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Wipe the journal in the block out and make sure it’s clean, you can put a dab of oil in it to help prevent rust but I’d wipe it back off.

 

Getting heavy.....

 

Me or this forum is experiencing technical difficulties or just crazy.......

 

Within 20 miles my tarp is blowing all over, see if this helps...

 

Stopped by the music store and picked up some proper engine building tunes. No country music ever plays out of my speakers!

You Can't Stop Rock and Roll!

 

I always say I'll take any excuse to buy new tools... until I price them up and have to have them anyway.

New set of external star sockets

 

Bosses Glad I don’t have such an Alien

 

@AModelCat , a little word to the wise if I may.......

I use to pull wrenches in the side in my garage at the home place. About 28 yrs ago I had a 1987 1/2 ton 4x4 Chevy pickup come in for a full engine rebuild. 350 V8....

Took it all apart and dropped the block off to be cleaned, magna-fluxed, and bored 0.030 over to a 355 cubic inch.
And the crank turned 0.010 / 0.010 in the journals.

Ordered all new parts to build this engine back to new condition. Owner was very meticulous....!!

Went to pick the block & crank up, machine shop owner told me.... hey I went ahead and washed the crank too after we turned it. Oh ok, thanks I said...

Driver didn’t have his truck back a week and brought it back. Jim will you listen to my engine, it sounds weird!!

Long story shortened way up...

I found a rod bearing and journal scarred up terrible!! When I picked the block & crank up the guy told me he washed the crank “after” turning it, and that being in the back of mind I didn’t check the oil gallies in the crank. And it came back to bite me in the backside!!!!

There was a metal shaving stuck in the oil galley between the Main journal & the rod journal. With oil pressure and centrifugal force it washed right into the rod journal and had a buffet at my expense!!

I may not have much in this old world, but I’ll go to my grave with honor because of being a man of my word.

I bought him a new crank and new bearings with the needed gaskets and replaced it all. And just so you know it can be done..... I changed the crank with the block still in the truck, had a automatic transmission.

All that jibberish said... make sure you check and clean all your oil passages.

We look forward to your progress in the future.....

 

I've been experiencing some for the last couple of days. Somebody answered a post from Oxbow and I didn't remember the post from Oxbow. Went back to try and find it and never did see it.

 

Guess I’d be pushing broom....