Big Bore
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Not to hijack but, if a guy needed a set of stock mahles with bowl edge relief, valve reliefs for stage II cam , and ceramic coated top and teflon coated sides could you guys handle that?
Motor Rebuild Help
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Not to hijack but, if a guy needed a set of stock mahles with bowl edge relief, valve reliefs for stage II cam , and ceramic coated top and teflon coated sides could you guys handle that?
JDub
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You bet! Shoot me a PM or give us a call...
juniort444e
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Jake, no. I have serious a.d.d when it comes to this stuff sometimes. I was going to buy another members motor just to get my truck back on road, but parents thought it was waste of time and money. So now im stuck at school with no way to get home until next week when i have a nice break to work on it. Good news is i almost completed our 10x12 shed to start tearing the motors apart and figuring everything out. I will be needing another set of up pipes, with a wastegate. I will let you know when im ready for that tho.
Thank you. I will keep that in mind. I need some machine work done, still not sure how im shipping the motor and heads out but def need a good shop to perform that stuff. So if you wouldnt mind sending me a pm on some of those prices for those processes i would need to get my build underway i would appreciate that.
To everyone else following this or cares as much as i do, i havnt even begun to dig into anything. Will start very soon tho. I just want to get everything striped down and send the block and heads out to get the machine work completed first. Then i can figure everything out from there.
Big Bore
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Ok so am I ahead of you now?
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juniort444e
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Honestly no, that how my motor looks right now sitting under a tarp. It will be completely torn apart next week as i only have classes on monday and im golden to do alot of stuff til the following monday.
Big Bore
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Dang, and I start a job on Monday. LOL Looks like you'll be getting ahead of me, I dont even have an engine stand that I trust this pig on. LOL
juniort444e
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Same here. I will be buying one this week, whenever i find a good one on a decent website.
BigAlsPSD
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I've used this one for 4 motors so far.
http://www.harborfreight.com/2000-lb-foldable-engine-stand-67015.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/2000-lb-foldable-engine-stand-67015.html
juniort444e
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thanks bigal. Where did you get the bolts to use for connecting it to the motor. I know a buddy who lives close said it took him awhile to find the right ones.
BigAlsPSD
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I have a fastenal locally, as well as a few different bolt supplies, that I found them, but my local tractor supply probably would have had them as well.
Big Bore
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That's the one I've been looking at. I bought the folding shop crane from same place almost 10 years ago and its pulled several 7.3 engines and done a bunch of other heavy lifting.
How well does it rotate?
BigAlsPSD
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I'm not a fan of much that harbor freight has to offer, but I have the folding hoist and stand, that I am pleased with for the price.
It runs decently, not like the higher end snapons and such that have ball bearing supports, but enough for me to complete all that I have needed to do.
It runs decently, not like the higher end snapons and such that have ball bearing supports, but enough for me to complete all that I have needed to do.
Big Bore
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I take it using the bellhousing bolts is a bad idea?
BigAlsPSD
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They are not long enough. Or at least none have ever been for me.
juniort444e
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How heavy is a bare block. Nothing else but just the bare block. Im curious. Buddy says its not that heavy and he can lift it.
02POWERSTROKE7.3
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2 guys can lift a bare block.
Big Bore
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Thanks Big Al, you've been real helpful.
I think Genie said the block is 400?
I think Genie said the block is 400?
TrailerHauler
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I have that stand as well, and its worked out great for around $100!
juniort444e
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Ok, here's the latest and greatest. Not much. But our shed is just about finished, going to put a temporary work bench up so i can strip truck and motors down tomorrow and have something to work on.
Im going to do a minimun build on the motor i got from RCH on here. Reason, im sick of not having my truck, plain and simple. I am going to buy new pistons and send the connecting rods out to get treated and checked. Doing the min because of time and money right now. Getting the truck back on the road and paying it off before i do the crazy build. Just tired of bumming rides and not being able to find a decent vehicle for cheap without having to dump money into it as well.
The blown motor is getting torn down and reusing everything.. studs, valve springs, push rods, up pipes and so on. The other motor i purchased off of RCH looks b e a utiful. So im going to clean it up, paint it and stick everything on it.
Quick question, since im putting new pistons in it due to low compression in a few cylinders, which head gaskets should i use. If stock is fine then thats what I will use. And do i still need machine work if im taking the heads off. The same heads are going back on the motor they came off, im not mix matching unless they are really messed up.
I dont want to dump aton of money into this motor for multiple reasons, some already mentioned. Main reason for new pistons 1. have to fix compression issues and 2. want coated pistons with bowl lip removed. I was going to try doing some port and polish work myself on the heads. Any one have tips on what to use or how to's.
Lastly to those who cant ever understand which route im going since my a.d.d always kicks in, I am doing this for already said reasons and my main worry is paying truck off rest of way and getting a bts, then and only then i am building a motor all out. Sorry for the confusion everyone but hope i cleared up some of it for you. Best part about doing it this way tho, is i get to have tunes that dont cater to PMR"s due to a huge turbo and bigger injectors.
Im going to do a minimun build on the motor i got from RCH on here. Reason, im sick of not having my truck, plain and simple. I am going to buy new pistons and send the connecting rods out to get treated and checked. Doing the min because of time and money right now. Getting the truck back on the road and paying it off before i do the crazy build. Just tired of bumming rides and not being able to find a decent vehicle for cheap without having to dump money into it as well.
The blown motor is getting torn down and reusing everything.. studs, valve springs, push rods, up pipes and so on. The other motor i purchased off of RCH looks b e a utiful. So im going to clean it up, paint it and stick everything on it.
Quick question, since im putting new pistons in it due to low compression in a few cylinders, which head gaskets should i use. If stock is fine then thats what I will use. And do i still need machine work if im taking the heads off. The same heads are going back on the motor they came off, im not mix matching unless they are really messed up.
I dont want to dump aton of money into this motor for multiple reasons, some already mentioned. Main reason for new pistons 1. have to fix compression issues and 2. want coated pistons with bowl lip removed. I was going to try doing some port and polish work myself on the heads. Any one have tips on what to use or how to's.
Lastly to those who cant ever understand which route im going since my a.d.d always kicks in, I am doing this for already said reasons and my main worry is paying truck off rest of way and getting a bts, then and only then i am building a motor all out. Sorry for the confusion everyone but hope i cleared up some of it for you. Best part about doing it this way tho, is i get to have tunes that dont cater to PMR"s due to a huge turbo and bigger injectors.
