3.6 V8 Cylinder/Piston/Head Condition - Opinions Needed!!!

[mrichartz]

I was actually kicking around calling Monty to get some prices for the bore and port work. Scares the crap out of me to have someone do it that may not be 100% familiar with these engines. I will certainly do my homework and make some calls locally but this kind of thing is pretty much nonexistent up here. Just pontoons and trolling motors. We’ll see what turns up. I’m pulling the rest of the intake side of the motor off tonight. Hopefully separate the halves early next week. Gotta work midnights all weekend...:-(

PS - I don’t mind the chit chat a bit! No worries!

Spending the extra time and money sending it out to someone who knows 2 strokes is worth a whole lot more than it costs worth every penny.. especially Monty
Post #45 is a perfect example

[FMP]

https://www.screamandfly.com/showthr...elp&highlight=

[Dargo]

Beginning to think that sending the block out to Monty just needs to be the plan. What does he need for his end of things? Bare block and a set of pistons? Great tips that I would have never had any idea about! Man you guys know an awful lot about this stuff!!!

[mrichartz]

Call him and talk to him about what you want to do.
Can go on his site first too to get an idea and you will probably end up with more questions after looking at his site to ask too.
There's a whole range depending on what you decide to do.

[Dargo]

Will do! I'll call down there next week after I get work wrapped up for the weekend.

[Dargo]

Well, I’d hoped to have more of an update on my progress by now but I can’t for the life of me get this powerhead to break free from the midsection. I got all 15 nuts/bolts off. I had to cut the head off of two of the long bolts that go through the exhaust housing. They were rusty and stripped as soon as I put a wrench on them. Any advice to loosen the death grip this thing has? I’m hearing propane isn’t hot enough to heat things up. That explains why that didn’t work.

[Brokemercury]

Check out piston coatings, I'm doing a rebuild and this piston coating brings old pistons back to life, up to a 5 inch hope going .006 is 38 bucks, they can go up to .015, I've found no bad reviews on it, sounds awesome to me

[Dave S]

Before ya cut the heads off..... try shocking the bolts sideways.... to see where they are stuck. I use a 0 to 1/4 inch wedge...... it will pull the threads out. Of the block....... a nudda trick is drill sideways to cut the bolt....thru the adator plate.....Ruff stuff working on salt motors.........