Bill,
Once you're in that deep, you will not be able to resist removing the
liners. At that point you have great access to the inside of the block. You
can get it as clean as you want in a couple of hours of scraping with
various tools. The alternative you are proposing involves shipping a
considerable weight (feels like 80 pounds or so), the cost of getting the
job done, and the time taken. You could have the motor rebuilt in that
timeframe if you put in some elbow grease.
I think it would be a disappointment because as soon as it was built if you
stood back to look at it you wouldn't see any difference whether you had
chemically de-rusted the insides, or scraped them by hand.
My opinion, anyway.
Jim
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....How important is it to derust the water passages around the wet liners?
.... What do other listers do about this area when they
tear down a wet liner engine?
Bill Brewer
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