RE: IML: 18 year anniversary

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes.  They are correct, as I laid out a beach towel
and  placed everything out in order as it came off,
but that's a good guess as to why things would have
gone together screwey.

-K

--- Robin Giesbrecht <robings@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Are you sure you have the correct caps for the rods?
> They are mated. I ahd 
> the same problem on a 350 Chev a while back and
> turns out I had mixed a cap  
> with another rod.
> 
> Robin Giesbrecht
> 72 Imperial
> 
> >From: Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: IML <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: IML: 18 year anniversary
> >Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 19:56:48 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >That's how long it's been since my last engine
> >rebuild.
> >
> >Remember that spun bearing on the 1962 that I was
> >going to try a get-me-by on?
> >
> >nope.
> >
> >Well the crank was really fried.  I used a mens
> belt
> >with sandpaper and polished it, but it looked like
> >marbled meat with all the grooves and pits in it.
> >
> >My $100 repair is now sitting at $600 and I've
> lapped
> >the valves, gotten a replacement crank (free!!!), 2
> >new con-rods, new bearings all around, and gasket
> >sets.
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> >I wasn't aware that there are freeze plugs in the
> >heads.  One was weeping.  I did those too.
> >
> >The engine is now sitting in the garage all painted
> up
> >and new-looking.  I also did new rings and honed
> the
> >cylinders, so that's looking up too.
> >
> >Problem is that two of the con rods, when tightened
> >bind the crank up so much that it won't spin.  I'll
> be
> >taking them out and having them reconditioned - I
> >presume that they are not the correct diameter
> >anymore.
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> >Otherwise, things are going well.  What a bunch of
> >work though!!  I've got 3 8-hour days in and
> presume
> >that there are 2 more before I'm driving the car.
> >It's nice not to be paying $3000 for an engine
> rebuild
> >and all the money to remove/reinstall, but I'm not
> so
> >certain that I'll be doing this on the 1973 and the
> >1970, both of which will "want" a rebuild in the
> >coming years.
> >
> >I think that I'll maybe look at having a spare 440
> >that I can have redone and ready to plop in, rather
> >than having the car down for the week.
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> >Kenyon Wills
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