I got the recommended brushes and cleaned all the surfaces and passages in the block with degreaser. Then I hosed it all down with water and used...
'Enjoying all the "heavy" content :) I'll pull a ring from a removed piston and map its gap at various depths in all cylinders. Any diameter...
I bought a new Lisile ridge reamer on Amazon. Wow... what a piece of junk. Rusty, chipped cutting tool which then dragged in its holder. And the...
Yesterday I removed the slinger, spacer, oil spray nozzle, timing gear, front plate, thrust washer and shims. Then I pulled the rod bearing caps,...
Boy, that is an excellent idea!!
I actually never wanted to touch the block and was very pleased to find just some superficial rust in only two cylinders. Had it been obviously in...
Changing rings and bearings seems pretty straight forward if I take my time and follow the FSM/rebuild manual/ etc. My fear is finding a reliable...
Since this is my first rodeo, I have no idea which bearing and ring sources to trust... But this is a 1000 mi/year car... Maybe it doesn't really...
If I test the existing bearings' end/side play, and check all of them with plastigage, is there another reason to replace all the bearings? I can...
I finally got back to my olive drab engine to get it rotating. Since I had exhausted all the non invasive attempts to get it rotating it was time...
What am I to look for when pulling the timing gear cover? Or is that just part of the disassembly sequence? Thanks.
I put fresh MMO into the cylinders and tried compressed air (about 150 psig) one by one. Nada. I could hear air leaking out of two of the...
It is also interesting that we were able to do a compression test on my original engine and produce 135 psi in one cylinder. That's more pressure...
Just an Internet search of ic engine combustion pressure. We could calculate backwards from drive axle torque, but I don't know the piston crank...
If the piston is 3-1/8 " dia, that's (Pi r^2) or 7.7sqin. With125 psi from my air compressor... that's about 1000 lb driving down on that stuck...
Yep. If it doesn't turn with air and an angle bolted to the flywheel, after one more week of MMO soaking, then further disassembly of bearings,...
Yep, supposed to be. And with all the fresh new hardware and ease of disassembly, it "feels" reassembled. I thought we'd try the compressed air...
I pulled the distributor and oil pump this afternoon. Both turned freely, were well lubricated, and showed absolutely no signs of rust.
I got a chance to try the new stud in one of the exhaust manifold holes. Nada. Exhaust threads are bigger diameter.
Ok, I was able to move 3 inlet valves and 3 exhaust valves easily with the tip of a screwdriver. The other two were in compression, inlet on #1,...
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