They didnt use it because it didnt have the caps with it. I'll know more soon.The guy should be gut shot for separating the caps from the block and letting it sit. It must be junk.
They didnt use it because it didnt have the caps with it. I'll know more soon.The guy should be gut shot for separating the caps from the block and letting it sit. It must be junk.
But seriously did anyone ever bury one or just let them sit outside for seasoning.
Yeah. The Petty boys did that to all of them back in the 50s and early 60s. At least that's what Richard and Maurice have written in the past.
I could see bury in a sand pile but real good old Earth?
But seriously did anyone ever bury one or just let them sit outside for seasoning.
The reasons I heard once; a long time ago; had to do with the conversion of the iron to iron oxide and bringing out the carbon and improving strength........that is the legend and lore as I once heard it
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Aha! The Patina Syndrome!I have some rusty Mopar blocks I will charge MORE because they are all rusty and **** errr I mean seasoned and stronger! J.Rob
About $4 at our local scrap yard LOL....Is it even worth $50 as scrap iron ?
Harley used to set their engine blocks outdoor in the weather for 2 years to 'season' them as standard practice; stress relieving them and allowed them to 'relax' to their final shape after casting but before machininng. I remember driving by the yard outside their factory near Milwaukee many years ago and seeing that... but they did not bury them. Maybe only cast iron gets buried LOLStill shaking my head at that one. What the hell is burying it in dirt gonna do besides rust the **** out of it. Thats some backwoods medicine man type ****.
No need to bury them. The temperature change is what "seasons" the metal. The bigger the extremes the better. Faster to do in a heat treat oven and cryro chamber. Common practice for straight edges, parallels, and other precicion machine alignment tools made from cast iron. There are all kinds of stresses built up in a casting and temp change can cause crap to move, a lot more than you would think. For 98% of applications, the tolerance stack up compensates for the variance.
Love that thought of the winery... soon they will judge blocks after their vintage... how many years it was buried it what kinda earth... some earth is better than the other you know.
And don't forget to dig up the block after a couple months and turn it. LOL