Unforgiven Project

Just got in from the barn and boy do I feel stupid!
I took another look at the crank snout and realized that the timing gear goes on first! That said... the balancer seats against the gear.

I'm going to bed!
 
Thanks for the support Grumpy.
Yes , last night was not a good night for me.
I'll start my story today with the good points that happened last night.

While I was at work yesterday, I made an order thru Summitt for a new set of head gaskets, oil filter, and a new set of Felpro 1206 head gaskets.
You get free shipping if your order is over $99

After work I stopped by the local Autozone store to pick-up the new balancer install/remove kit that came in. I figured that I would like to just own the kit instead of renting it. If you guys remember, I had to rent that damn thing 5 times on the first build, because of one thing or another. Even though you basically rent it for free, the time and travel wasted, to and from the store gets old. So now I own one!

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So... after dinner I proceeded to torque all the rods down. I measured as I did the other day. I decided to torque the first two rods with the torque wrench to see if the stretch values were the same as I got the other day. They where spot on! I did have to give a couple rods a tweak with the box end wrench to raise the stretch a tad, but all stretch values are between .004-.0045 ... I am happy with the results.

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This is a pic of the rods and mains complete..

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Things were going well!!!

I took a look at the snout and slid the spacer I had made onto the crank so I could get a measurement of the thickness the new one had to be.
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It was then I realized that timing gear goes against the crank hub....not the balancer! I felt stupid cause I had just posted to the world that I thought I had figured it out.:oops::(

So... I then proceeded to installing the freshly cleaned BBC oil pump. Once I slid it over the dowels I realized the I forgot to install the pump drive shaft. I went to retrieve it from the pan tray attached to the engine stand, and found it was not there!!
I spent two hours looking for that shaft trying to figure out where it went. I thought maybe I set it in the valve covers by accident so I went over to where I set them and they were missing!!!!
At this point I am thinking someone (Coty) is playing games with me. How do you lose Valve covers!!!

So I shut shut everything down and sat in the chair to try and remember the events that took place in the barn since the tear down..
I made it a point to not do anything in the barn so as not to disturb the placement of all the engine parts , sitting in what I felt was an organized setting.
I then remembered that about a month ago I had to make room in the barn for the $10,000 Exmark mower we bought this year. I had to store it for the winter. I had to move an old Case mower so I could fit the new mower in. Well there was a box that sat on the hood of the old Case mower
and I noticed it had fell off the hood and dumped on the floor between the machine and the wall.
There I found my valve covers under the box!!
I used a flashlight to check every crack and crevis I could find... NO OIL PUMP SHAFT TO BE FOUND!

At this point I happened to look over at the blower and manifold, and realized that I needed to purchase a new gasket because I separated them
during the teardown.

At this point I threw in the towel and shut the barn down.
I got in the house and bit the bullet and ordered a new pump shaft and a new gasket for the blower/manifold. Of coarse I had to pay for shipping on this order. :mad:
I then made a quick post here and put the day to rest!

So that's how my night went. Today is a new day and the parts I ordered will be sitting on the porch when I get home tonight.
Hopefully things will go smoother tonight.
 
Thanks Rick..

Do you Think it has something do do with Grumpy's FORD post?
Cause I haven't made it to church yet.;)
 
Just wait until you go out to the barn to work and forget what it was you were going to work on!!

TRUCK IS GONE!!

Forget church, just say 3 Hail Marys and drink another beer and if you see a Ford on the road, run him in the ditch!!:D:D:eek::eek:o_Oo_O
 
Ive had my share and more of days when I just say.. "screw it!"
this will look better after a good night's sleep and a cup of coffee in the morning!
I learned decades ago that getting emotionally crazy over things you can,t control is wasted effort
 
I was brought up to respect my elders. Now that I am in my mid 50's, I have a deeper admiration of my elders, not just for their wisdom and experiences, but instead for the bullshit their BODY and MIND put them through every day.
I am experiencing the everyday fact... That I feel like a million dollars all day at work. I make plans for what I am going to accomplish in the evening after work and when the time comes to head to the barn....I feel worn out and tired, and sometimes weaker!?... My mind is telling me to go for it!!
while at the same time my body is saying YEA... go for the bed!

Good replies men... I enjoyed a smile reading them.. I'll try to pass the smiles your way also!

SO....Last night did go a little better. I installed the cam and timing set. I have the #1 cylinder up top using the dial indicator.
I checked the back of the billet aluminum timing cover only to find that the seal was too far in. The chain had shaved the tin on the crank seal.
I forgot to get pics, sorry guy's. I compared the new crank seal with the one that came with the cover and found that the new Moroso seal was about .125 shorter than the seal that came with the cover. I'll try to remember to take a pic for clarification tonight. Anyway the Moroso seal installed perfect, with room to spare. Meaning it does not protrude through the back of the cover and touch the chain.
The two Summitt orders did not arrive yesterday. For some reason they shipped both orders from Georgia instead of Ohio. They will be here tonight though.
I have decided not to reinstall that aluminum windage tray into the oil pan. The reason being is that it was made to bolt to the welded tabs in the pan, and it was to close to the crank in the first place. When I repaired the pan, I had to use the cut off wheel to remove the tabs so I could massage the pan back into shape. The tab I cut out is about 12" long and was bent and twisted pretty good from the rod smashing it. I don't think it can be saved. Anyway. There is a floor under the windage tray, that the oil level when full, is below this floor. So, my thinking is that that aluminum baffle
was prolly used as a scraper. I'll repost pics of the pan so you can see what I'm talking about.
 
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These pics are from a few pages back in the thread. But.. The scraper at the top of the pic has been straightened the best it can be. I will still need to verify the clearances. At the bottom of the pic, you can see where the aluminum bolts to the long tab. This tab was welded to the pan in a fixed location and the rod destroyed it when it went though the side. Also, if you look closely you can see that under that aluminum tray is a floor, and that tray sits almost ontop of it. So.. for piece of mind I am going to NOT reinstall the aluminum tray.
 
Rick... I did it like this (this is a pic from the first build but I used the same technique )
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So you didn't use a degree wheel and stop at say .100 down the bore, then reverse your direction
until you are .100" down again. Divide the two numbers on the degree wheel by 2 and that's your
TDC? I thought this was the most accurate way, it's hard to detect the exact moment the dial
indicator is at zero since there are a couple of degrees where the piston is essentially stopped.

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Rick.. is the rod weight included in the piston mass for that program? my piston and pin weigh 642 grams and my rod weighs 565 grams.
Do I add these together or are they calling for just the piston mass of 642
 
Now if I understand correctly , at 15 degrees.. I should be .085 thousands into the hole..given the fact that I am zero decked.
 
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