Thursday, November 22, 2012

Partially baffled?

My '47 Chief engine is totally disassembled now. Before I start to reassemble the bottom end, I might
need to do some case repair...

The baffles under the front cylinder flange are about 1/4 missing on the left case half, and about 2/3 missing on the right case half:

The baffles in the rear cylinder are umdamaged, except that they appear to have minor manufacturing defects (rough edged holes) on either side:


The engine was previously rebuilt, and has run without the baffles. In other words, no sign of the broken off pieces.

Anybody know how important is it to restore these baffles? Now would be the time, and I can try to find somebody local who can do it, but it it makes no difference, I would just as soon let it slide...