Re: [ihc] Maybe the End to My Wartime Motor :(

["T.R.E.Jr." <T_R_E_Jr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

---It's alright, I have dried my eyes. I was embarrassing the Scout acting
the way I was. She has informed me that she was just helping along the
cleaning of her internal parts and she is nearing the time where she wants
Castrol again. I will be going with Syntech once I get her cleaned up... but
not until I replace the crankshaft seals... both this time.

---I did manage to have her in 3rd gear through most of town. That in my
estimate is about 3000RPMs @ 40mph. No highway speeds, just 55 mph (in 4th)
for 4 miles total... here highways are generally 70mph and I was in no way
certain she could be trusted out there yet. I am happy for this. I still
have to get down the road and see if rumors are true. There is said to be
two IHC SV8 motors in this guy's back yard. He is never home when I am, so I
can just keep my fingers crossed. He was a friend of y wife's family and if
that doesn't get me a good price the thought of him letting a `78 Loadstar
go for $100 sort of gets me weak at the knees thinking about cost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dennis Bernth
To: ihc@domain.elided
Cc: baradium@domain.elided ; T_R_E_Jr@domain.elided
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ihc] Maybe the End to My Wartime Motor :(


TRE;
It might give him a big head, but I have to agree with Ryan. I wouldn't get
too teary-eyed too soon on your engine. Ryan is probably right about how
much gas is mixed with the oil, but more importantly is that the oil was
Mobil 1. If you're gonna dump gas into your oil, there probably isn't any
better oil to choose than M-1. Plus, you didn't take it out on the
expressway and run it a hundred miles or so at 3000 rpm- around town poking
might not have been enough to do any damage. The leaking rear main may
'correct' itself also when you change the oil- it's going to leak if it's
overfull, especially with the oil thinned out. All in all, unless you see
copper tint to the oil when you drain it, you are probably as good as you
were before the thing happened. It might be a good time to start casually
looking for a different engine to go through and get ready to go in though,
you can never find one you can afford or that is decent when you really
'need' one (BTDT). Having one on hand ready to go is the best solution.
Dennis