Engine rebuild?, distributor?, or something else???
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Of course, this recent development goes against every fiber of my existence, and my determination to do as little as possible for as long as it takes... I know I would have planned for several days minimum of hemming and hawing before taking decisive action. I'm feeling faint now and need to rest...
One item still worthy of consideration - oil pressure indication. Even if you do a full rebuild, you don't want to rely on a suspect gauge when you get everything back together.
One item still worthy of consideration - oil pressure indication. Even if you do a full rebuild, you don't want to rely on a suspect gauge when you get everything back together.
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I see youre all against me pulling the engine to do a rebuild.
I will say this.
The breaking point for me was after my last test drive, I had a much larger pool of oil under the truck than usual. I am really sick of looking at all the oil drops on the ground.
Working on that engine in the vehicle with that friggin TTB was such a pain in the ***, that this seemed easier to me. Plus gives me a chance to clean everything up under the hood.
I had that engine out quicker than doing to oil pan gasket job.
Once I know that all my internals are good and fresh and the engine is back in, I can then move on to dialing in other aspects.
Ive had this vehicle for 3 years or so now and has always seemed to be worn out.
I will say this.
The breaking point for me was after my last test drive, I had a much larger pool of oil under the truck than usual. I am really sick of looking at all the oil drops on the ground.
Working on that engine in the vehicle with that friggin TTB was such a pain in the ***, that this seemed easier to me. Plus gives me a chance to clean everything up under the hood.
I had that engine out quicker than doing to oil pan gasket job.
Once I know that all my internals are good and fresh and the engine is back in, I can then move on to dialing in other aspects.
Ive had this vehicle for 3 years or so now and has always seemed to be worn out.
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Hey, don't include me with "those guys". I think your doing the right thing...but, then again, what do I know... LOL
Some of us old guy's get lazy sometimes. But, hey, it's a great time of year to start this project.
Some of us old guy's get lazy sometimes. But, hey, it's a great time of year to start this project.
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Clean the top of the bore and see if there is a lip that catches your fingernail. If so, I would get a machinest to measure the bores. They can wear out-of round and that affects ring sealing. You could also get him to mic the crank and rod journals. A book I have says bore wear at .006 is the limit for being worth re-ringing and getting any miles out of it. If it has wear over .006, it needs to be bored to the next oversize. Anything less than .006, means the re-ring job will last that much longer.
You will need him to check the heads also. He will check for guide wear, re-grind the valves check the springs, etc.
Check your harmonic balancer. Make sure it does not have a groove in it where the front seal runs. if it does, they make a sleeve to repair this. Also make sure you put a little daub of rtv on the keyway of the balancer before you install it. You can get a oil leak from oil making it's way around the key.
You will need him to check the heads also. He will check for guide wear, re-grind the valves check the springs, etc.
Check your harmonic balancer. Make sure it does not have a groove in it where the front seal runs. if it does, they make a sleeve to repair this. Also make sure you put a little daub of rtv on the keyway of the balancer before you install it. You can get a oil leak from oil making it's way around the key.
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From: sussex county, nj
i have to ditto dave, get it mic'd as from my viewpoint that block needs a rebore , there is a ridge at the top hidden by carbon, i see no cross hatch left . another item i see a lot in windsors that can't be seen is worn out pitted cam bearings that have always lead to 1 of the reasons of lowered oil pressure
do it right and not be sorry later
do it right and not be sorry later
Karl FTW, as usual...