Recent content by ToddK

I don't know much about 409s. I am rebuilding LBJ's 1965 Glastron boat. The marine place that owned the boat before me removed the starter and are looking for it, but need to know what it looks like. Looking at the bellhousing it seems the bolts connect horizontally, in line with the starter...

Hi Follow links in my post above. I can't shrink pictures shot at 5 megapixels to fit the size restraint to post here.

I have the Mercruiser marine 409 coming out of LBJ's Glastron. It had some water get into the top of a few of the cylinders and I'm wondering how to approach the disassembly of the crank, pistons etc. Can everything be removed out the bottom, especially the pistons? ...so they don't have to drag...

The truck motor is like the marine 409, there is an added area of space in the top of the cylinder which increases the size of the combustion chamber and thus lowers compression and horsepower. Look in the lower right of this picture and you can see the "cut out" area that's added.

I'm near Dallas Hi Ronnie, Perhaps I can have you help me since I'm in Dallas, within 100 miles of you. I'll send you an email.

Sleeve a marine engine? Thanks for your reply. How does a sleeve work in a 409 cylinder since the top part of the cylinder isn't perpendicular to the bore? And in the case of my marine engine there is an "added" cutout area at the very top of the cylinder. I'll try to attach a picture. Thanks...

I have LBJ's 1965 Glastron boat given to him in 1965 by Glastron boats. It has freeze cracks running horizontally on the sides of the blocks about 1 inch under the heads. Might be a crack in the cylinder. Can 409 cylinders be sleeved? Can these cracks be fixed? Obviously, I want to keep the...