What did you do with your DII today?
Recovery Vehicle
Joined: Jun 2017
Posts: 1,238
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From: Alabama + Vegas + Texas
I definitely have more power with that cam after my rebuild, and my idle purrs just right. No loping. Highly recommend.
Crank is in...again...but it's right this time, lol.
Note to self, and word to the wise...stop working on things when you are tired.
I bag, tag, and label everything, and don't mix parts(since I'm working with 2 engines), but, screwed up, obviously.
I grabbed the 4.6 crank...and the 4.6 main bearing caps.
When I should have picked up the 4.0 main bearing caps that go with the 4.0 block I'm using.
Granted, the 4.0 and 4.6 caps Are the "same", and I am using stock bearings. But, we are dealing in thousandths of an inch, and the 4.6 caps were from the other block.
So, without a line hone, they were apparently just a little too tight.
I put the 4.0 caps in, measured, they're in spec, reassembled and torqued it all...and the crank spins freely, as it should!
Fortunately, I had bought 2 sets of cruciform seals too, so I had a new set for the other rear main cap.
Yay! Go dummy me!
But, I still hate this thing, lol.
On to gapping rings and finishing the bottom end now.
Note the different color main caps in this picture.
Note to self, and word to the wise...stop working on things when you are tired.
I bag, tag, and label everything, and don't mix parts(since I'm working with 2 engines), but, screwed up, obviously.
I grabbed the 4.6 crank...and the 4.6 main bearing caps.
When I should have picked up the 4.0 main bearing caps that go with the 4.0 block I'm using.
Granted, the 4.0 and 4.6 caps Are the "same", and I am using stock bearings. But, we are dealing in thousandths of an inch, and the 4.6 caps were from the other block.
So, without a line hone, they were apparently just a little too tight.
I put the 4.0 caps in, measured, they're in spec, reassembled and torqued it all...and the crank spins freely, as it should!
Fortunately, I had bought 2 sets of cruciform seals too, so I had a new set for the other rear main cap.
Yay! Go dummy me!
But, I still hate this thing, lol.
On to gapping rings and finishing the bottom end now.
Note the different color main caps in this picture.
Gonna be a beast when you are done.
TReK
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 3,387
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Just changes the shift points/shifts at higher rpm's?
Camel Trophy
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 3,969
Likes: 859
From: Britainistan, UK
I only use Sport Mode when passing. Eek....
Last edited by JUKE179r; Jan 8, 2020 at 02:51 AM.
TReK
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 3,387
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Holding a gear longer vs lugging the engine can also change things.
Too many variables.
I am curious to see with porting and a Crower cam, how good of mpg it can get on the highway(17mpg?? mayyybe)...then it's back to real driving and single digits, lol.
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 44
Likes: 19
From: Colorado
Twisted my nipple (!), removed front drive shaft, drove in to work. That plus the extra little light on the instrument panel makes me 99% sure I've got the locking center diff. :😎
Got the driveshaft apart and cleaned up. Not as easy as I hoped, not as hard as I feared.
Got the driveshaft apart and cleaned up. Not as easy as I hoped, not as hard as I feared.
