In my case the rust was partially caused by being used, just not in the way it should, or more precisely by what it should. Seems some mice or chipmunks (when I commented to the previous owner I could recommend a nice pellet rifle to help with his chipmunk problem, he responded that he fed...
Being that there is no "Stupid Newbie Question" topic I'll just post here in Misc. Currently rebuilding a 1985 Mercruiser 2.5L that was garage stored for years. There was a good bit of internal rust through out, including the cylinders which I had bored out +.030. Soaked everything I could in...
Pulled the Mercruiser 2.5L engine for a rebuild and decided to check the wood under the engine mount and found mush. Not sure what wood it is, as it was leaching black water back into the bilge it may have been a railroad tie? Pic below, had to handle it very gently not to have it come apart...
Hi All, almost finished a teardown on a Mercruiser 2.5L on a 1985 Peterborough, fun stuff. So far I've collected about a pound of peanuts and birdseed. Hopefully it'll go to the machine shop tomorrow for a slight boring. The crankshaft pulley is rusted beyond salvation and I was wondering. Would...