Paint the ceiling???
Stop in for a cup of coffee
- Thread starter toolmanmike
- Start date
-
Paint the ceiling???
It started snowing again... Starting to accumulate.... 
Im gonna.
We already know about my 318 with the poly crank and i found a greaseball donor crank.
Assuming crank is std,and a couple close measurements with a machinist micrometer i determined donor crank is stock and pristine.
Order bearing set. No go, a week maybe.
Look close at bearings,(no bashing as its just a runner)going to move them to nicer block.
Cleaning parts, moved parts over carefully placing everything as it came out of donor.
Crank torqued up, rolls smooth.
Start moving bearings,and snugging them up. Rod/pistons remain with each respective block.
Torquing rods (45) and turning crank as i go.
Get rods torqued and after sitting a few minutes it stuck.
Very little to no side play between rods.
So my next step is to move connecting rods from donor to good block.
Connecting rods smaller id from one block to other? One more day of stoopid hooman tricks tomorrow. Make up a jig for pushing piston pins i guess...
We already know about my 318 with the poly crank and i found a greaseball donor crank.
Assuming crank is std,and a couple close measurements with a machinist micrometer i determined donor crank is stock and pristine.
Order bearing set. No go, a week maybe.
Look close at bearings,(no bashing as its just a runner)going to move them to nicer block.
Cleaning parts, moved parts over carefully placing everything as it came out of donor.
Crank torqued up, rolls smooth.
Start moving bearings,and snugging them up. Rod/pistons remain with each respective block.
Torquing rods (45) and turning crank as i go.
Get rods torqued and after sitting a few minutes it stuck.
Very little to no side play between rods.
So my next step is to move connecting rods from donor to good block.
Connecting rods smaller id from one block to other? One more day of stoopid hooman tricks tomorrow. Make up a jig for pushing piston pins i guess...
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
I had something similar on a Pontiac 400 engine I built a long time ago. I bought it all machined and ready to be assembled. When I got all the rods torqued down it was stuck with little clearance between rods. I spent a dozen hours measuring the rod widths until I came up with a combo of locations that gave me the correct clearance between them on each journal. Once I got it together, that engine ran great for over 100k miles.
I never appreciated before that the tolerances on the rod ends was wide enough that they weren’t interchangeable and needed to be paired correctly. That included the rod caps too.
I know there is some side clearance.not much.
Could con rods be undersize?
If i try to swap rods, im going to wreck stuff.
Could con rods be undersize?
If i try to swap rods, im going to wreck stuff.
Anyone know what kind of epoxy is used when they port manifolds and heads
Yes. I'm at the shop now, I'll see if I can find my engine manual that lists them. Give me about 15 minutes
So much material there for Karl.
Splash zone compound.
Poly cranked block and donor have same casting number,buddy read a rod casting number and they are the same.
Dunno.
I do know if i used the rods matched to crank it should be good. Enough. I hope.
Dunno.
I do know if i used the rods matched to crank it should be good. Enough. I hope.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Try putting a mic gauge on some of the rods and see what their width reads. The factory tolerances were very sloppy back then. Also check the crank journals and see if they are different between the blocks.
I have a telescoping gauge set,will revisit it in the morning.
Just gonna go over in the corner here and be sad...why must everything be a shitshow?
Just gonna go over in the corner here and be sad...why must everything be a shitshow?
If it was all fun everyone would do it.
You'll get it done I'm sure.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
I dunno...but if you ever figure out why, let me know. I have never figured it out.
Where the he'll is Chris with the info. It's been a long 15 minutes.
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
Doing the Daffy!
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
He’s like an ADD 2 year old sometimes. Probably went to get the manual and...oh look, a duck!
Searching for my dog only to find it dead under the porch...
That said, I can't seem to locate my small block book.
But according to moparts... .001-.003.
Natural Causes?
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Most likely. She was a 10 year old German Shepard. Kids loved her, she was perfect with them. Hadn't seen her so went looking for her when we got home. Dead under the porch. She'd started to go blind and had already gone misty deaf.
what are you guys up to?
Last edited:
Sorry,chris. Family pets are-well -part of the family.
-
