Hone it, re ring it check all the rod bearing clearances, and re assemble it. I had a 1957 Dodge 100, pickup, several years ago, the engine was stuck, rear 2 cylinders had got wet, and rusted the pistons to the cylinders. Long story short, did basically same as what you are doing, and after I put 2 new pistons and all new rings and rod bearings, it ran beautifully. Good Luck.
I helped a buddy budget build a stuck slant six in a '68 Fargo. We had to drive the pistons out, it was bad. We cleaned it up, new rings and con rod bearings and he daily drove it for years, never had a problem.
Exactly. It goes to show that it does not take much but ambition and minor skill’s to keep an engine going for a long long time. If I could find a valve grinder for these seats would be amazing.
Enjoying this series. I just picked up a 53 Dodge B-4-B this fall and although it runs, it's a smoker and has fairly low compression. This makes me a bit more confident I could do rings myself if they don't come around. Winter set in before I could get it out and drive it a bit more and get a few heat cycles in.
Hey thank you for watching, yes If you are up and running I bet some hard runs and good load on the engine will clear it up. However yes it is very simple to do rings that is for sure. Even if you do a crappy job on honing etc. these engines had such large tolerances and low compression to begin with that they are really hard to mess up. Very simple to work on.
Thank you for the comment. I agree and I’m currently in the process of finding rings. The engine had been swapped at one point so I need to find the year etc of what the engine came out of.
I've owned a couple of cars with this engine, very easy to work on. easy to do rings and bearings valves will free up nice truck glad you're saving it enjoy your videos 📸
new subscriber here. great content. I have that same Dale Earnhardt post in the same position in my garage. :) keep up the good work keeping them alive.
Great project! I've never seen a Fargo truck in Europe before. One thing, should you not anneal the copper headgasket before reinstall? Keep up the good work!
I'm enjoying watching this old truck come back to life (and watching the cats). As long as the cylinder walls look good I'd honed it and put in new rings. I believe that's a 217 Dodge/ Plymouth engine, correct? If so rings should be readily available.
Thank you, glad you are enjoying the videos and the cats😃 yes this is just so newer and it has a 230 in it from what I can tell. However some uncertainties of a 25” long block and certain stuff is not lining up. However for rings the 217/218 and 230 had the same bore.
I'm almost ready to put my head gasket on my '53 Dodge Regent four door, which has the 230-6, and was built in Windsor, Ontario ... Its the Canadian 25.5" block... Looks like your Fargo is the same ... I've used brass brushes to remove the carbon... And prepped everything to the point of being ready for reassembly... So, we're kind of doing the same things... Best regards...
Hone it, re ring it check all the rod bearing clearances, and re assemble it. I had a 1957 Dodge 100, pickup, several years ago, the engine was stuck, rear 2 cylinders had got wet, and rusted the pistons to the cylinders. Long story short, did basically same as what you are doing, and after I put 2 new pistons and all new rings and rod bearings, it ran beautifully. Good Luck.
Nice job sir Nice show sir 👏👏👏👍👍👍😃
Hone and re-ring! Great looking Fargo!
I helped a buddy budget build a stuck slant six in a '68 Fargo. We had to drive the pistons out, it was bad. We cleaned it up, new rings and con rod bearings and he daily drove it for years, never had a problem.
Exactly. It goes to show that it does not take much but ambition and minor skill’s to keep an engine going for a long long time. If I could find a valve grinder for these seats would be amazing.
Enjoying this series. I just picked up a 53 Dodge B-4-B this fall and although it runs, it's a smoker and has fairly low compression. This makes me a bit more confident I could do rings myself if they don't come around. Winter set in before I could get it out and drive it a bit more and get a few heat cycles in.
Hey thank you for watching, yes If you are up and running I bet some hard runs and good load on the engine will clear it up. However yes it is very simple to do rings that is for sure. Even if you do a crappy job on honing etc. these engines had such large tolerances and low compression to begin with that they are really hard to mess up. Very simple to work on.
I love this video! Makes me want to get my '52 Ford F1 out, and get it running again. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you, yes get that F1 out and up and going. Those are great truck’s too.
Do a budget freshen up, I think the rings would get it running, pretty easy engine to work on, thank you for your videos, happy I found it.
Thank you for the comment. I agree and I’m currently in the process of finding rings. The engine had been swapped at one point so I need to find the year etc of what the engine came out of.
I've owned a couple of cars with this engine, very easy to work on. easy to do rings and bearings valves will free up nice truck glad you're saving it enjoy your videos 📸
Thank you so much. Glad you are enjoying and thank’s for watching.
Thanks for the progress, love the kitties.😁
You have it looking really good Josh, I think you should put some rings in and a light hone of the cylinders.
love this new project!
Thanks so much. It is a project that is for sure.
Thanks!
The cats seem to think new rings and away we go.
Haha they know what’s up👍🏻👍🏻
new subscriber here. great content. I have that same Dale Earnhardt post in the same position in my garage. :) keep up the good work keeping them alive.
Hey thank you very much! Glad you liked it. That Dale poster is legendary. Love it.
Love the shop lions!
Great project! I've never seen a Fargo truck in Europe before. One thing, should you not anneal the copper headgasket before reinstall? Keep up the good work!
Another great video. Only criticism is the ratio of cats/truck is a little off. More cat content will enhance the truck in so many ways.
Haha thank you very much! I did notice a little less cat’s in this one. I’ll be sure they are filmed more in the next😀
I'm enjoying watching this old truck come back to life (and watching the cats). As long as the cylinder walls look good I'd honed it and put in new rings. I believe that's a 217 Dodge/ Plymouth engine, correct? If so rings should be readily available.
Thank you, glad you are enjoying the videos and the cats😃 yes this is just so newer and it has a 230 in it from what I can tell. However some uncertainties of a 25” long block and certain stuff is not lining up. However for rings the 217/218 and 230 had the same bore.
I'm almost ready to put my head gasket on my '53 Dodge Regent four door, which has the 230-6, and was built in Windsor, Ontario ... Its the Canadian 25.5" block... Looks like your Fargo is the same ... I've used brass brushes to remove the carbon... And prepped everything to the point of being ready for reassembly... So, we're kind of doing the same things... Best regards...
I agree with the others here. New rings , hone the cylinders a bit. Grind the valves a bit and copper cote the gasket you should be good.
Thanks Jim. We will see what we can do!!
Acetone and Marvel's Mystery oil!
Get new rings, are the pistons stamped oversized? Hone the cylinders and I'm sure it's good to go.
The time to fix it is now
I'd take the hone to those cylinders, slap in a new set of rings, make sure your fuel pump is in good shape and send it.
Thank you sir!!! It seems a lot of us our on the same page. We’ll find out when ring’s come inZ
Re-ring and a Hone.
Thank you, look’s like that is what we will do.
Just a set of rings = no need to overthink it. Don't do paralysis by analysis.
Hone the cyls, rep rings, if bngs ok take a chance. Columbus did. ( Christopher Columbus)
🛻🐈⬛🐈 Hopefully it runs soon 👍
Thank you. Really hoping so myself!!