JFranklin Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Does anyone know of a shop that can successfully rebuild a Willys Knight 4 cyl engine? Thanks for any leads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pughs Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 You might try contacting the Willys Overland Knight Registry. They can probably direct you to the right person. If you own a Willy-Knight you really should be a member. Also, there is a fellow named Paul Calman, who I believe once worked for Art Aseltine, who says he has rebuilt sleeve-valve engines. I met him at a swap meet a year or two back and cannot tell you whether he is any good or not. Try WOKR.COM first. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUDE48 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Art Aseltine has passed, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 I recall many an evening sitting in Dave Bell's garage while dad and Dave swapping around parts to fix problems - and we would go to other peoples homes and so the same - to some degree pretty forgiving engines.(President of WOKR for eons). His Stearns went a couple hundred thousand miles of this process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mahar Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I have disassembled and reassembled W-K 20 and Model 56 engines. The WKOR Club has a very good instruction book on how to disassemble these engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFranklin Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 Thank you Mike, I am really good at taking mechanical things apart but will most likely need a shop that can do repair or fabrication work to renew the internals such as junk rings or babbitt. When you did your engines did you find anything out of the ordinary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobcanuck Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Any update(s) to report? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFranklin Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 The car is sitting in the garage waiting for motivation. I would be willing to send it to a shop if I knew of one but I don't. I could do a repair using the old parts but I am hesitant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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