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Was able to run by the machine shop at lunch today, and they shook their head when they saw my cam bearings: Said the kid that put them in obviously rough housed it when he test fit the bearings with the test cam.
He popped new ones in on my tailgate, and it took all of 15min! Pretty simple process: FInal result is what I expected the first time
You are making great progress Alex. Keep the energy level going! It is going to be a fantastic ride when you are finished. BTW, the show in Plaquemine is 4 weeks away. You're on the clock!
You are making great progress Alex. Keep the energy level going! It is going to be a fantastic ride when you are finished. BTW, the show in Plaquemine is 4 weeks away. You're on the clock!
Hope you've been doing well! Oh I'm about to beast on this car all month, but it won't be ready for the Plaquemine car show! I'll be taking my ZR-1 there most likely!
Doing well! Staying busy with home projects. The car is behaving itself. I’ll get with you as the show gets closer. Crossing fingers for good weather again this year. Continued Good Luck with your progress!
Regards, Justin
Doing well! Staying busy with home projects. The car is behaving itself. I’ll get with you as the show gets closer. Crossing fingers for good weather again this year. Continued Good Luck with your progress!
Regards, Justin
Started my engine assembly with the crank tonight by testing my new Clevite bearings with a plasti gauge: all mains passed!
Once I confirmed all the bearing were within spec, I went ahead and slicked them all down with Permatex Slick Stuff
Next was installing my new cam: I slicked it down with the same stuff, and carefully installed it to not damage my new cam bearings: went in easy - peasy!
Next it was time to clean off those Forged TRW piston and get the carbon off the tops, and clean out the ringlands. Got to break out my new parts washer and get to work:
One I had the pistons cleaned off and old rings removed, I went to start measuring ring gaps on the new rings...
#1 top ring: 0.40"
#2 top ring: 0.40"!!!
#3 top ring: 0.40"!!!!!!!
I don't know if I have the wrong rings or what, but calling the manufacturer in the morning to sort this out. Glad I checked them!
That they said return them is good; that their QC is that bad another.
In the long ago days when I got new pistons for mine, the first batch weren't correct. There was no ring lock groove in the wrist-pin 'bore'. Took some arguing!
That they said return them is good; that their QC is that bad another.
In the long ago days when I got new pistons for mine, the first batch weren't correct. There was no ring lock groove in the wrist-pin 'bore'. Took some arguing!
I got a new set coming, hopefully it's the rings and not my bore! Quality just ain't what it used to be for anything it seems
Hat did the shop do to the block? Clean, hone and bore or just a hone?
Did you drop in a piston face down to see if it still fits?
Its probably just the rings............we hope
The shop only honed the cylinders, no machine work was done.
Piston still fits. I popped some of the old rings in too and they have about the same gap - which makes sense for worn out rings. SO hopefully I just had the wrong rings in the box!
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Originally Posted by Arg0413
The shop only honed the cylinders, no machine work was done.
Piston still fits. I popped some of the old rings in too and they have about the same gap - which makes sense for worn out rings. SO hopefully I just had the wrong rings in the box!
i hate when something as stupid as that delays a project
Sunday was nice and cool, and I was able to spend the day wrenching on my Vette. First priority was to get the chassis rolled out from under the body and into a different bay of the shop to work on . This was tricky because I couldn't get it up high enough on the 6 ton jack stands and the steering box and tires wouldn't clear the 4x4's.. I thought I could just air down the tires to clear: still needed another inch! I ended up removing the front wheels and rolling the chassis out on the jack: Success!
Finally able to have the chassis out in the daylight, for the first time since 1971!
First order of business was to degrease and pressure wash the frame
I was then able to drag the frame around to the other side of the barn to get it into a different bay.
I went to work stripping down the chassis. PRO TIP: Don't be a dummy like me and forget to support the rear end when you remove the front suspension
After that learning experience, I was able to finish stripping down the front, and work my way to the back. Got everything pulled away and ready for the rear end to drop down:
