Car Engine

**c4f5** · 10-15-2011, 08:45 AM

Never thought of the socket thing

**eesakiwi** · 10-15-2011, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by c4f5

Never thought of the socket thing

Yah have to hold the valve in place when you bash the keeper out.

I'd rather find a valve compressor as when the keeper & spring pop out they are quite violent, it would blind you if you got one in the eye. Serous damage even when wearing safety glasses.

At our local scrappers, they put a chain around the engine & the bucket of a digger, then lift the car up into the air & shake it till the car falls off it. Fun to watch.

**ozzy214** · 10-23-2011, 01:20 PM

Yes it is worth it, if you have the time and tools. Especially a air gun. I just had a 97 Nissan 3.0 dohc engine. I just changed it for a buddy. It was aluminum block, heads, etc. I had every tool needed, except for the aluminum cage over the mains. Used a maul to break that apart.

Anyway I kept the heads and currently trying to sell them. Rest I scrapped. It took me roughly 2 hours to break it down to nothing. Now it helps my yard doesn't seem to care about a teeny tiny bit of metal on the aluminum,. Plus the block still had metal cylinder walls. No way they coming out unless you break it apart.

Anyway they paid clean aluminum cast price for everything. It gave me roughly 70 usd for 2 hours work. Plus I still had the steel bits, that I didnt count for. So I would guess around a 100 for scrap and another 200 if I sell the heads.

Now this isnt the norm, as this was a extremely heavy block. Most aluminum blocks dont weigh a 100 lbs by themselves..lol