Moemg
Gone but not forgotten
We have gotten into a Sunday routine . In the afternoon we go to a local park and walk the trail . We then stop for a late lunch .Today was barbecue the beef brisket was great.
Today was yard work day, mowed the grass and changed the oil on the lawn mower. It's new and supposedly you never have to change the oil. I don't buy that for a minute.
I made a sign to put out at my community garden plot.
I've spent the last two afternoons taking the head off of the chevy small block 350 in my old truck.
I had zero compression on one cylinder.
I found a damaged exhaust valve. Everything else looks to be in good shape.
I will be repairing the valve, and hopefully get this engine running good again.
JP
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I have lost about a dozen tomato plants this year also. They grow fine for a few weeks or more, then start wilting, then tip over. The stem just above soil level is very thin, and is being attacked by something..........a fungus, I'm pretty sure. Damping-off fungus is only supposed to kill very young seedlings, but whatever fungus is killing my tomato plants is able to weaken and kill much larger plants.
I don't know what I can do about this. The research I have done on soil-borne fungi basically says there is not a whole lot you can do about it, other than plant your tomatoes in a different area next year. The problem is, this is happening at various locations throughout my whole garden, so it's not restricted to just one small area. Frustrating!
.....no change in the eye....back in the Fall.
Yikes! I haven't seen a valve lose a chunk like that in 40 years of tearing down engines! Did you find the chunk?
Opened a youtube account and posted my first-ever video, done in Adobe Premiere Elements, of a FPV (First Person View) flight of a UMX Radian, small sailplane, with a TV camera/transmitter on it and recorded with a DVR in a monitor screen.
Opened a youtube account and posted my first-ever video, done in Adobe Premiere Elements, of a FPV (First Person View) flight of a UMX Radian, small sailplane, with a TV camera/transmitter on it and recorded with a DVR in a monitor screen. All-up flying weight is 54 grams, or 1 7/8 ounces. Pilots will notice a "wiggle" from the tail, I suspect either from turbulence caused by the TV camera or the stabilization system "hunting" or a combination of both. It's so minor that I never saw it from the ground but it is definitely there.
The score is a freebee that comes with Premiere Elements and is there because there's no microphone on the camera and I just liked it.
And yes on landing it was "too high and too fast" so I had to go around for a second try.
The photo under the link is of the sailplane and transmitter/monitor on the workbench. Needless to say I don't expect to make a penny from youtube. Oh, and my real name is not Irving J. Smaklebits.
Aja8888,
No, I didn't. My friend, and more experienced mechanic asked me if I dropped hardware into the engine, but I don't believe I did.
I replaced the carb about a year ago, unless something fell out of the carb while driving. (A carb jet?)
The cylinder wall looks smooth and clean.
I'm going for it, and having both heads rebuilt.
Will be thrilled if my old truck is running soon.
Take care, JP
You got lucky. I'll bet the valve piece went out the exhaust and right out the back end, or it's in the cat/muffler. Along time ago I had a air-cooled 4 cylinder VW that swallowed a valve (head broke off) @ 50 MPH and the piston and head was destroyed (beat into submission) plus shrapnel went through the intake to the other three cylinders. Totaled the engine.
Good luck with the truck!
aja8888
I drove and maintained old VWs on a daily basis for about 20 years.
I self learned how to work on cars using the "How to keep your VW alive for the complete idiot" book.
I finally got tired of no heat, and started driving Hondas.
Fantastic book. Entertaining, easy to follow and allowed me to keep my 1970 VW in good shape for may years.
I finally needed more room and luggage capacity and ended up with a Toyota Corona. Then a Honda Accord with the CVCC engine. I believe it was the last car sold in the USA that did not need unleaded fuel to meet the new air pollution rules. During the two oil embargoes, I remember easily pulling up to the Regular leaded gas pumps while others waited in long lines for the unleaded fuel their cars required.