dlbCheckmate

Try Bill Mitchell (Hardcore) they are a world/merlin dealer. Good to work with.

dlbCheckmate

Oh, yea they are at www.TheEngineshop.com

NW_Jim

Thanks dlbCheckmate.

NW_Jim

Hey Iggy, I was pretty suprised too! Here is chamber #8 where the piece of valve came from.

NW_Jim

Here is piston #8. It really didn't take too much abuse.

NW_Jim

Here is piston #7. Notice ventalation at 12:00

NW_Jim

Here is piston #5. Apparently the piece spent some time here as well.

NW_Jim

Here is the offending piece of intake valve.

Budman

Man, that is one crusty looking engine! From the looks of all the pitting in the combustion chamber, he must have been getting water in that engine from somewhere. Looks like the busted valve was not the beginning of his troubles.


Good luck with it.

NW_Jim

If you notice the hole in the head, you will see where the water was coming from. He let this motor sit for a couple of weeks before calling me. This motor had about 5 gallons of salt water in it. All of that was pumped through that hole in the port head. Salt water will do amazing things to cast iron in a short amount of time.

That chamber is not that pitted, it just looks that way in the pic.