Monthly Archives: April 2014
“He did what in his cup?”
Got the pistons pulled out. I borrowed a ridge reamer from Autozone (yay for the tool lending program!) and carved off the carbon ring atop the cylinders, then unbolted the connecting rods from the crank and pushed the pistons out of the bores. Thanks to the guys on the MML for telling me about putting … Continue reading
Timing is Everything.
By which I mean, the only thing I got done yesterday was pulling the harmonic balancer, timing cover, and timing set. 😉 Yep. That’s sure an engine without a timing set. Well, OK, it’s not quite true that the only thing I got done yesterday was pulling the timing set. I also conducted an experiment … Continue reading
Splitting the Cases
As it were. I found a fairly nice engine stand on Craigslist for $50, listed as needing a caster. And indeed, it was short a caster. And the casters they used were apparently completely non-stock units, because I couldn’t find anything that had the same bolt pattern on the mounting plates anywhere online. Fortunately, I … Continue reading
Engine pull, suspension removal
Yeah, OK. Looks like I can probably get around to posting every two weeks or so. But at least I take pictures along the way! Since the last post, we got the shelves put up, and hung Shelob back on the wall: We also pulled the engine and transmission out. Vector is now up on … Continue reading