outstanding!

 

Taking recommendation on replacement parts during this build that help with longevity.

I could care less if this motor makes 20 less horsepower, if it lasts another 200k miles I will be happy!

 

Dropped by the local Harbor Freight after work and picked up a "Engine Cleaning Gun" and stopped by Lowes and got two cans of odorless mineral spirits.



Holy crap this works really well... when my wimpy pancake compressor can keep up. It's actually my girlfriends compressor, but it lives at my house, so I put it to work.

If you look at earlier pictures, the engine is covered in gunk, grime, dirt, oil and everything else.



When the compressor had greater than 40-50psi available, this method literally peeled away dirt and grime with no problem. Unfortunately my compressor ran out of steam quite quickly and any pressure under 40psi merely covered the parts in the mineral spirits.

I did one of the cylinder heads and most of the block before calling it a night.





I'm pleased with the results for just a little bit of time and about $20 in product and tools.

I'd recommend this to anyone needing to bulk clean parts.



I might take the rest of the parts over to a friends house and borrow his compressor to see how that works. One thing of note, this method could quickly become a high pressure flamethrower, so be careful.

 

Great read. Thank you so much for this information. Hopefully I wont need to apply it to my own motor to soon, haha

 

Very good read keep it up

 

Awesome write up! Thanks!
Check out Will Tillery's "Head Gasket in a Box"deal if he's still offering it, was like $520 with heads and everything,

 

No updates today as I had a graduation dinner to go to.

My girlfriends father let me borrow his 2-3” micrometers. These are super, super nice. Probably one of the nicest feeling tools.



A few quick measurements show that the crank has never been turned, which is nice since it had standard size bearings. It appears to be in spec, with minimal to no taper on the few places I measured.

Luckily at the dinner I remembered that her family owns a machine shop, so I'll be dropping my parts off there tomorrow if I can get them all loaded up in time.

 

You need a digital vernier caliper and that way you can measure large and small objects plus you can get into deep grooves like your crank journals are displaying. $40 bucks on average. The micrometer is a wee bit cumbersome to fit into tight spaces and you can't measure inside, depth and step with it.... If you want accuracy it's a must have tool to ballpark what's removed from your wallet when visiting a machinist......

 

Dropped the heads, block and crank off at the machine shop to be checked out and cleaned.

I was unable to get the cam bearings out, I was afraid I'd mess something up so they are going to remove them for me. I need to order a new set so the machine shop can put them in so I am needing those parts ASAP.

 

Going to aggregate parts as I purchase them and shop around, each post will be updated with the part/location/price/etc

If you know someone that sells a part I am looking for, let me know and I will contact them.
I'm not looking for the cheapest parts, I'm looking for quality and value.

Camshaft Bearings: Field pipe delimited - STC1961

Supplier | Brand | Type | Price
Lucky8 | Unknown | Finished | $155
RovahFarm | Unknown | Unfinished | $120.95
Rovers North | ProLine | Unknown | $129.95
Atlantic British | Unknown | Finished | $149.95
Ebay:Classiccarsandparts | Sealed Power | Finished | $89.95