mattreeve

Could I use these Parts in a streetport Rebuild? Other than the obvious are these housing and other ok?

I see a little rust on one housing and one broken side seal?

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

mattreeve

the rust I was speaking of

rbf41182gt

that's not rust- the coating on the housing is flaking off. You can use it, but if you don't have to, I wouldn't. I was faced with a similar dillema when i rebuilt my engine, except my flaking was much worse so I replaced it. Yours doesn't appear to be too bad so you could use it if you wanted to.

RX3SP

iTrader: (62)

I would replace that rotor housing with the chrome flaking. Once it's flaking that much, it continues to get worse quickly.

mattreeve

Can they be repaired?

rbf41182gt

kind of


but it's not worth it

so...
no

Dan_s_young

iTrader: (1)

Just remember quality of the rebuild directly effects the length of the rebuilds life.

When in doubt replace the part. It's more expensive but it's cheaper than having to tear it all appart and redo it in the near future because of cutting corners this time around.

trochoid

iTrader: (6)

Housing is toast.

mattreeve

What Can be done to temorarily and cheaply to fix it any suggestions?

Druken

Damnit. So far the rear housing from the block im tearing down is flaking too.. hopefully the front housing is okay... arg

rbf41182gt

nothing

defakto

Looks like there might be some chatter marks too on that housing. Might as well replace it like everyone else mentioned abve.

j9fd3s

iTrader: (3)

that housing will run, but it will always be lower on compression than a new housing, it also will not last as long as a new housing.

mattreeve

So what are the chance that the other engine I have thats running is in the same condition?

I further cleaned them And this is what I suggest doing, Use a wire brush to take off a oxidization, and fill with devcon steel; putty . Then smooth it out with fine sandpaper.

rbf41182gt

it's not going to work, it'll just flake off 10000X faster than the original coating.

I'm sorry i'm being so pessimistic, but it's the truth.

blwfly

iTrader: (4)

the putty willl problaly come off and may reck the rotors

trochoid

iTrader: (6)

I'll give you 50/50 odds that it doesn't make it through the 1st complete heat cycle and restart without having some damage.

mattreeve

So whats My "BEST" Plan of action? For a higher performance re-build.

Leave it alone hope nothing else happens?

Maybe some heavy grease will carbonize itself into the flaked areas?

Go to a shop that can re-surface that small section? If so what do I ask for?

Cheers

Matt

rbf41182gt

your BEST plan of action is to get a new one!!!!!!!!!!!

or a used one with NO FLAKING!!!!!!!!!

mattreeve

Money doese'nt grow on trees!!!!

Latin270

If your on a budget go ahead and use it.

nick812

If your on a budget you could use it but I wouldnt use stuck seals go with carbon or maybe RA or atkins. Use a softer seal.

RX3SP

iTrader: (62)

You are better off using that housing as is rather than trying to "repair" it using Devcon.

rbf41182gt

you can find a good used one for like $200.


and you can use it, just don't expect it to last for a long time.

REVHED

What's the point of spending good money on a gasket set as well as hard seals if they're out of spec if you're gonna use a crap housing?