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A little update on my build, got a call from my machinest and theres good news and bad,
The good news.....
block is machinable but at the price of .030 over
The crank shaft has no scoring and just needs a good polishing every thing on the engine is going to be standard size, so far so good.
The bad.....
The valve seats are bad probably going to need new ones, all the valves are bad they are worn out to the point they fill like razer blades. The block has to be bore out .30 I was hopping to stay as close as possible to stock but o well, the cylinders that are damage was because the piston ring went out, they made a bad groove on the cylinder wall, the good part only those two had the severe damage.
Already contact Clay with a private message, regarding the rebuilt kit.
Thats why I pm clay to verify whats on the kit, I heard the lifters can be rebuild by a company just forgot the name of them, gotta check that I think they do the set for $80-100. As for the piston oil jets they looked fine not broken, or any visual damage that I could see. According to the machinest the piston ring broke of due to carbon build up on that cylinder piston.
Good to hear on the block & crank! Now since the heads need seats & valves. The real question is do you go with stock valves and seats or some upgraded seats & valves. If so what brand or type of valve seat is out there.
I ask because I am going to be building a 460 this summer for my motorhome and valve seats are an issue with the 460.
But on a 7.3 is there any better then stock valves & seats on the market?
Thats why I pm clay to verify whats on the kit, I heard the lifters can be rebuild by a company just forgot the name of them, gotta check that I think they do the set for $80-100. As for the piston oil jets they looked fine not broken, or any visual damage that I could see. According to the machinest the piston ring broke of due to carbon build up on that cylinder piston.
Also connecting rod small end bushings not included. Have your machinist check condition of those. Piston pins in these are full floaters.
I'm confused. I know I could go back and read this thread again. Is the engine in the shop the one that has about 800,000 miles on it? I think that one is still in your truck? I'm curious what it will look like when you tear it down.
Sounds like you might get this engine rebuilt for a pretty reasonable price. Main reason I'm confused is due to reading the "Whoa..." thread. It takes awhile for my brain to normalize.
I'm confused. I know I could go back and read this thread again. Is the engine in the shop the one that has about 800,000 miles on it? I think that one is still in your truck? I'm curious what it will look like when you tear it down.
Sounds like you might get this engine rebuilt for a pretty reasonable price. Main reason I'm confused is due to reading the "Whoa..." thread. It takes awhile for my brain to normalize.
No, I had a spare e99 complete engine thats the onr being rebuilt, my 812k engine is still on my truck and going strong, well not strong as it has a ton of blow by, but performance hasnt changed.
Good to hear on the block & crank! Now since the heads need seats & valves. The real question is do you go with stock valves and seats or some upgraded seats & valves. If so what brand or type of valve seat is out there.
I ask because I am going to be building a 460 this summer for my motorhome and valve seats are an issue with the 460.
But on a 7.3 is there any better then stock valves & seats on the market?
I plan on keeping it as close as possible to std size, he said we can shim the valve springs, no need for new ones, valves just plain stock, he said std size is still doable so new std valves, I just had a call from him litteraly 5mins ago that the valve seat will pass the machining process.
Ok just came back from the machine shop, and my machinest said that the bushing on the rods are in perfect shape and said they can be re-use but recomended me changing them anyway, where can I buy them?
Heres the pic of the bushing wrist pin and the piston that caused the problem
All of the bushings looked like that and he said the tolorences were dead on
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