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Title: 51 kaiser coolant in base
Post by: ken taplin on December 08, 2009, 03:30:14 PM

Installed a new head gasket w/ liberal amounts of permatex. Still got coolant in the base. Took the head off again, turned it over and filled it with water. Found water running out the hole that the dist. shaft runs through. That passage has rusted through to the water jacket. Anyone have a usable head they would sell?

Title: Re: 51 kaiser coolant in base
Post by: joefrazer on December 08, 2009, 07:53:46 PM

Where are you located?

Title: Re: 51 kaiser coolant in base
Post by: ken taplin on December 11, 2009, 09:38:00 AM

Blue Hill Maine

Title: Re: 51 kaiser coolant in base
Post by: HJ-ETEX on December 13, 2009, 07:01:31 PM

Well, that is one situation that I will have to file away for reference! Kudos for figuring out where your leak was.
Usually leaks due to head problems are a warped head or a crack in the area between the combustion chambers.   

Title: Re: 51 kaiser coolant in base
Post by: HJ-ETEX on December 13, 2009, 07:20:00 PM

This seems like a time to re account this story. Ben Walker bought 2 Kaisers in Greenville, TX. One was out on the shores of Lake Towakoni while the other was in a shop in Downtown Greenville. We rebuilt the engine from the car out by the lake and put it in Ben's black 51 4dr. The engine from the car downtown sat around for about 1 year and then I asked if I could try it in my 56 Willys station wagon. Well, I tried to start this other engine and sprayed a bunch of ether down the carb. Eventually it fired and shot flame out the water pump! The head was warped enough that fuel mixture got in the coolant jacket and when a spark plug fired, it ignited the mixture in the cooling jacket. It was a good thing I didn't have a radiator installed! I got the head trued and put on a new head gasket, but it needed a valve job as well.

Title: Re: 51 kaiser coolant in base
Post by: ssenter on December 29, 2009, 07:45:06 PM

Here's a Kaiser head, 226 I believe.  Price is right if it is a good head..$25.
http://cleveland.craigslist.org/pts/1526002467.html
Scott
Klamath Falls, OR

Title: Re: 51 kaiser coolant in base
Post by: superk226 on December 29, 2009, 11:54:37 PM

This head is for a 161 engine that is used in a 6 cylinder Henry J.

Title: Re: 51 kaiser coolant in base
Post by: superk226 on December 30, 2009, 12:17:40 AM

After looking at the picture again, it may be off of a 4 cylinder Henry J.

Title: Re: 51 kaiser coolant in base
Post by: Fid on December 30, 2009, 01:01:52 AM

It is a 134 CID four cylinder Henry J head. The telltale is it is the only KF engine with a triangular bolt pattern for the water outlet (thermostat housing).

Title: Re: 51 kaiser coolant in base
Post by: ssenter on December 30, 2009, 11:21:48 AM

Yep, I saw the firing order on the head too late.  I didn't realize that Kaiser made other "Supersonic" engines than the 226...
Scott
Dad bought a '51 Deluxe 4-door new...