off to pull the motor out and see whats up...
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off to pull the motor out and see whats up...
If you want it to run on the cheap here's some ideas. pull the head clean it up and check the valve seats. may be able to hand lap them. replace the vavle stem seals. pull the the crank and use a what I call a dingle berry hone and lots of oil to hone out the cylinders. replace the rings and main bearings, maybe the rods and slap it back together, You could even leave the block in the truck and do the rebuild in situ. It's easy w/ an inline engine. Austin could borrow the hone for you from Vilas. Total cost: set of rings, bearings, and gasket set, oh and some lapping abrasive and a suction cup from vatozone...it would make Eric proud!
just keep everything in order and know the exact location and orientation of where it was. carboard and a numbered punch set from your local Harbor Freight Store
Well, it was a stubborn little *****, but we got that old jap outta there. We added up the cost to do what you're saying, it's not too bad, but still twice what it would be for a good american engine. Eric thinks if you pull the head it'll warp.
cleaned it up a little bit, there was some sludge in the oil pan, but the pick up and filter looked clean, so im thinking the rust occured after the motor was pulled from its previous vehicle and the moisture is what rusted the top like that, i think the motor can be fine with a little things like grayson said, its already out, might as well do a couple things to it that are cheap, if it gets to expensive i would rather just find a 22re or a 4.3 and pay for the expensive adapter, or an 83 can fit a 350 with no problem, but then i would just end up with something like marios choda :flipoff2:.... ill just try to fix the 4 little hamsters first
chevy engine is an easy swap...i'd rather put a 4.3 FI in there instead of a 4 banger.
but i don't know anything - look at the nightmare of a rig i've got.
hooked up a bellhousing and started and did a compression test on the motor, and it was dead, so we pulled it all apart to see what it looked like... verdict is "complete piece of ****" doesnt look like it needed machining, but definetely lots of new parts and a rebuild kit at the least... so to me its junk... next motor please
more pics here
eric making the engine his ***** with the help of ryan
going going gone!!!
after the motor was apart... and a few beers, we saw a june bug and a roach... so we did what anyone would do....
lissa at 7 pm(before), putting in new gear box and axle shaft w/closed bearing unit.... lissa at 5am(after) tried to go home and her tire would not spin, it was like a dog dragging a dead leg...
Man... that looks like trouble. You are now officially the "1101" house. :)
burn baby burn!
WOW :cool:
reminds me of my time spent there. I will start getting my hands dirty again with a D60 build-up...
What happened with Lissa's Jeep? Was the bearing that she got off ebay frozen?
i think it has something to do with the backing place, with the tire off and the lug nots off it spins fine, once you put the tire on and tighten it, it doesnt move an inch, i think the tire and rim and smashing the rotor into the steering arm