Biodiesel Piggie #2 Buildup (was Sad Sad day...)

72cruiser · 08-03-09, 10:21 AM

those are some huge fresh mushrooms

PabloCruise · 08-03-09, 12:26 PM

That first pic made it look like you had some topper/camper for a recycling effort on it...

RHINO · 08-03-09, 01:48 PM

egads man, prolly never thought you'd be a powerstroke mechanic huh? the weather looks nice anyway.

dieselcruiserhead · 08-03-09, 03:18 PM

Nope, the idea was I'd have a nice reliable 2000 Ford diesel, low maintenance... LOL.. Powerstrokes I'm finding are not "low maintenance." I'm really learning a lot though and somewhat enjoying it as always

notagp_afj55 · 08-16-09, 06:32 PM

Andre
Still glad to see the Pig is in one piece and you havent lost interest, cant wait to see it all
done with the amby doors in, that is such a cool non usa look, agreed? keep on truckin

JimK

dieselcruiserhead · 09-14-09, 09:26 PM

So guys not much of an update as usual but I finally managed to get the head back on the engine. My plan is to pull the engine again and start building it now that I have all the parts and get that out of the way. I really love this beautiful Cummins engine, it is so wonderful to work on and its been reminding me lately how awesome they are, particularly after the nightmare I've been through with the Powerstroke. I definitely have the diesel bug again badly and its been great to have a few again (I have this, the Super Duty, and another nice 300D again)...

Photos:
1) How I encountered the engine, basically how its been sitting since November (I know, not cool)... Fully of dust mostly in the engine and a little cylinder rust. But the good news is all this cleaned up nicely...

2) The exhaust manifold painted now, shows the color I'm going to be painting the engine which is a nice dark gray. I opted against black this time mostly so I can see oil if it starts leaking...

3) Dust in the engine. Doh!

dieselcruiserhead · 09-14-09, 09:30 PM

All cleaned up. These cylinders are in really good shape with only the #1 cyl having any real carbon buildup and all of it was easily moveable. I used a clean rag to wipe off any surface rust and the shop vac to clean everything out. Again this engine is super clean even with 186K miles...

You can still see the honing

I pulled the head and gasket only because they were leaking oil and coolant. Otherwise compression was about perfect... I'm also glad to have solid valves as well... The guys who did the machine work also did my super duty (which is perfect) and do really good work (Clegg Machine in Orem, Utah).

dieselcruiserhead · 09-14-09, 09:34 PM

Boxes of Cummins gaskets. So psyched, this stuff is so high quality, all parts are thought of an improved. Check out the super high tech head gasket, the same stuff that works for all B series engines 1983 - current. Cummins keeps improving their parts, which is just awesome...

All of this stuff is from Tennessee Diesel Conversions (Cummins dealer) who is just awesome... Tennessee Diesel Conversions

dieselcruiserhead · 09-14-09, 09:40 PM

Head gasket on the engine. It is physically impossible to install it upside down. Bolt stretching gauge comes with the upper end gasket kit. I'll stop posting pictures of boxes with gaskets in them. Hard to do, this stuff is just so nice...

dieselcruiserhead · 09-14-09, 09:48 PM

You can see the head bolts in the first pic (still Cummins tan in this photo).

Oil passages through the rockers. It comes past the head bolt to lube the valves rather than through the push rods which I think is an awesome technique...

dieselcruiserhead · 09-14-09, 09:52 PM

I forgot to mention for some reason I did this assembly in my underwear, LOL

Head torquing technique. Tighten 65lb, then 90, then turn it a 1/4 turn. Supposedly torquing to 125 lbs is a stronger technique according to some of what I read but the engine isn't going to be powered to have stupid gobs of power (like it could) so I just do the factory technique.

And the final pic. It's since been painted (and looks awesome) and as mentioned pretty soon it comes out for final assembly... At least this milestone to be done shortly

I've had these parts for eons already unfortunately...

dieselcruiserhead · 09-14-09, 11:32 PM

I found this post from my first buildup thread that shows how much carbon buildup there was. Also note the head gasket is a different color.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showp...6&postcount=88

Pretty psyched... Sorry guys to post so many mundane photos. Super pysched.. I'm starting to think I'm going to try to finish her up this winter I think, finally get her done..

RHINO · 09-15-09, 08:38 AM

it'll be pretty great if you get it finished soon, its always neat to watch the build and process. i'm glad your getting back into it and motivated again. i need to get motivated on my list as well.