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The stand is stable enough, but it's really hard to rotate the engine. I had to use a cheater and all my will
I know likely it'll be parked after you get the truck going .....
.... but maybe adding some grease there will help (it's what I did but my old stand has a locking bolt on top too).
So yesterday I got a hoist and stand. Pulled the engine, pulled the hood, and got the engine on the stand.
So today, with a fresh start, I rolled the engine (in the stand) and took a look at the stuck rear upper main seal. Tryring to avoid pulling everything apart, I managed to raise the crank just a bit-but sufficient to get a pick into the broken screw and work it out. Back to the other side with a soft rod, and had the old seal out in just a few minutes
Then I started looking hard at the con-rod bearings and decided to just pull the crank-after all, it wouldn't be much more work, and would likely come out better. I pulled the main caps, and all the con-rod caps and put booties on the exposed threads. Then I rolled the crank out, and put it on the workbench. I sprayed all the oil holes out with carb cleaner. Glad I did, because a wad of crap (shavings?) came out of number one. Blew everything out, cleaned up the con-rods, and installed the top-half bearings. Installed the rear upper main seal, installed the upper mains, and lubed-up the bearing surfaces. Had the kids get on each end of the engine to move the con-rods up and down as necessary, then dropped the crank back in
Installed the con-rod caps and main bearing caps and torqued them down in three stages. Installed the rear main offset by about 3/8" and added a bead of silicone per the diagram in the Chilton manual. Reinstalled the timing chain and cleaned up the cover. Ran out of daylight, so I had the kids help me move the hood to the driveway so it wouldn't fall off the truck, and cleaned up for the day
Bought a timing cover gasket set, a new water pump and some other odds-and-ends
Wrapped the engine in a trash bag until next week
Old con rod bearings
Some pretty ugly con rod bearings good thing you caught this before something nasty happened.
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My fingers are running slow this morning.
