Motor Freshening

[LRflip]

So, I've had the series for about 2 months now...

I've come to 3 harsh realizations...

The suspension needs to be completely redone (ok, not so harsh)

The frame needs some serious patching.

The motor needs to be refreshed.

If you guys were to rebuild as much of a series motor while leaving it in the truck, where would you start and what would you do?

Or, would you just man up, take the motor out, and strip it down and rebuild it?

discuss amongst yourselves.

 

[singingcamel]

Man up, and remove it.
Once you start to tear it down , you'll wish would have removed it.
You'll have to remove the seat box and floor to get at the bell housing bolts , but you will probably need to replace clutch and pressure plate and now would be a good time to do so.
You can degrease it and paint it as well.
It just makes it alot easier to spin it around on a motor stand and get things done.
Good luck and keep it Fun..
www.singingcamel.com

 

[kferg]

Building a collection there I see. Let me know if you get down east with that. I'd like to see it.

 

[Gordo]

you should man up, but if you want to you could probably change the bearings while in the truck. It just depends on how needy it is...If its knocking I wouldnt bother. I just replaced all the main bearings in my old Nissan Diesel 6 cyl while in truck. The journals were good, not burnt but some minor wear. I had it out actually, but the guy I bought it from had done the mains a few years ago so I cheaped out and didnt change them. The oil pressure was too low for my liking but the new mains did the trick. Its a low budget trail rig though.

One trick I used to remove the upper main upper shells is to get a small cotter pin or something you can make a small T out of. The T will slide into the oil galley in the crankshaft. (i went to a hardware store and got some aluminum door hardware "pins" that did the trick perfectly), all you want is enough of the T sticking out to grab the tip of the bearing shell. Now caps are off and you are looking at the crankshaft and an upper shell. Turn the motor over slowly until the oil galley is approaching the side of the bearing W/O the lock. Install your small, but strong enough T and have someone slowly turn the motor over as you watch the T grab the end of the bearing and push the l bearing out. Just make sure you push the right way, ie dont push the locked end up in there. Install is the opposite direction, same concept but I used a slightly bigger T so it didnt slip under the bearing. The Ts cost me 1.10 each at the hardware store. Worked great for me.