y5mgisi
1 ton status
This is the choir, but preach on! But yes, i payed very close attention to that! Both bearing halves had their little "tangs" on the same side. Make sense?
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Cold rod knock. EDIT:Now my motor work thread. Back up and running!
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Sounds like you have it under control, sorry to waste your time. Keep up the nice work. Don't shake your chain too much. 
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Here is a pic of the new cheapy timing chain. Sorry no finger bang video! Anyway, last night i got the timing cover, harmonic balancer, pulleys, and water pump re-installed. Tomorrow night i'll start in on the valve seals. Hoping to have it wrapped up by saturday but we'll see.
EDIT: I know the dots arent lined up in the pic. Or even in sight for that matter... But trust me, they were before i rolled the motor over some tightening the cam sprocket bolts.
EDIT: I know the dots arent lined up in the pic. Or even in sight for that matter... But trust me, they were before i rolled the motor over some tightening the cam sprocket bolts.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
A pic of the upper half of the motor early in the project.
And a pic of the plugs. They all look pretty good to me! If not a little on the lean side. The plugs probably have around 5-6k miles on them or so.
And a pic of the plugs. They all look pretty good to me! If not a little on the lean side. The plugs probably have around 5-6k miles on them or so.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Got all the valve seals in last night. So tonight i will work on re assembling the valvetrain and re setting the lifter preload. Then just work on putting everything back together. Still gotta go to the parts house for the oil pan gasket and rear main seal before i can button up the bottom end. Also gotta dick around with the distributor because i noticed that the centrifugal advance movement is really sticky.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Good progress tonight! Got the rockers all back in and adjusted, valve covers on, and all the accessories back on, and the radiator in. All i gotta do now is put on the carb, stab the distributor, and put the oil pan back on.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Picked up my new rear main seal today. So the instructions say to have the mating ends of the seals 3/8" off from the mating ends of the block/main cap. The only way to do that obviously would be to install the block half of the seal, then put the cap half of the seal up there and rotate both halves together 3/8", and then install the main cap. Does that really sound like a good idea? Or should i just do it like i have done in the past by installing the top half in the motor, the bottom half on the cap, and install the cap with a couple small dabs of silicone on the ends of the seals?
1BEATK5
1/2 ton status
i have done alot of rear main seals, i mean ALOT. the one time i tried the slightly rotated trick....it leaked. luckily it was on my own vehicle. personally i would just make sure its a quality seal, and do it the regular way.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Yea thats what i did. I pulled it off and thought, "fk it! Its going back together the way it came apart!". So i got the bottom end all bottoned up and primed the oil pump. Turned out good! 45psi! Never seen that gauge get so high! Guess that old pump was as wore out as i thought. Video coming soon.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Heres the vid. Turned out pretty bad, but the moral of the video is that where is peaks out is 45psi.
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y5mgisi
1 ton status
Well i got it all put together and up and running! Runs great! Oil hit 50psi on the way to work today! Thats about double what it used to do! Idles around 38psi now instead of 18... Seems to have no leaks so far too so thats good! Motor seems a touch more peppy but that could be a figment of my imagination. But most importantly, it doesn't smoke on start ups any more! That was my real main goal for this project. And that was a great success! So safe to say im happy!
y5mgisi
1 ton status
No i didnt have a chance to hear if it was still there today. I cant here it unless its cold, in gear, and im going down the road. So when i got it fired up, i had to let it warm up in the driveway while i filled the radiator back up and all that. So i didnt have a chance to listen for it. Im sure its still there and that it is infact piston slap. But whatever. Motor just needs to last a few more years and i'll be set!
