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Post by JBJ on Nov 15, 2011 18:27:12 GMT 10
Hi Geoff, Amazing that all that was inside the motor. Your car is probably 25mm higher after it came out. You sure someone didnt use your engine/radiator to cook wallaby stew in? ? JBJ
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2011 18:38:24 GMT 10
Hi Geoff G.ets E.very O.ld F.aulty ( could have used a few other adjectives here ) F.ord Mate.... i hope your problems will be over now that you have given things the once.. twice over. Me being the ever pesimist has gotta ask the question.... The clean out has probably freed up the block., and thats a good thing for circulation etc.... Ïf all that scrap metal has come out of the block...... ... How much metal is left in there between the water jackets and .. the bore ..etc.... Sorry for the doom and gloom mate.. I am sure things will be sweet when she is back together. Reddo
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Post by Geoff & Jude on Nov 15, 2011 19:28:19 GMT 10
Ïf all that scrap metal has come out of the block...... ... How much metal is left in there between the water jackets and .. the bore ..etc.... hi reddo the thought also crossed my mind - time will tell, but then again i don't suppose it's any different to over boring by 1/8" or so. geoff 'n jude
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Post by richard on Nov 15, 2011 20:33:58 GMT 10
Holy crap that's a lot of crud. With the work you've done the 239 flush probably will just be " dissolve the last of it" rather than having to shift mass quantities of mud like I had too. However it does put some sort of passivation coating thing over the inside of the radiator and engine, which probably helps reduce future corrosion. Also, if there was that much sludge in the block, the radiator is probably pretty gunked up as well - and no welch plugs in a radiator! So the chemical flush should help the rad. Depending on the condition and style of the radiator there is a more drastic option you could consider (I did this during my engine rebuild): Remove the top & bottom tanks from the radiator and put rods down the galleries - " rod the rad!" Only worth doing if your radiator is in good condition to begin with - if it's leaky or corroded, you'll wreck it by doing this. PS: I love your Conti. Shame it's even more impractical than my Jag, so I couldn't even think of making you an offer!
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Post by bigkel on Nov 16, 2011 10:25:46 GMT 10
Hi , i had a similar situation with a couple of motors , 389 Pontiac and 6 cyl chev, both had the same work done as your ford ----the Pontiac was flushed for about 2 days most of the time was spent with a strong bent piece of wire scraping and rotating it in all directions inside the block, combined with a strong water flow , it worked very well as i then installed a top radiator hose filter ( screw top with stainless removable filter ), which rarely catch any crap .all good , The only time the Pontiac now pings is when it gets to run on standard unleaded fuel . At 10.5 to 1 compression it needs premium ,.
Good luck,
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Post by Geoff & Jude on Nov 16, 2011 13:25:45 GMT 10
hi kel that's encouraging words - i'm hoping the better water flow will overcome the pinging problem - from your experience it sound like it will. i've had one of those tefba filters in for the past month or so and it's been picking up a fair bit of crap - would take a long time to have collected what i took out yesterday though. i thoroughly recommend them for any older car, they do exactly what they're supposed to do. (if anyone is thinking of ringing up and buying one, have some time on your hands because frank (tonitto) is pretty good with the gab and has some interesting things to say.) took the radiator out today and gave it a good flushing so that's another area that will work better. it virtually didn't have any crap in it because i had back flushed it before i put the filter in. it had a good flow capability but may improve when i put in the 239 that is on the way right now. things are getting better every day. geoff 'n jude
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Post by MRFJ55 on Nov 16, 2011 16:17:13 GMT 10
THATS ALOTA CRAP , BIG CAR BIG CRAP ! EVEN HAD A CIGARETTE LIGHTER IN THERE ! ;D ;D ;D SEE YA ROUND BARBED WIRE FENCE KOALA ! NEEP , NEEP , NEEP ! MAURIE & DORIS (AND THE KIDS)
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Post by drylander on Nov 16, 2011 23:43:06 GMT 10
PS: I love your Conti. Shame it's even more impractical than my Jag, so I couldn't even think of making you an offer! Jag impractical??? ???wash your mouth out with soap and offer up a sacrifice to the jaguar gods ........was going to say virgin sacrifice but they seem thin on the ground these days except in Sydney bordellos apparently ;D Pete
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2011 17:13:08 GMT 10
hi all the conti's back on the road again. still gotta clean up some of the burst hose mess yet. we used the liquid intelligence 239. it is supposed to dissolve any scale and mineral deposits etc. there is a difference, but i think the jury might still be out on it's success. here's a before and after of the thermostat cover. beforeand afteri'll leave it up to you to decide on it's effectiveness. geoff 'n jude
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Post by richard on Nov 20, 2011 17:50:31 GMT 10
Hmm... well, it worked for you, but it worked a bit better for me in the Jag. You got the engine hot for a few hours once you put it in? And kept it circulating occasionally?
I think I had it in my engine for about 6 hours, engine at 70-85 degrees, started it every 30 mins to warm it back up and stir the stuff up.
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Post by Geoff & Jude on Nov 20, 2011 18:15:49 GMT 10
hi richard
i followed the instructions that said 3 hours and keeping it above 70C by periodically idling the engine - probably should have left it in longer but i was running out of time - didn't start the process until after 1pm.
geoff 'n jude
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Post by Geoff & Jude on Sept 13, 2014 16:55:06 GMT 10
hi mark just as a quick update, i took the conti up for a rego check last august (2013), which it passed ok and on the way home it blew the bypass hose on the water pump and she boiled. i fixed the hose and put it in the garage and it has pretty much sat there ever since. prior to that the fuel gauge ceased to work and the speedo stopped working as well, so i decided the best thing to do was get the s#its with it and leave it in the naughty corner for a while to teach it a lesson. not the sort of petrol guzzler you want to be tripping in without a speedo or fuel gauge - pushing it to a servo could be hazardous to judy's health. i'm starting to get a bit re-enthused about it, so i reckon it won't be too long before i take the speedo/instrument cluster out and fix them up and get it back on the road. with a bit of luck, i might have it back on the road soon, but i wouldn't bet on it, i know how skilled i've become at putting things off . geoff 'n jude
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Post by strugglebrook on Sept 16, 2014 8:43:14 GMT 10
Good morning Geoff, Don`t leave it too long before you drop the water again, I generally just put plain water back in after using flushing additives and give the car a good run and flush again as all the scale you have stirred up will get caught in places and can take a little while to circulate. On some cars I get the boys to do it a few times. Australia was slow on picking up on the use of additives as our old cars mostly had cast iron heads so corrosion did not cause too many problems , it really started to be a problem when the early Datsun 1200s and Corollas started to get a bit of age on them. The gunk is also perfect for blocking heater and radiator cores. The old radiator out and upside down and the hose stuck in can be a big help. If you have already put nice clean coolant in you can collect it and pinch one of Jude`s stockings and strain it for reuse. Might just make all the difference coming up that steep bloody hill at Kendall`s on a warm sunny day.
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Post by Geoff & Jude on Sept 16, 2014 9:50:30 GMT 10
hi john
i did all that after we finished flushing out all that rubbish and also fitted a filter on the return line to the radiator.
i periodically take the top off the filter and give it a good clean but it's got to the stage that there's almost no gunk caught, so i seems like it's pretty clean now.
geoff 'n jude
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