3B engine rebuild

[Mr Coaster1990]

Has anyone had any experience with the Ebay 3B rebuild kits. Worth the money or junk? Can anyone in Australia recommend a supplier?

 

[greenbeast]

Have you checked with Engines Australia? I have sourced a few things from them.

 

[OTBT]

I completed a "from scratch" rebuild of my 3B over the last winter. Most of my parts came from Amayama and MegaZip (bearings, cylinder liners, pistons, etc.) but all of my gaskets and seals came from Engines Australia. The one notable exception was the oil pump gears that came from City Racer in the US. I had to take my injectors and fuel pump to a local diesel shop (I don't have the equip or expertise). On previous rebuilds of B engines I discovered that there are some really s***ty cylinder liners out there -- which I think came from China via either Specter or CruiserParts (I can't remember).

Having said that, I have never used E-Bay for any of my engine bits, so I cannot comment on their stuff, although MegaZip uses E-Bay quite a lot for promotion. Bear in mind that everything has a loooong lead time.

If you can find a source for a 24v EDIC, that would be wonderful !

Good Luck !

 

[tlaporte]

@OGBeno did a complete 3B rebuild thread within the last year or two, with as many OEM parts as possible (I know, imagine that.)

Do a quick search and I’m sure you’ll be able to find it. Lots of good tech in that thread, too.

 

[Mr Coaster1990]

@OGBeno did a complete 3B rebuild thread within the last year or two, with as many OEM parts as possible (I know, imagine that.)

Do a quick search and I’m sure you’ll be able to find it. Lots of good tech in that thread, too.

Thanks for your reply. Oddly after literally scouring the world for 4 Conrods(which I located, many thanks Matt) I was offered a 270000Ks 13B-T engine for a price I couldn't refuse. I'll still be rebuilding the old engine also. Thanks all for your comments/help.

 

[Hugh Heifer]

@OGBeno did a complete 3B rebuild thread within the last year or two, with as many OEM parts as possible (I know, imagine that.)

Do a quick search and I’m sure you’ll be able to find it. Lots of good tech in that thread, too.

For reference:

Builds - 1985 JDM 3B Engine Rebuild and Other Stories

Well, since crap hit the fan, figure it is time to do this correctly. I was planning on a head rebuild only but when I pulled head and cleaned up pistons, all 4 were cracked unfortunately. So off to the races we go. This thread will document the head and block rebuild. IP has already been...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[nickolai]

The 3B is pretty long in the tooth now. You might want to think about a 13BT or 15BT swap.