head removal question ASAP

bluedge8 · Mar 7, 2013

let us know how it goes

89 Stroker · Mar 7, 2013

bluedge8 said:
let us know how it goes

hoping for the best

89 Stroker · Mar 7, 2013

just thought of something, is there any way or a difference to tell if this motor is a 97.5 or just a 97?

bluedge8 · Mar 8, 2013

shouldn't make any difference

89 Stroker · Mar 8, 2013

bluedge8 said:
shouldn't make any difference

allright

bluedge8 · Mar 9, 2013

what are you going to do for a rod bearing? if you put a new one in you have to make sure you get the right one, I think I'd try to use the old one, you are changing the rod also right?

89 Stroker · Mar 9, 2013

bluedge8 said:
what are you going to do for a rod bearing? if you put a new one in you have to make sure you get the right one, I think I'd try to use the old one, you are changing the rod also right?

i have the old ones but i also ordered all new ones

89 Stroker · Mar 9, 2013

this was at the bottom of the oil pan, anyone know what it is??

Patrick Feeley · Mar 9, 2013

Can't be positive, but it looks like the tappet from a fuel pump. They have been known to fall out and drop into the pan. Cheers!

bluedge8 · Mar 9, 2013

it's the plunger for the mechanical fuel pump, do you have electric fuel?

kyle43335 · Mar 9, 2013

89 Stroker said:
this was at the bottom of the oil pan, anyone know what it is??

thats lifter for a mechanical fuel pump in a 95-97 7.3 engine. it rides on a lobe on the cam

89 Stroker · Mar 9, 2013

idk how long its been on the bottom, but i take it it has a mechanical if it ran all this time

bluedge8 · Mar 9, 2013

do you have a fuel pump in the valley?
one of two things happen:
1. someone dropped it when they changed the fuel pump and bought another instead of fishing it out
2. or, you have been converted to electric fuel and have your fuel pump on the frame and it fell in at that time.
you didn't pull the fuel pump when you pulled the head did you?

89 Stroker · Mar 9, 2013

bluedge8 said:
do you have a fuel pump in the valley?
one of two things happen:
1. someone dropped it when they changed the fuel pump and bought another instead of fishing it out
2. or, you have been converted to electric fuel and have your fuel pump on the frame and it fell in at that time.
you didn't pull the fuel pump when you pulled the head did you?

there is a pump in the valley and no i did not

bluedge8 · Mar 9, 2013

dont worry about it then, just don't put it back in :smile:

89 Stroker · Mar 9, 2013

anyone know the torque specs for the rod bolts around the crank shaft>?

bluedge8 · Mar 9, 2013

not off hand, you should be able to find it online

89 Stroker · Mar 9, 2013

got the piston in, only issue i had was the first ring compressor failed on me so i had to buy another one

just so i know, what do you guys use to seal the oil pan on? ford silicone or whatever, or stuff from an auto store?

Powerstroke Cowboy · Mar 9, 2013

89 Stroker said:
anyone know the torque specs for the rod bolts around the crank shaft>?

Take them to 76 FTLB for the first torque sequence then go to 96 FTLB for the last torque sequence.. This is for the bolt that hold the main bearing in place that go around the crank shaft.

89 Stroker said:
got the piston in, only issue i had was the first ring compressor failed on me so i had to buy another one

just so i know, what do you guys use to seal the oil pan on? ford silicone or whatever, or stuff from an auto store?

Ford gray.. Do not use anything else other then the ford stuff for the 7.3L. Otherwise the oil will foam (or so it has been told and tested) which in turn will mess up the way the injectors fire.. They need pure oil not air filled oil. With air filled oil the HPOP cant even do it job..

Part number for the oil is TA-31