Motor Rebuild is done.
05-23-2009, 10:22 PM
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Motor Rebuild is done.
Well, I had some knocking a little while back as heard here: Knocking, in addition to have the motor lock up on me once, I decided to rebuild the motor. The PI swap and headers were on my to do list, but I ran short on cash, so they will have to wait for another time.
I pulled it out the top, leaving the transmission in the car. I had some difficulties with it, due to the engine to transmission gasket still being bolted on. Otherwise the pull went smoothly. I also found that the motor mounts and the throwout bearing were bad. Total time to get the engine out of the car was 6 hours.
Tear down revealed that the timing chain tensioner on the passenger side was bad, thus causing all that racket. I decided to go ahead and check the mains/rod bearings while I was in there. This was a partial mistake on my part because I didn't realize that the main/rod cap bolts were TTY and had to be replaced. Not wanting to half *** it at this point I pulled the heads off and made sure that the pistons and sleeves were fine, which they were.
Once I got the crankshaft out, I found that the bearings were showing signs of wear, so I replaced them all. The crankshaft was still in good shape, so I didn't bother to resurface it. I got the head changing kit from Summit racing, main/rod bolts from the Ford house, and the bearings/other gaskets from Orielly's. Total tear down and rebuild time = 9 hours.
Reinstall was a bit of a bitch because I forgot to use a clutch alignment tool and the engine wouldn't go on the transmission shaft, so I had to lift it back out and align the clutch. Once that was back in place it was easy to hook everything back up. I did however ruin my power steering hose bot forgetting to screw the bolt behind the line in first Once I got it ready, I put antifreeze in and had a leak, turned out to be the water pump. Got that fixed and I had yet another leak from the heater hose, which had a hole in it.
Once I got it started everything seemed OK, but it wasn't, when I went to drive it, the clutch was slipping badly and the pedal was too high. After punching the **** out of a door and ranting for a while, I found the clutch adjustment trick on here, one pull of the pedal and all was well. Total reinstall time = 12 hours.
Damn near $600 and 30 hours later, my car is running like a champ. No knocking or problems so far. Just have to put the hood back on and all is well. It wasn't the hardest job I have ever done, but it was close. Difficulty rating is a 9/10.
I pulled it out the top, leaving the transmission in the car. I had some difficulties with it, due to the engine to transmission gasket still being bolted on. Otherwise the pull went smoothly. I also found that the motor mounts and the throwout bearing were bad. Total time to get the engine out of the car was 6 hours.
Tear down revealed that the timing chain tensioner on the passenger side was bad, thus causing all that racket. I decided to go ahead and check the mains/rod bearings while I was in there. This was a partial mistake on my part because I didn't realize that the main/rod cap bolts were TTY and had to be replaced. Not wanting to half *** it at this point I pulled the heads off and made sure that the pistons and sleeves were fine, which they were.
Once I got the crankshaft out, I found that the bearings were showing signs of wear, so I replaced them all. The crankshaft was still in good shape, so I didn't bother to resurface it. I got the head changing kit from Summit racing, main/rod bolts from the Ford house, and the bearings/other gaskets from Orielly's. Total tear down and rebuild time = 9 hours.
Reinstall was a bit of a bitch because I forgot to use a clutch alignment tool and the engine wouldn't go on the transmission shaft, so I had to lift it back out and align the clutch. Once that was back in place it was easy to hook everything back up. I did however ruin my power steering hose bot forgetting to screw the bolt behind the line in first Once I got it ready, I put antifreeze in and had a leak, turned out to be the water pump. Got that fixed and I had yet another leak from the heater hose, which had a hole in it.
Once I got it started everything seemed OK, but it wasn't, when I went to drive it, the clutch was slipping badly and the pedal was too high. After punching the **** out of a door and ranting for a while, I found the clutch adjustment trick on here, one pull of the pedal and all was well. Total reinstall time = 12 hours.
Damn near $600 and 30 hours later, my car is running like a champ. No knocking or problems so far. Just have to put the hood back on and all is well. It wasn't the hardest job I have ever done, but it was close. Difficulty rating is a 9/10.
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