Father Christmas brought me the dvd of John Hudson rebuilding the heavy weight engines. In the dvd John used oil on components while rebuilding the engine then he primed the engine with oil. However. in Norman Whites book he uses graphogen paste on components when rebuilding engines. I was wondering what the opinion of other members is when building engines? Oil or graphogen
I suspect JH used oil…
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I liked the idea of priming…
I liked the idea of priming the engine with oil. I used to have a cable oiler similar to what JH used. I think you're right Robert, if you build the engine and its going to be used right away, then oil would be the way to go. graphogen if your not going to be using the engine for a while.
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Lucas Assembly oil
An American product, quite tenacious to metal surfaces giving high level of protection during build. Apply sparingly to running surfaces. Used at Ford engine plant on offline builds. (Line built were oiled only as they were run for six minutes after final dress). Bores were coated with graphite grease and cams were electro coated in a black fluid (forgot what it was). Initial start up protection on rubbing surfaces was paramount.
My XK engine was also built under the same process in 1982 and still runs well today. Alas not in my hands….
Jon
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JH used to travel all over…
JH used to travel all over using whatever transport he could get, sometimes just a 250 Jubilee or a Mercury carrying a bag of tools and the odd spare, no back up whatsoever. A bit unbelievable really.
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I suspect JH used oil because working in owners sheds anywhere in the country ,thats what was availiable and the engines were going to be run. Since the internet its now easy to obtain most things (apart from a good wideline mudguard!) .If a motor is going to be stored for years after building then something that stays put is a good idea.