The A series blocks are heavy as hell, the heads are surprisingly heavy too. I helped move a Buick V8 block a few weeks ago, and that thing weighed less than the A series head! One guy could easily carry that aluminum block. This, you're threatening injury. I have a dozen or so of these blocks, heads and whatnot, and another 8 or so complete engines (not rebuilt or anything, just old engines), and they're hard to move around, what a pain. I need to do this on a few of those engines, sort them out, do the bearings, rings, anything else that we can find, maybe new valves, seats and springs, etc. Can't imagine this will be easy, but it should be fairly cheap.
Hey Mundanestuff, they are amazingly cheap to maintain aren't they. Amazingly heavy as well! I love the comparison to the V8 block which is lighter than the A series 😲
Thanks for the idea! We will check the oil pump out. Definitely will sort the valves while it's apart. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment 👍🏻
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Shame it wasn't some Miley!
A big old job, but will be worthwhile in the end. good luck, Bob
Thank you bob
The A series blocks are heavy as hell, the heads are surprisingly heavy too. I helped move a Buick V8 block a few weeks ago, and that thing weighed less than the A series head! One guy could easily carry that aluminum block. This, you're threatening injury. I have a dozen or so of these blocks, heads and whatnot, and another 8 or so complete engines (not rebuilt or anything, just old engines), and they're hard to move around, what a pain. I need to do this on a few of those engines, sort them out, do the bearings, rings, anything else that we can find, maybe new valves, seats and springs, etc. Can't imagine this will be easy, but it should be fairly cheap.
Hey Mundanestuff, they are amazingly cheap to maintain aren't they. Amazingly heavy as well! I love the comparison to the V8 block which is lighter than the A series 😲
Did you check the oil pump? May be worn if the crankshaft is. Worth regrinding the valves and changing valve seals whilst you have it apart.
Thanks for the idea! We will check the oil pump out. Definitely will sort the valves while it's apart. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment 👍🏻