Thread: early 80's 350

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Originally Posted by 34_40

Is this boat running in salt water? The finish on the head and block surfaces leads me wonder what the condition might be for the rest of the cast pieces. While it was out being bored, was any internal inspections completed?

did say the engine came out of is truck? ..... BUT ....... if the ex boat logs have ever been in salt water there a good place to start looking. they rot out . has for the deck on block and heads every job i do at my shop gets a cut its a big deal them chevy sbc have a very bad deck finsh from Gm many guys seem to think they can fix it with a 3m wheels on a die grinder they do nothing but make the head gasket work harder to seal it up. you realy have it down this far if evey thing get a pass and checks out i would deck the block and cut the heads . BRM hone rering check bearings .just for the hell of it check rods that they are not bent

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

did say the engine came out of is truck? ..... BUT ....... if the ex boat logs have ever been in salt water there a good place to start looking. they rot out .

have it down this far if evey thing get a checks out i would deck the block and cut the heads . hone rering check bearings

Those are the first things I'd look at since I live on the Atlantic ocean it's what I'm most familiar with. And I agree with you regarding the other procedures while the block is at the machine shop. If his block was milled at that time it's living a hard life now!

Originally Posted by 34_40

Those are the first things I'd look at since I live on the Atlantic ocean it's what I'm most familiar with. And I agree with you regarding the other procedures while the block is at the machine shop. If his block was milled at that time it's living a hard life now!

when i worked at the boat yard it was not very hard to know when a boat was in salt water boat. just the smell in the bilge . salt is very hard on them on boats we had to cut the out drive gimble housing off to get the out drive off rotted and locked every thing up on it .... salt is nasty stuff. lucky for me i did not work on many salt water boat . fresh water is so much better

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

when i worked at the boat yard it was not very hard to know when a boat was in salt water boat. just the smell in the bilge . salt is very hard on them on boats we had to cut the out drive gimble housing off to get the out drive off rotted and locked every thing up on it .... salt is nasty stuff. lucking for me i did not work on many salt water boat . fresh water is so much better

Cutting the drive out of the transom? I've done dozens of them. Fresh water might be better for the drive gear.. BUT, salt water is so much better for the fishing!