Ok, so I spent the day pretty much, working on this engine. First thing, I had to clearance the cam bearings. I ended up installing clevite cam bearings, hoping they'd be better than the engine tech ones. They weren't. So I purchased a used 5.9 magnum cam locally. I slotted it at 30 deg on a staggered pattern.
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This took awhile to work. My bearings were very tight and I had to tap the cam in with a hammer, turn a few turns, tap again, repeat. Took awhile. But this method works.
Next up I installed the crank, cam and timing chain, now it all spins nice and smooth.
Next stop, pistons. These are 4.030 pistons and rings. They were put together and tossed in a crate. Got dirty and rusty. So I cleaned them up.
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Once all was cleaned I installed the bearings and torqued for a clearance check. All rods were between 0.0015 and 0.0020 so pretty good. I'll match the small rods with the smaller crank journals.
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