[Alberg30] Re: Atomic 4 head

[Daniel Sternglass]

DickInVA wrote:
> 
> My Atomic 4 went belly up.  Crack in the head.  Does anyone know where
> I can get another Atomic 4, a good place to buy a diesel, or a head for
> mine?

Dick,

I got a "remanufactured" head for my A-4 about a year ago. I beleive the
source was in New Jersey. I'm sure that I was referred to this source by
Don Moyer, or, more likely, Featherman, his parts supplier. You can get
those phone numbers from www.moyermarine.com. The head I got was bead
blasted internally and externally surface ground or milled for flatness.
The cooling channels were somewhat eaten away, but it works great, and
was about $150, vs. something like $600 for a new one. It has been
trouble free. If you don't have any luck locating the source, private
e-mail me and I'll try to dig it up.

By the way, you may want to order some studs and a bunch of the head
nuts from Featherman, and get a stud puller from an auto parts or tool
store if you don't have one. I think I replaced 3 or 4 studs where the
threads got mangled getting the nuts off, and I replaced maybe half the
nuts. You'll need to order the head gasket anyway... Of course, you'll
want to use anti-sieze, and a torque wrench.

Moyer sells a "special" stud puller that he makes, but an automotive
type that fit a large socket driver worked fine for me. Also, you need
to put the right sort (blue, I think) of locktite on those studs or you
will have water leaks. Don Moyer was very helpful in explaining this,
torque values, and other details to me.

--Dan Sternglass
dans at stmktg.com
Watcher of the Skies, #201, 1966, Cayuga Lake, Ithaca, NY
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