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[seapotato]

So, now that I'm not bothering with the wrist pin bushings, I can finally put some of this s*** back together.

Something I found interesting. This page of the FSM says you shouldn't be able to push the pins into the piston unless they're warmed to 60c.

This brand new set, they slide in at cool temps. Feel much like a large syringe as you push it in, and will slide out with gravity with regular oil. ( not with the sticky red s*** tho) Pretty much exactly how the bushings in my rods feel, so I'm not going to worry about it anymore.

Had to have a look to get my head around which way the pistons face. They have this little notch for the oil squirters.

Rods also have a front and a back to them. Book says " Protrusion" to the front. Protrusion SINGULAR. So after much searching I see they mean these, and not the small protruding number on the other side.

Would have saved me some googling if they'd put the damn S in there...

The pistons also have a couple marks on them to orient, a B etched into the top, and this little line on the front side.

Tempted to slide them in with the old bearings as place holders, just so I can get things rolling.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

So, now that I'm not bothering with the wrist pin bushings, I can finally put some of this s*** back together.

Something I found interesting. This page of the FSM says you shouldn't be able to push the pins into the piston unless they're warmed to 60c.

This brand new set, they slide in at cool temps. Feel much like a large syringe as you push it in, and will slide out with gravity with regular oil. ( not with the sticky red s*** tho) Pretty much exactly how the bushings in my rods feel, so I'm not going to worry about it anymore.

Had to have a look to get my head around which way the pistons face. They have this little notch for the oil squirters.

Rods also have a front and a back to them. Book says " Protrusion" to the front. Protrusion SINGULAR. So after much searching I see they mean these, and not the small protruding number on the other side.

Would have saved me some googling if they'd put the damn S in there...

The pistons also have a couple marks on them to orient, a B etched into the top, and this little line on the front side.

Tempted to slide them in with the old bearings as place holders, just so I can get things rolling.

Nice work; lookin really good.

Outta curiosity, can you weigh one of your piston/pin/rod assemblies? Curious how they compare to a 2LTE assembly. I think the 2LTE assembly is about 2kg bang on.

 

[seapotato]

Nice work; lookin really good.

Outta curiosity, can you weigh one of your piston/pin/rod assemblies? Curious how they compare to a 2LTE assembly. I think the 2LTE assembly is about 2kg bang on.

Hmm. Not sure if I have anything accurate enough. Just a bathroom scale. Can try it tho

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Hmm. Not sure if I have anything accurate enough. Just a bathroom scale. Can try it tho

Nothing in the kitchen? Wifey loves it when I borrow the food scale for oily shop stuff....

 

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Nothing in the kitchen? Wifey loves it when I borrow the food scale for oily shop stuff....

Haha, I don't think we have one. Never really weigh food, just ourselves after eating too much of it.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Haha, I don't think we have one. Never really weigh food, just ourselves after eating too much of it.

Good thing our diesels spin slow enough we don't have to worry about balancing the rotating assembly!

 

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Good thing our diesels spin slow enough we don't have to worry about balancing the rotating assembly!

Yeah, I don't know why the tachs go so high...

Except maybe in a 3b truck with big tires, and that s***ty 5speed shift out of 3rd where you have to rev the grandmother out of it just to barely catch 4th

 

[seapotato]

Finally...

I don't know about this brand, but at this point, I don't have two ****s to rub together about it.

Called in sick tonight so I could make a dent in this.

This was about 20 minutes after the dogs woke me up because the UPS truck was here ( night shift napping)

A bit better than the old ones...cuz gawd damn some of them were scary looking. Could well have been the source of my noise.

Book tells you where to put the joints in the rings.

Cheat sheet for the next 5

Using a planer blade ( nice and flat) to check the protrusion.

It's hard to find a spec for the protrusion. It's not in the FSM which seems crazy, but it ain't there.

So I used this page from an Aus engine builder.

Says max is .68 mm, which converts to just shy of 27 thousandths.

My max protrusion was 22 thou. Was actually a bit of a variation between the six.

HG has a .24 stamped into it. Is that .24mm? 24 thousandths?

.24mm over sized to deal with decked heads and blocks? Who knows.

Gasket measured pretty close to 2mm before getting squished.

I get my work bench back after 2 months. yay

A lot of freaking bolts.

This so I don't have to squint at the tiny ****in picture in the fsm.

Got it torqued to about 60 now. Going up in 20 ftlb steps.

Figure I'll get it somewhat close, and then let it think about what it's done overnight, and do it again tomorrow morning.

Could see dropping the lump back in wed or thurs.

Startup should be interesting....

Fear is the mindkiller and all.


I had hoped to not have to put the original turbo back on, but ****it.

At least having the original on for a bit will give me a better idea of the improvement a new one makes.

 

[Toshi38]

Looking great! Nice to see it back together. Will be curious to see if you get much improvement, I mean even cleaning out that intake should have helped in its own I'd say?

 

[seapotato]

Looking great! Nice to see it back together. Will be curious to see if you get much improvement, I mean even cleaning out that intake should have helped in its own I'd say?

It'll be interesting...

I have a catch can I was going to put on the other truck, but I might try it on this one.

Curious to see if the intake and turbo stay clean or still an oily mess without the breather going back in.

 

[cruiserpilot]

It'll be interesting...

I have a catch can I was going to put on the other truck, but I might try it on this one.

Curious to see if the intake and turbo stay clean or still an oily mess without the breather going back in.

My catch can Provent200. Working well. Used clear tube so I can see the oil in it. Runs better with
clean! fresh air feed back to intake. I got a bulk filters too that were on sale from some diesel place.
I’ll post the name here later

 

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My catch can Provent200. Working well. Used clear tube so I can see the oil in it. Runs better with
clean! fresh air feed back to intake. I got a bulk filters too that were on sale from some diesel place.
I’ll post the name here later

It's gonna depend on whether I find a good spot for it. Mine's just a generic with an ss screen inside.

 

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There's a lot of s*** to bolt back onto one of these things.

I googled the s*** out of a cold valve adjustment spec, in the end I just put them where they're supposed to be. I'll have to check them after it's warmed up for a while.

Feels a little tighter to turn over with the wrench, I guess that's a good sign.

Haven't quite figured how I'm going to achieve the 327ftlbs on the crank pulley bolt... think something stronger than a plate attached to the two 12mm bolts would be needed, which seems to be what the book shows.

I'll deal with that later tho. Probably going to be a 2 person job so someone can hang onto the engine.

Lunch time.

 

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Beer time....

My least favourite thing about this engine. That fawking stiffening plate /double layered s*** sandwich.

That was about as far over as I dared go... didn't know if I'd get it back upright if I went right upside down.

So just adding oil, putting the legs back on, flywheel/clutch and the alternator, and it can go back in.

And torquing the crank pulley. That's a tomorrow morning thing tho.

 

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Coffee break


Was looking at the alternator mount, there's a second place to out the bracket a couple inches higher. I wonder if that's for LHD models so it's not so close to the steering box.

I'd have moved it up but there's a few things to change, and the oil drain from my vac pump might interfere with turbo elbow.



I wanted to delete this greasy monstrosity. Old AC compressor mount. I've seen them sell for an alarming amount of money in the classified section.

Slight glitch when removing it tho, a 1" gap...

So I made Mr. Peanut to space it out. It'll do for now but I think I'll move the alt up to the other mounting point and rework this stuff later.

Ghetto pulley holder. Had to work once, and it did.

There's a 325lb torque wrench at work I was going to borrow for this, but I put in the vice to see how hard it was to max it out.

Pretty much as hard as I could before dislocating my a******, so that's how tight I made the pulley bolt with some blue locktite.

Now to get this ****er off the stand and hanging from the ceiling again...

 

[CenTXFJ60]

Coffee break


Was looking at the alternator mount, there's a second place to out the bracket a couple inches higher. I wonder if that's for LHD models so it's not so close to the steering box.
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I'd have moved it up but there's a few things to change, and the oil drain from my vac pump might interfere with turbo elbow.



I wanted to delete this greasy monstrosity. Old AC compressor mount. I've seen them sell for an alarming amount of money in the classified section.

Slight glitch when removing it tho, a 1" gap...

So I made Mr. Peanut to space it out. It'll do for now but I think I'll move the alt up to the other mounting point and rework this stuff later.

Ghetto pulley holder. Had to work once, and it did.

There's a 325lb torque wrench at work I was going to borrow for this, but I put in the vice to see how hard it was to max it out.

Pretty much as hard as I could before dislocating my a******, so that's how tight I made the pulley bolt with some blue locktite.

Now to get this f***er off the stand and hanging from the ceiling again...

Read through your build the last few days. Very creative and love your approach to the job. If you decide to sell the AC bracket let me know. Also curious what you’re gonna do with the fender flares. Thanks. Jimmy

 

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Read through your build the last few days. Very creative and love your approach to the job. If you decide to sell the AC bracket let me know. Also curious what you’re gonna do with the fender flares. Thanks. Jimmy

Thanks, it's mostly been fun...the waiting for wrong parts not so much, but it did force me into bodywork I'd have ignored for another year

I only had rear flares, and they're already gone to the interior, but yeah let me know about the bracket.

Might have to wait till I redo the alternator mount, because you might need the tensioner piece to go with it?

 

[CenTXFJ60]

You got it. And you’re right, would be best to get the whole setup if you end up not using it. You referenced Dan at the 4X4 shop in an earlier thread. He shipped a 12HT (and trans/t-case/axles etc) to me years ago. Also picked up a 61 identical to yours from Radd several years ago. Really enjoyed my time in Vancouver and the island. Lots of good cruiser folks in your neck of the woods. If the current state ever returns to normal I plan on making another trip up there to spend some time and enjoy the area.

 

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Yeah it's a good place to live, so long as you bought a house before everything went insane.

I can't fault Dan for the first round of wrong bearings, that was before I knew what was inside.

Second set of wrong bearings, and forgetting to order the wrist pin bushings after a pretty long phone call about them...oh yeah, I blame the s*** outta him for that.

But, s*** happens, and he's been good about it. Paying for return shipping etc, so I'm not going to light the fuse on that bridge.


I'm in the process of ordering a new turbo, so when I put that in, I'll probably deal with the alternator stuff.

Some part of my brain is stopping me from ordering the $$$ turbo until I have this thing running.

It's possible I'm a pessimist...

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

I've thought of yanking my A/C a few times now as it would help keep my little motor cooler while towing without that big dirty condenser blocking air flow to the rad. But with the heat this past summer, think I'll be keeping it intact! Will let the motor sweat instead of me, haha.

Nice work on the rebuild Ryan. Nice to see it all come together once you got the right parts.