Thread: Oh Dear, I bought another one.

im going to be doing up a 2lt engine myself soon.when do you think you will be doing yours

I'll be starting to pull the motors apart during the week so I can see which block seems better and find out what I will have to replace.
Finding time to do things is the killer, I'll just have to force myself to try and do a little each day

Originally Posted by Surly One

After a rebuild, I hope at least one of them will be good, the bloke I got them off has a heap of spare bits so I should have no worries finding the few missing bits.
They are both 55 models if interpret correctly.

will you be doing the rebuild? i have a 2lt and am wondering how to clean the 'water cavitys' any help will be much appreciated

The good old molasses bath and a pressure washer will clean a block
to new........

Yep I'll do the rebuild myself, not that I'm a mechanic, but I learn quickly, and there is a fair bit of info about on the 2 litre spread bores.
It will be buying any new bits that will be the problem.

yer i learn realtively quickliy aswell
but what is molasses?

Originally Posted by shaunh

yer i learn realtively quickliy aswell
but what is molasses?

molasses is what farmers give to their cattle to make them eat more or eat other grasses they use it in the drought alot its like a thicker syrup.i would have thought that to clean it you might put it in an acid bath

you might put it in an acid bath
Cant think why i mentioned Molasses then.......
Google.......