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Has anybody out there gone through a repower on their 424 and has a Westerbeke 58 laying around that they would be willing to part with the cylinder head? Ours has developed a crack in a hot spot of the engine and is allowing coolant to get into the cylinder. This crack was repaired once several years ago but has come back..
Thanks in advance for any possible help,
Ted Riley
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I am in the process of rebuilding a W63C. I developed a hole in my #1 exhaust port in my cylinder head due to a poor exhaust line installation during the re-powering in 1997 and sea water backed up in to the exhaust manifold. Westerbeke did not have the cylinder head so I searched until I found one from an OEM manufacturer in China. Identical match. In the process they sent me 2 additional cylinder heads that almost are a perfect match except for a slight shape difference in the exhaust port shape from the pre-combustion chambers and a slight cut in the inter-most hole in the injector holes. My engine rebuild shop told me that functionally these heads will work on my engine. Check the part numbers on the W63C and the W58. If it is the same, then I think I have a solution for your problem. I am pretty sure it will work on a W54, but I do not know if it will fit a W58. If you want I have pictures of the cylinder heads.
Steve Weinberg
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Hi Steven,
I’d be more interested in knowing who the OEM is for the Westerbeke 58. I
thought it was also a Datsun B20 truck engine, but hard to tell. Please,
tell us your secret!Bob
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Steven Weinberg, Ph.D.
wrote:Quote:I am in the process of rebuilding a W63C. I developed a hole in my #1
exhaust port in my cylinder head due to a poor exhaust line installation
during the re-powering in 1997 and sea water backed up in to the exhaust
manifold. Westerbeke did not have the cylinder head so I searched until I
found one from an OEM manufacturer in China. Identical match. In the
process they sent me 2 additional cylinder heads that almost are a perfect
match except for a slight shape difference in the exhaust port shape from
the pre-combustion chambers and a slight cut in the inter-most hole in the
injector holes. My engine rebuild shop told me that functionally these
heads will work on my engine. Check the part numbers on the W63C and the
W58. If it is the same, then I think I have a solution for your problem. I
am pretty sure it will work on a W54, but I do not know if it will fit a
W58. If you want I have pictures of the cylinder heads.Steve Weinberg
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