Thread: Disco II Overhaul Experience Needed

Gee, that looks like a lot of rust on the bore of #8, and it looks like the bore may be pitted in the pic of it cleaned up? Has it been sitting for a long time with water in the bores? I'll assume #7 would be similar. Can you feel pits in the bore wall with your finger nail?

I'm a td5 owner and ex-Ford mechanic so I've never pulled down one of these, but if this was my car or a customer's and I wanted to have a degree of confidence in it, I would be looking at honing the bores and fitting new rings and bearings at the very least.
Why go to that effort and risk having the thing drink more than my grandmother did?
Go well
Dave

Originally Posted by Davetd5

Gee, that looks like a lot of rust on the bore of #8, and it looks like the bore may be pitted in the pic of it cleaned up? Has it been sitting for a long time with water in the bores? I'll assume #7 would be similar. Can you feel pits in the bore wall with your finger nail?

As Dave mentions ....

Looks like 8 months of rust to me ... I think your up for some reconditioning of the motor.

Cheers
Mike

.Can you feel pits in the bore wall with your finger nail?

- Yes a Minuscule bit, but I'll be lying to myself if I tell you that it was smooth... thought I think I cleaned them fairly well_ without any metal at all.
-Do you think your suggestion could be achieved without taking the block out?




.Why go to that effort and risk having the thing drink more than my grandmother did?


-Reading This part of your Quote, made my night !!! as I was on my third glass of wine before dinner ;>)) Cheers and Thank You ...
Go well
Dave[/QUOTE]

Originally Posted by Twins Disco

.Can you feel pits in the bore wall with your finger nail?

- Yes a Minuscule bit, but I'll be lying to myself if I tell you that it was smooth... thought I think I cleaned them fairly well_ without any metal at all.
-Do you think your suggestion could be achieved without taking the block out?




.Why go to that effort and risk having the thing drink more than my grandmother did?


-Reading This part of your Quote, made my night !!! as I was on my third glass of wine before dinner ;>)) Cheers and Thank You ...
Go well
Dave

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That dark stuff inside rthe pic of the bore looks like pitting. When you say you cleaened them up, did you give them a bit of hone with a honing tool?
If not you may be lucky giving it a slight hone and put some hask marks back in the bore, the bore look too smooth