Alright I admit - 61X cylinders need girdle kits

[Phill]

ehh....not sure what happened......I did back off the one bolt a little so you could see in the pic that it was loose but it did come loose by itself. Not sure why the carb bolts came loose......you would think I would have noticed sooner than I did....but It happened all at once.

I guess this is a great time for some motor updates

 

[Snackem]

ehh....not sure what happened......I did back off the one bolt a little so you could see in the pic that it was loose but it did come loose by itself. Not sure why the carb bolts came loose......you would think I would have noticed sooner than I did....but It happened all at once.

I guess this is a great time for some motor updates

Don't you have a nice 701 in your garage right now? :sneaky: :sneaky: :sneaky:

 

[Phill]

might be a 760......

I'm thinking a Frankenstein might be in order:sneaky:

 

[Snackem]

hey I'd run it. . . :sneaky: :sneaky:

 

[Idok]

too much compression for non girdle.......

keep it <165

 

[aqua]

they way i see it....girdled head is a 300 insurance policy. has anybody that has a correctly torqued ada girdled head ever had a cylinder crack at the base....that is what i wanna know. i wouldnt be surprised if that bolt was pulled out instead of backing out....have heard of it happening before.

 

[Idok]

ran a riva griddle head for about 6 months with a broken stud and it cracked RIGHT at that location...

 

[Phill]

I took it all apart....most of the bolts holding the jugs down took very little effort to remove....I guess next time I will use locktight:banghead:


here is what I found........

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

that will buff out.

I took it all apart....most of the bolts holding the jugs down took very little effort to remove....I guess next time I will use locktight:banghead:


here is what I found........

 

[Phill]

I'm thinking JB Weld!

 

[suva]

Yep, looks like garbage to me... Send it my way (with your pistons)urr:

 

[Snackem]

you could probably get Luke to JB weld it and maybe even talk Mike into throwing some duct tape on it as well. . .

 

[aqua]

on the back of jb weld is says,

The city of Dallas, Texas repaired a cracked caepillar enigine block and saved $4000 plus 30 days down time

so if it worked for a catepillar engine why not your 61x right.

 

[aqua]

i would prolly reinforce with duct tape as well. hell....scotch tape should work too.

 

[Waste Land]

a good wetsand should have it going again