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So yesterday I did what I planned, cleaned everything again and dropped the crank in. Torqued it, set the thrust, finished the torque... -
Piddled some more after work today. Started with re-cleaning and re-oiling the cylinders Then started fitting rings. Thankfully, all...
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animal replied to the thread Hello new member from central North Carolina.:welcome:
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Last night after work I decided to check my main bearing clearances with some Plastigage. Cleaned the mains in the block real good and...
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So these are Hastings "Drop In" rings for a 5.3, PN# 2M4978. They had great reviews and the coworker that let me borrow the cam bearing...
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So here's why #4 was tight, it was nothing we did wrong. Thankfully, once we replaced #3 and #4 again, I was able to get the cam in and...
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Sit rep. Messed 2 cam bearings up during the process. Got all 5 in, #3 looked iffy. I dressed it down best I could and put the cam in...
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Got all 8 cleaned, honed the bores, then washed the block real well with degreaser and cleaned up all the gasket surfaces. Brought it in...
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Today I worked on getting all my pistons clean. Took 5hrs to clean 8 pistons, next time I’m buying pistons lol Pulled all the rings...
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Same thing I did, just successfully lol. He told me "Not that I wanna take business away from me but if you do the welding trick and...
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Dropped the head off at the machine shop, dude was super nice. He told me normally it's $30 per broken bolt but since I'd F'd with them...
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animal replied to the thread C10 Newbie.:welcome:
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So I just did a light lap on all of them, mainly just to clean up the exhaust valves The oil gunk was like an 1/8" thick in all the...
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