Thread: Wet Sleeve Small Block?

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Yes- a normal press fit sleeve can be replaced-all the old stuff had them that way----------at .060 over on 283 you could just go to basicly 4.000 and put in dry wall sleeve with counter bore flange at the top-It will take someone with accurrate equipment and knowhow to do it but with some close tollerance work and maybe dry ice to cool/shrink the sleeves and maybe warming the block it will be nice job for someone to do to restore an old engine that belongs in its original vehicle

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Yes- a normal press fit sleeve can be replaced-all the old stuff had them that way----------at .060 over on 283 you could just go to basicly 4.000 and put in dry wall sleeve with counter bore flange at the top-It will take someone with accurrate equipment and knowhow to do it but with some close tollerance work and maybe dry ice to cool/shrink the sleeves and maybe warming the block it will be nice job for someone to do to restore an old engine that belongs in its original vehicle

Seems like we'll be able to keep this Nomad running for a while then...

Does the use of a repair sleeve mean that the sleeve can be changed and that an engine block is never really used up?