Took the engine off the deck - then took the head off.

YIKES!!!!

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That should be fixable - but the barrel??!!?!?!

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Hmmmmmmm - that bore looks like its been attacked by metal eating termites!!

It kinda looks like the wall of the bore is peeling away from the cast iron - did these things have a chrome bore - maybe the chrome is peeling away from the cast iron of the barrel.

I will have a better look at it tomorrow - I'm too scared to do it at the moment - I'm thinking it can't be saved at the moment, but maybe after some cleaning and honing, maybe a rebore, it will be back in action, maybe....

More as it progresses.

I'm pretty happy with it so far - I haven't snapped a single bolt/stud - which is quite unusual for me frown and I've managed to get quite a few bolts out - and only one has beaten me so far - but its soaking in Penetrating Oil as I write this, and will have another go at it tomorrow - half the trouble is there are other items around it, so I'm not getting a good grip on it - and from experience, I suspect that is just going to lead to a stripped head.

Time will tell.

Polybus