Disassembling The Engine Part 4

My engine disassembly is finally finished. I removed everything from the block while it was still in the car. Including pistons. They came out quite easily by wiggling them a bit. The steps in the cylinder walls were so small that the piston rings came over them without problems. Finally I bolted some chains to the block and my friend came over and we lifted it out.

I'll take the block and heads to a machine shop next week. We also removed two valves to see how they looked. They wiggled slightly in the guide but I'm not experienced enough to say if that was too much. I'll have to ask what the machinist thinks. While waiting to get my parts back, I think I'll have enough to do with the engine bay. I'll clean and paint it before putting the engine back in.

Rebuilding my Autolite 4100 carb also took a couple of nights. I cleaned it as much as possible and used a Hygrade kit to replace seals, needles, seats and accelerator pump parts. The carburetor was completely covered with black dirt so I used a lot of cleaner and tooth brushes on it. I did get most of the crud off and, while not like new, it is much better now.