Rebuild Tool Question
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Rebuild Tool Question
Besides a rebuild kit for my 300, what tools do I need to rebuild my 300?
Can I get away with just honing the cylinders? (I haven't looked yet and don't know the mileage) Can I do the valves and seats later. What else should I consider?
Can I get away with just honing the cylinders? (I haven't looked yet and don't know the mileage) Can I do the valves and seats later. What else should I consider?
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If you're going to rebuild I would suggest that you do it right. If this is your first time and you lack tools plan on spending quite a bit of time (researching/learning and correcting mistakes) and money, for parts and tools. I suggest that you buy a Haynes, Chilton and a Shop manual. Read them over carefully so that you have an idea of what you are getting into. I just finished my rebuild. It was my 3rd engine but it has been about 15 years since so I had quite a bit to learn over again and made some mistakes that costs time. You will always need that tool that you don't seem to have to get the job done. You'll make a hundred trips to the Parts and tool store. Plan ahead. You won't know if a honing job will suffice till you take your measurements. Don't do a halfa** job. You'll kick yourself later on.
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I've done a few, but they were in a shop. I know that I don't have a jig to grind valves or valve seats. And I certainly can't deck the block (mill it flat). It would be nice in some respects if a person could just resleeve like with a diesel. Even that can be a pain though. I would obviously need a ring compressor and at least hones and a drill motor, but I couldn't think of anything besides a mallet and normal hand tools and calipers/feeler gauges etc... to measure. Obviously I will need to look at the cylinders and I haven't even run a compression test yet, but I am just trying to do a mental calculation of whether I could in theory do it on the cheap. It is really not a big deal to get into with my big clear engine compartment and hardly any wiring or vaccum lines etc...So I really don't worry about having to get back in their. It's a lot easier than hefting the 80lb. intake on that danged 390FE!!! A lot less room in their too!
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