There's a post over on the HAMB, from Brisbane AU, to put this in perspective for the rest of us. I've never been privileged to visit down under, but this is frightening.





miker
55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
Tucson, AZ

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I’ll keep you posted when I pull them apart, but might be quite some time. The state of NSW is on fire, Victoria is also on fire. I haven’t seen anything like this before, there are just so many fires burning at the same time. Separate fires are linking up and creating “mega fires”. It’s been burning for a month now and there is no sign of rain.


Thanks, Dennis.

56 F100 - 272 Y Block
NSW, Australia.

yes the gum trees can explode in the fire and you do not want to be there . i live in the nearby hills near melbourne. cheers. black saturday was bad enough for me.

My gramps said he used to buy lots of burned engines from the salvage yards cheap, cause they were afraid of them, he said on most if the lower radiator hose wasn't burned off, replace valve seals, remove pan, and flush from top down.  He said the thing to watch for was the crank snout getting hot enough that heat traveled into the front main and melted it. If the carbs had melted the intake and heads had to be pulled to clean out the melted stuff.

I have a question about Australia?  My wife and I visited Australia back in the 90s and spent some time in Melbourne.  Melbourne was beautiful, especially the zoo. We took a train ride into the Dandenong forest.  On the train ride they told us the eucalyptus trees secrete a chemical that catches fire.  Are the fires you are currently experiencing a regular occurrence?    

hi dennis i live in victoria and was here for black saturday and a lot of things got nuked.some engines i saw in sheds had pistons melted in the blocks and others somehow survived.dont know how.good luck .hope it goes well for you cheers.

Rollbar and fiberglass body, Ford heads, looks like Jody's Cobra.  Sad to see.  If the trucks in Australia did not cook the oil in the engines, then they should be salvageable for the most part.  Distributors, wires, carbs, coils, etc., can be replaced.  Joe-JDC

JDC

Yeah right... can’t even tell what that was. Looks like some serious heat!


Thanks, Dennis.

56 F100 - 272 Y Block
NSW, Australia.

Dennis.  At least your trucks don’t look like this so there is a good chance your engines are salvageable.
 

 

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

they will be good for rebuilding.ive seen a merc with a 460 that was burned to a crisp.i knew the engine was good and i changed the intake timing cover rocker covers etc nothing else and the engine was still good.