An Engine Disassembly Thread
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An Engine Disassembly Thread
This thread will be nothing new or earthshattering for all you powerstroke experts out there, but I was thinking that I would appreciate such a thread, so i'll do one myself as I work through my engine disassembly. i'll also probably ask for lots of opinions along the way.
since my compression test turned out OK, I won't be removing the heads or touching the bottom end. I don't have my rebuild plan fully formulated yet, but I do plan to do the following:
- remove and replace turbo,
- remove and bellow (or buy bellowed) up pipes
- remove and gasket exhaust manifolds (suspected leak)
- remove and inspect/replace all accessories
- remove water pump, replace with bus pump (integrated filter)
- remove and replace harmonic balancer
- remove and upgrade injectors
- remove and inspect pushrods (upgrade)?
- remove and upgrade HPOP
- remove fuel system and upgrade to e-fuel
- remove and replace LPOP
- remove and rebuild oil cooler
hopefully a rebuild thread will follow :-)
ok - here's a few early pictures and some associated questions.
here's a picture of my front cover after removing the water pump. CLEARLY the propeller (impeller?) was rubbing on the front cover. as I plan to replace the LPOP, I have to remove this cover anyway (right?), but should I plan on a new one? its only worn in maybe a 32nd to a 16th of an inch, but as of now, I don't know how thick the aluminum is there.
I replaced this t-stat when I bought the truck, but after pulling the water pump, is this the right one in there? I believe I put a long stem in there, but now I'm doubting myself. it was definitely the same size as the one it replaced, though and it did seem to warm up and operate OK... Also, it looks whoever did the last water pump replacement on this truck used WAAAY too much RTV. or is this how they came from the factory? I can't imagine that being the case.
fuel system, turbo and oil cooler removal pics to come next!
since my compression test turned out OK, I won't be removing the heads or touching the bottom end. I don't have my rebuild plan fully formulated yet, but I do plan to do the following:
- remove and replace turbo,
- remove and bellow (or buy bellowed) up pipes
- remove and gasket exhaust manifolds (suspected leak)
- remove and inspect/replace all accessories
- remove water pump, replace with bus pump (integrated filter)
- remove and replace harmonic balancer
- remove and upgrade injectors
- remove and inspect pushrods (upgrade)?
- remove and upgrade HPOP
- remove fuel system and upgrade to e-fuel
- remove and replace LPOP
- remove and rebuild oil cooler
hopefully a rebuild thread will follow :-)
ok - here's a few early pictures and some associated questions.
here's a picture of my front cover after removing the water pump. CLEARLY the propeller (impeller?) was rubbing on the front cover. as I plan to replace the LPOP, I have to remove this cover anyway (right?), but should I plan on a new one? its only worn in maybe a 32nd to a 16th of an inch, but as of now, I don't know how thick the aluminum is there.
I replaced this t-stat when I bought the truck, but after pulling the water pump, is this the right one in there? I believe I put a long stem in there, but now I'm doubting myself. it was definitely the same size as the one it replaced, though and it did seem to warm up and operate OK... Also, it looks whoever did the last water pump replacement on this truck used WAAAY too much RTV. or is this how they came from the factory? I can't imagine that being the case.
fuel system, turbo and oil cooler removal pics to come next!
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I would venture to guess your front cover will be fine. I will take a look at the front cover I have access to and see if I can give you a rough measurement.
I was excited to see this as I thought it would be a complete dis-assembly. I am tearing a 7.3 down to bare block and wanted to be sure I am doing a thorough job. Im going to start another thread I believe.
I was excited to see this as I thought it would be a complete dis-assembly. I am tearing a 7.3 down to bare block and wanted to be sure I am doing a thorough job. Im going to start another thread I believe.
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Get the exhaust manifold surfaces planed before you put them back on. I did that and used gaskets. Some surface them and don't use gaskets. Each to his own, we've been over that before. If the heads were off you could machine that surface too. Then you for sure could put it back together without gaskets. Do what you wish, but at least get the manifolds surfaced.
If the tstat worked, it must have been the right one.
If the tstat worked, it must have been the right one.
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I would venture to guess your front cover will be fine. I will take a look at the front cover I have access to and see if I can give you a rough measurement. I was excited to see this as I thought it would be a complete dis-assembly. I am tearing a 7.3 down to bare block and wanted to be sure I am doing a thorough job. Im going to start another thread I believe.
And a rough measurement on the front cover would be great. I'll be sure to check the new WP for rub before I install it, so as long as these front covers aren't' paper thing I think I'll be OK.
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Get the exhaust manifold surfaces planed before you put them back on. I did that and used gaskets. Some surface them and don't use gaskets. Each to his own, we've been over that before. If the heads were off you could machine that surface too. Then you for sure could put it back together without gaskets. Do what you wish, but at least get the manifolds surfaced. If the tstat worked, it must have been the right one.
And I was thinking the same thing on the t-stat. It just surprised me to see that gap between two surfaces that look like they should mate. Does the t-stat maybe come down and close off that tube when the engine is at operating temp?
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Looks good JP. I want to say that the front cover is 3/16 to 1/4" thick in the area you're looking at there, but I'm not sure how you will know for sure. I think you're okay to go with the one you have. I will second the motion to leave the front cover on if all you need to do is mess with the LPOP. Just pull the harmonic balancer and it will pull off the front.
Since you apparently need a new water pump are you going to get the International water pump with the integrated coolant filter on it?
Since you apparently need a new water pump are you going to get the International water pump with the integrated coolant filter on it?
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Looks good JP. I want to say that the front cover is 3/16 to 1/4" thick in the area you're looking at there, but I'm not sure how you will know for sure. I think you're okay to go with the one you have. I will second the motion to leave the front cover on if all you need to do is mess with the LPOP. Just pull the harmonic balancer and it will pull off the front. Are you going to get the International water pump with the integrated coolant filter on it?
And my balancer is bad anyway, so sounds like doing the LPOP will be easy/ a no-brainer.
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That said, do you (or anyone else) have a good list of all such o-rings and seals. I was just on dieselorings.com today checking out what they carry. I saw the oil rail end plugs orings, HPOP plug orings, fuel rail end plug orings, and oil cooler orings and gaskets. Then of course theres's turbo, HPOP gaskets and such, injector orings...
One type of plug I was looking for rings for are the small little plugs under the valve cover that are above each injector. Not sure if this is fuel or oil, but does anyone know if there are o-rings on these little guys?
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Also, thinking about it more - they would be pretty easy to get to in the truck anyway, but how would you ever know they are leaking :-). might as well do them now anyway. I guess I'll just pull one and have a look. Then try to source some viton rings if needbe.