Coolant filter installed on my truck.

 

 

Mockup


Hand Hone

 

There should be a crosshatch pattern to the hone job. Move the drill up and down quickly. And after seeing that bottom pic, I think you should ridge ream it too. That looks to me like .003+.

 

Dingleberry or "ball hone" and Kerosene. Clean thoroughly till shop rag shows no grit or residue.

 

I'd say that's at least 0.015" on the diameter. If you don't remove that ridge you'll crack the new rings the first time you rotate the crank and score the cylinders.

 

Ridge reamer on it's way! Thanks guys.

 

Ridge reamer arrived Friday and I got it done Saturday, great tool. Rehoned as well.


Can anyone point out what's wrong with my thermostat? Is my new one wrong?

 

The new hone job looks much better. As far as the thermostat goes, the new one should work fine as long as it fits and the heat range is correct. The old thermostat looks like a heavy duty unit that utilizes a by-pass outlet in the thermostat housing, as used on some smaller diesel engines. Are there any markings on it anywhere?

 

I have found that some parts databases have the wrong thermostat for the 226's.
I've bought one like you have and it is too small in diameter. Lesson learned for me.
So, I ended up taking a wire wheel & brillo pad to my old one with some dish detergent and cleaning it up real nice to make it shine. Then I put a small pot of water on the kitchen stove and placed the thermostat in it and turned on the heat. I put a meat thermometer in the water and watched as the t-stat opened. The one I had opened at 180 degrees. Perfect for our climate.
Since the old one was still working, it is now in the engine.
Hope this helps, Tom

 

I tested the original thermostat in a pot of boiling water and the damn thing opened up instantly at 180F! So I spent a few hours cleaning the rust off and getting it seated in the housing.

Few more questions:
1) With pistons back in with new rings the motor is tough to turn over. Not impossible but definitely more force required than with the old rings. Is that normal?

2) Has anyone done the VintageAutoGarage 12V conversion? I don't seem to be able to mount this bracket in the original location unless I'm putting it in the wrong place?

 

ACL...I am putting a 12V generator on my 226 and had to make my own spacers to get the brackets to line up and be adjustable.
For the past six years of following threads on the 226's, I have not heard or saw anyone use a plug-and-play alternator or 12V generator. Seems they all took some amount of fabrication to get something to work.
Tom

 

Thanks Tom. Slightly annoying as it was listed as a bolt on kit and I'm crunched for time. I'll print a spacer today and see how everything lines up. Thanks.


Alex

 

Turns out my alternator has the wrong mounting pattern...more delays.

Can anyone tell me if this solid state looks correct?

 

I think I'd take the Pertronix out and get as much of the rust as you can out of there.