you guys!
We used JB weld on holes like that, then sanded until smooth. we then installed the cylinder sleeves. it worked good
I just love watching you, because there is always such a relaxed atmosphere, no matter what actually happened. (I know that videos get edited but still...) Even though I am no machinist, I have learned many things and especially I learned to stay calm and think for a minute before taking a hasty decision and making things even worse. Keep up the good work!
Greetings from Germany!
Alex
You guys are fun to watch . As a mechanic in the auto trade for 50 yrs I love the way you think . Good job
Your broken bolt removal process methodology is superb!
Really enjoy seeing y’all keep the old school engines going. Thanks
35:05 very common to see this kind of rust pitting on freshwater cooled marine blocks like the 125 and 140 HP GM I-4 (Mercury) engines. The bad ones you'll see even at common overbores.
At about 1 hour and 6 minutes into this video the janitorial specialist says "torque plate" at least 10 times in the span of 45 seconds. Probably the most intense 45 seconds of this video! 🤣 You gentlemen are amazing!
Found your channel about a week ago. I really enjoy your content. The precision work is amazing.
You guys are great, really enjoying your videos. I have a valve grinder, a stone seat grinder set, and a forklift that runs terrible. I’m going to give my first head rebuild a shot.
Good luck! Let us know how it turns out! 😁
True craftmanship....I wish I could afford to ship my 2001 5.9 magnum to you for a refresh session.
Great video, from the days your dad would be potting about in the back, to now presenting great educational videos.
I truly enjoy this channel.. I was an old gear head from the 60's on ward and have always love to build cars.. But Alas my body has finally betrayed me and I had to stop about 4 years ago.. In all of the fun I have had I never got around to doing machining though I always wanted to.. But seeing how this was a kind of hobby (I was a builder and a wood worker) I never got to go that far.. This is so relaxing and enjoyable I still want to do it.. But my memory is also going by the way side also.. not that I am complaining mind you I have had a great life.. I just wanted to say thanks for the enjoyment my friends.. Carry on!
53:20 i did not expect that haha
Awesome video. I believe I'm learning more watching you folks and other similar channels than I ever did in my ASE courses.
My personal record for extracting a broken fastener was a 4-40 that snapped off below the surface.
While working on medical equipment at Houston Hospital outside Texas Medical Center in 1990 I was presented with IV pump with damaged drive head a Stainless shaft with a Stainless broken headed screw needed attention.There was a tiny curl of threaded screw above the shaft with the screw head snapped off .I had no materials to work stainless;I used a pair of flush cut diagonal wire cutters ;holding the thread of the screw I was able to back the damaged screw out; the flush cutters allowed me to reach the thread of metal outside the drive shaft. MY coworkers were surprised I could remove the broken screw; You have to have some Luck;hard work plus some Luck
Maybe 1 to 5% of modern technology is worth it, but you Sir, are the guru on top of the mountain!!! When I watch your videos, my blood pressure drops 1 to 5% !!!!
Machining wizardry and life teachings😊
When experiencing fastened bolts like your two broken ones, I usually use a screw extractor. (The cone bolt with left threads)
I love those old engines as I appreciate your channel.
Carl
6:01 to 6:47 video is great! You could make this a standard opening to your channel.
Great video as always. I did rebuild a lot of this L-134 and F-134 Jeep engines here in Spain coming from military auctions. I agree with the cleaning guy, the torque plate honing is a boomer thing, for 100 years engines have been honed without it and engines ran fine without any problem. Only thing I would have done is to change the remaining 3 exhaust valve seats and install hardened ones as the one in #1 cylinder, just to be safe for the modern unleaded gas. For the rest, always top notch service and machining job. 👍🏻👍🏻
Impressive. I love building my own engines but watching the real work done by a professional is soo awesome. I wish my engine guy would let me go see how he does it. Thank you for the videos.😀
As someone else said, lifetime of experience and willingness to learn and try new things is a great combination. Thanks for teaching all of us, and love the Boomer rant!
Setting the stop by using the seat! I just learned something that can be applied to many other things!!
Wishing that block another 73 years of life.
I have not seen some of these methods since 1983, Thank you. Yea I'm Old.
My go to for broken bolts are screw extractors. They are a reversed drill bit and a tapered bit that drives the screw out.
Interesting how off center one exhaust seat was ! Looking forward to the assembly ! Would like to see it running in the vehicle !
Glad to see the next chapter of this engine rebuild. I've been following along as I have a couple F134 Jeeps that will need attention. Fortunately a local junk yard had an old orchard sprayer with a F134, so I have a spare set of components.
Nice work Jim.
Nice save on the sleeve.
Should be a very nice engine and run many years.
Thanks for sharing the process. 👍
I don't think that sleeve would ever leak however a block filler ( we used yrs ago for truck pulling engines) could be used probably at 3/4 inch would ease your mind.
That's exactly what I was going to say... Put a little block filler at the bottom of that water jacket as insurance. They'll all be thin there.
As always, i thoroughly enjoy your work and will definitely nt let the junior know of your use of these so called modern tools, i just hope cameraman can keep the secret too,,,, thank you
1:09:16 WOW! NOW that's allot of coolant flow!
On Ford tractor blocks, 4.400 bore, have had them to cavitate through to within 1/8 above shelf for sleeve. Install sleeve top side down with no bevel. Have had no problems.
I like the way you streamed up the process's for faster viewing.. Well done.. I'm Big Fan
A pleasure to watch an expert. Thanks
Thanks, very informative, learning how things are done on building engines and repairing them. FROM AUSTRALIA
Great work proffesor, huges from Colombia :)
@36:00 ...JB Weld. Works every time. Fixed many bores like this with it, under the sleeve of course.
As you may already know, if a bolt hole opens into the water jacket you can drill out the center of the bolt clear through into the water jacket, then burn the bolt out with the torch. With an open hole, the crumbs will blow right on through. Get the shell of the bolt red hot, then hit the oxygen lever and stay on it until all the remnants of the bolt are burned out of the bolt hole. The rust/crud in the bolt hole threads serves as insulation so the cast iron threads do not get red hot and thus are protected. All you need is a thread chaser to clean out the crumbs and you are left with an undamaged threaded hole ready for a new bolt/stud.
If one needs to (and wants to pay for it) these blocks are being made by Kaiser Willys. A Jeep parts supplier. P.S. Brand new blocks that is.
Update: The brand new engine blocks from Kaiser Willys are the older all flathead type. I didn't realize Willys Overland made this hybrid flathead/ohv type he is working on in this video.
I love to watch you guys work. I can't wait for the day you guys do a 426 HEMI or a boss 429. That's the engines I love the most :)
when i grow up i want to be known as the cleaning guy
Thanks for sharing. My first time here.
Enjoy your videos very much.
Keep up the good work guys.
Enjoying the series of videos very much. Thanks
We used to rebuild engines on the picnic table we did a 283 back in 1985 are decking tools were 120 sandpaper Pep Boys hone that engin is still running great today
I found while I was working if I picked up something new it made me better at my job. Good to see you are doing the same.
When I was restoring my 43 GPW I bought a grouping of parts that included 2 F 134 engines.
Tried giving them away and nobody wanted them haha.
One of them is probably still holding a tarp down to this day
I find this very enjoyable to watch. Thanks for sharing.
On removing broken bolts, have you considered taking a torch and heating up the bolt to red hot before welding the nut on?
I believe the heat from the welding does the most of the work of getting them loose. The nut is just the connection to the broken bolt.
Sweet!
I had a 56 willys cj5 with the F head! It is so cool to see the tech back in the day. I wanted to have that engine gone through too but as things turned out, sold it.😢 keep up the good work guys, can't wait for the next one!
Absolutely Mesmerizing!
For your pitted water jacket, if it were to leak post job, you could apply Glyptal. Most only think to use it for sealing against oil leaks but it can be used to help seal/protect water jackets. It's used in saltwater applications often to increase the longevity/protection.
My dad inherited a couple Willy's from one of his uncles. Thankfully my uncle ran antifreeze, though we never tore the engines down to see what the internals looked like, they both ran great.