Can rods be installed through pan?

50_shooter · Feb 5, 2015

Is it possible on these engines, and how risky would it be? I'm thinking it would be WAY cheaper and faster...

Codydiesel · Feb 5, 2015

Can it be done, possibly if you were doing the rear cylinders only. But to do it properly just pull the engine and do it all on a stand.

Default15405 · Feb 5, 2015

This would make it very hard to check bearing clearances for the new rods, rod to block clearances, probably not possible to get the pistons past the journals and if you can you need to be careful of scratching the journals. Doubt it would be possible to get some sort of piston ring compressor under the crank to put the pistons in. The only way would be to pull the heads and at that point there is no reason not to pull the engine if you're going take it down to basically a bare block. Do it right or take it somewhere, its probably not the best idea to look for shortcuts on a 15K engine.