Part Trois: 3.4L Build, The Journey

[DRACO A5OG]

Dang it, Movie night with Mrs, can work on the car, she just pulled up :-(

[pmax]

Originally Posted by DRACO A5OG

Wanted to install Cam Towers and Cam Shafts but just too tired, need some rest or will make mistakes. So far so GOOD!

Good idea to rest.

Your thread is an inspiration and I hope to get to the same stage sometime. Still in the midst of an engine teardown, fun but slooooow.

[DRACO A5OG]

Shoot my sister lives up yonder, Maybe I can stop by and say Hey when you decide to do the tear down.

Dang it saw LIFE, what a POS, the scientist are so freakin stupid, only Dead Pool guy made it sort of interesting until ... ( nope will not spoil it for you, have to suffer too )

[KTL]

Don't forget to install the cooling tin/sheetmetal for your heads & cylinders

[DRACO A5OG]

Lol

Yes sir

I was waiting for BBQ paint to dry in the oven

[KTL]

Just be sure that BBQ paint is solvent resistant? I used BBQ black on engine tin once before and brake parts cleaner removed it almost instantly!

[DRACO A5OG]

Doh

[Trackrash]

I found that Dupli-color engine enamel and appliance epoxy both resist gas well, if allowed to cure for a while.

[DRACO A5OG]

LOL, I was just about to buy that then I decided I wanted a matt finish.

[trond]

I painted my engine tin with POR-15. Too shiny but has held up well. No issues with gas. Recommended

[Gordo2]

Originally Posted by DRACO A5OG

Doh, those Holders were too wide. No biggy, I wish I had a second pair of hands

Sorry - I'm a bit late to the game. Had to laugh at your previous comment - BTDT...

Very similar to my experience & comments in the lower part of page 1 of my rebuild thread:

Originally Posted by Gordo2

... As I attempted to place the case on top of the other, I came to a sudden realization - the 1 1/2 wide aluminum stock material that I used to make the connecting rod and timing chain holders didn't fit through the case half

OK - now my hair's on fire. I grabbed my son (who should have been helping and learning in the first place - but he isn't interested - wait till he asks for the keys someday..). He came out and helped me manually feed the timing chain and connecting rods through the case. Again, not the preferred method - but it worked, crisis resolved.

Gordo's 3.2L Engine Rebuild - Ready to Reassemble

Good luck Draco - it's looking good.

Gordo

[pmax]

Originally Posted by DRACO A5OG

Shoot my sister lives up yonder, Maybe I can stop by and say Hey when you decide to do the tear down.

Or the case assembly whenever I get there ! But yes, swing by if you have time.

Dang it saw LIFE, what a POS, the scientist are so freakin stupid, only Dead Pool guy made it sort of interesting until ... ( nope will not spoil it for you, have to suffer too )

[DRACO A5OG]

So I was getting really tired of hand cleaning my Cam towers ( no scotch brite, thanks for the reminder Master KTL ) and Chain Housing so................ I did this, Pots and Pans on HIGH HEAT Prewash no heat dry, removed and dried immediately ( Note, DO NOT ALLOW IT TO SIT, ALUMINUM DOES NOT LIKE WATER SITTING ON IT ) with Compressed Air and rubbed down with WD40:



SHHHHHH

Don't tell my wifey please

Chain Alignment and Timing Done!:

Wow, amazing how much the old chain stretched and new bearings changes the need for shims, Removed 1 on Driver side and 2 from Passanger side. Thanks again Master KTL for loan of the Stomski Tools, You saved my Arse yet again :-)






Right on the MONEY 1.25MM on Both Sides, it only took me 3 tries HAPPY DANCE

[Trackrash]

Wife was not at home.

[DRACO A5OG]

RFLOL!

Mine came home and asked what I was washing, I told her I was maintaining the washer. LOL.

Well sorta true, I did have to wash it 3 times :-) to get rid of the oil residue

[KTL]

Nice move using the dishwasher. Amazing what a little bit of hot water can do! I have an economy ultrasonic cleaner with heat that is just big enough to contain a cam housing. Man, what a blessing that thing is. I HATED cleaning the cam housings before I got that ultrasonic cleaner.

And that GSF copy of the Stomski chain parallelism tool is pretty slick, eh?

[DRACO A5OG]

Oh Master KTL, you know it :-)

So much easier than struggling with the bar. Having two hands on the caliper for a more accurate reading is priceless.

I am in the process of counting, cleaning and packaging your tools back to it's home .

Seriously, Thank You! God Bless You and Your Family!

[Steve W]

Haha, nice build documentation, but damn Jim, if you knew how a dishwasher worked, you would not wash car parts in a machine that you're still actively using to wash dishes. Reason is that in the bottom of the dishwasher is a wet sump that holds and retains all your food particles and likely grease and silt from your motor, that will continue to recycle and spread to all your subsequent wash loads, getting on your dishes. Not to mention all the grease that flows and sticks inside though the re circulation pumps and hoses under and behind the machine. If you remove the blade and screen at the bottom of the dishwasher, you'll likely find a sump of about 1 or 2 gallons of water that just sits there that will shoot around on your next wash. How do I know this? I couldn't figure out for while why my dishes still smelled funky after several washes. Running bleach through the dishwasher didn't change anything. Much of the water recycles around in a wash from this sump, it doesn't just drain out continuously. Not until I took apart the wash blade and sump screen at the bottom did I find a fine silt of all kinds of old food particles that had been heated and bleached that were in cracks and crevices that was the cause of the stink.

Originally Posted by DRACO A5OG

So I was getting really tired of hand cleaning my Cam towers ( no scotch brite, thanks for the reminder Master KTL ) and Chain Housing so................ I did this, Pots and Pans on HIGH HEAT Prewash no heat dry, removed and dried immediately ( Note, DO NOT ALLOW IT TO SIT, ALUMINUM DOES NOT LIKE WATER SITTING ON IT ) with Compressed Air and rubbed down with WD40:



SHHHHHH

Don't tell my wifey please

Chain Alignment and Timing Done!:

Wow, amazing how much the old chain stretched and new bearings changes the need for shims, Removed 1 on Driver side and 2 from Passanger side. Thanks again Master KTL for loan of the Stomski Tools, You saved my Arse yet again :-)






Right on the MONEY 1.25MM on Both Sides, it only took me 3 tries HAPPY DANCE

[Trackrash]

Originally Posted by Steve W

Haha, nice build documentation, but damn Jim, if you knew how a dishwasher worked, you would not wash car parts in a machine that you're still actively using to wash dishes. Reason is that in the bottom of the dishwasher is a wet sump that holds and retains all your food particles and likely grease and silt from your motor, that will continue to recycle and spread to all your subsequent wash loads, getting on your dishes. Not to mention all the grease that flows and sticks inside though the re circulation pumps and hoses under and behind the machine. If you remove the blade and screen at the bottom of the dishwasher, you'll likely find a sump of about 1 or 2 gallons of water that just sits there that will shoot around on your next wash. How do I know this? I couldn't figure out for while why my dishes still smelled funky after several washes. Running bleach through the dishwasher didn't change anything. Much of the water recycles around in a wash from this sump, it doesn't just drain out continuously. Not until I took apart the wash blade and sump screen at the bottom did I find a fine silt of all kinds of old food particles that had been heated and bleached that were in cracks and crevices that was the cause of the stink.

Kitchen Aid?

[DRACO A5OG]

Hey Doc!

Fancy seeing you here :-)

Yeah, I know there is always liquid from previous washes still in the washer like the genius who designed the clothes washer.

That is why I ran 6 heavy duty cycles afterwards and used bleach with lemon sent.

Well if anything, I will treat you to dinner and you can have a taste of motor oil with our food :-)

I may have to take it apart later to get rest of the crapola out of it, shoot I do this for my clothes washer, incredible how all that soap scum and nasties still remain, boy do we live in a fantasy world, It is the Matrix I tell you