I really need some help

CiderGuy · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 6:03 am Post subject: I really need some help

I purchased a Ghia and had it delivered. It wouldn't start when we tried to get it off the truck, so we pushed it off. A few days later after charging the battery, I started the motor only to hear some strange noises and back fires after a few seconds of the motor running. Turning the motor off to have a look, I saw a spark plug laying in the engine bay still connected to the spark plug wire. It had a badly rusted helicoil on it. I pulled the motor at the end of the summer and it sat in the garage until the other day.

The plan was to pull the single port head and either have it fixed ( if possible) or buy another one. I began removing the head only to find one of the pistons was still engaged with the head. Its been more then a few years since I've worked on a air cooled motor. For love or money I could not turn the pulley to move the piston. I even put a wrench on the nut and nothing. The engine seems to have no end play, the pulley didn't move in or out either. Finally I got a huge screw driver and moved the flywheel that freed up the engine and I could now turn the motor freely using my hand on the pulley. The head seemed stuck after removing the rockers and all the nuts holding the head on. One of the cylinder shelves also was stuck or rusted onto the head. I tried to pry it off gently with a screw driver and even banged it with a rubber hammer, nothing. How do I get the cylinder off, or should I just replace the head and the cylinder & pistons? If so I need some direction.

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Axitech · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 7:29 am Post subject:

Where are you in Bucks County? I'm in Warminster. It's a little bit busy right now with Christmas and most of my team on vacation, but I might be able to get free sometime today to look at it. Four eyes is always better than two. Might be not as bad as it sounds.
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CiderGuy · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 7:34 am Post subject:

MacLeod Willy · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 7:43 am Post subject: head

I think stand it up, fill the chamber with oil and acetone for a day and see what happens. The cyl is likely pitted, but hope fore the best.
Good luck

CiderGuy · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 9:33 am Post subject: Re: head

bugguy076 · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 3:02 pm Post subject:

If soaking doesn't work, heat around the cylinder on the head with a propane torch and gently tap on the cylinder with a rubber hammer.
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Howard 111 · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 3:11 pm Post subject:

No good advice for you but to wish you good luck. I am a fellow Ghia owner, and if possible, I would ask you to post a picture of your Ghia. I've had 4 Ghias, but my current one is my last. I love Ghias! Very Happy

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MacLeod Willy · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 3:35 pm Post subject: Re: head

CiderGuy · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 12:22 pm Post subject:

So here is is more then two months later, life got in the way. The engine has been stored in the dry basement of my home. The head I removed was cracked and had that hili-coil already in it, so I purchased new cylinders and pistons along with a set of new stock heads.

I'm not sure if I now have a bigger problem or not. I want to remove the pistons from the one side of the engine. The head is still on the opposite side. When I went to move the pulley so that I could remove the pistons to remove the clips holding the piston in place, the pulley refuses to turn. I hope this is something I've over looked and not a larger problem with this damn car for me. Help !
This first happened when I first tried to remove the head from the engine.

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Q-Dog · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:19 pm Post subject:

Pull the other head off and see what you have.
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CiderGuy · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:24 pm Post subject:

mark tucker · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:31 pm Post subject:

buy a NEW engine.simple and fast, and you go have fun. new as in new.not rebuilt crap.

CiderGuy · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:34 pm Post subject:

SoCalJes · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:37 pm Post subject:

It looks like that cylinder was socking in water for while. I would be wondering what the condition on the cam and crank bearings are. Did you see water in the oil?
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Q-Dog · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:49 pm Post subject:

CiderGuy · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:53 pm Post subject:

CiderGuy · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:56 pm Post subject:

SoCalJes · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 2:04 pm Post subject:

rosevillain · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 11:04 am Post subject:

If you pulled the distributor, the distributor drive gear can lift and jam, causing the crank to not turn. Try lightly tapping the drive gear back down the hole as you try to spin the crank backwards.

CiderGuy · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:20 pm Post subject:


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