383 build

[lesterl]

You'll do fine, you have been pretty carefull so far.....

 

[aznpersuasion]

thanks for the vote in confidence. im hoping to have it back in the truck by the end of next week. i have to wait for a torque angle gauge to come in tomorrow and finish up the rods. im going to try to get the rear main seal on with it on the stand so i can button up the bottom and call it good.

 

[lesterl]

Where did you order your guage at?

 

[aznpersuasion]

napa, they had to order it from la. know any tricks to get the crankshaft timing sprocket off? or do i just need to get a jaw puller?

 

[lesterl]

dont have a napa around town anymore here. I got mine at autozone for $10 and it was in stock......

 

[aznpersuasion]

i called them too and they had to order it (i hate yuma) and it was a whole dollar more expensive lol. i also ordered some duplicolor chevy orange.

 

[amtronic1]

You're pulling the gear to put on a new cam chain and gear? At 150k that's smart.

 

[aznpersuasion]

Not quite at 150k but I figured I might aswell since im right here and dont wanna do this in vehicle

 

[aznpersuasion]

Gibson exhaust arrived today.

 

[aznpersuasion]

finished degreeing rod nuts. still takes about 20 lbs to rotate bottom end. about to throw on oil pump and oil pan

EDIT: nevermind. timing cover has to go on first, but have to degree the cam first....wow forward progress is hard

 

[aznpersuasion]

decided to go ahead and paint the cylinder heads to test the paint. looks pretty go i think. not perfect, but will definitely show leaks. used duplicolor hi temp chevy orange DE1620

 

[aznpersuasion]

is there a minimum clearance between the crankshaft timing gear and cam gear? i have about .044" between the two.

 

[aznpersuasion]

installed timing gear, will be doing heads shortly. timing is intake opens ~6* early closes ~2* early. margin of error is there since we kinda jerry rigged a timing indicator and degree wheel.

 

[aznpersuasion]

basically done. all thats left is to fill with oil and prime the system.

 

[lesterl]

Beautiful, hope it goes better than my recent work.... (just replaced the top end on my father in laws 94 ranger (4.0l), topped off coolant, fixed/filled AC, ran in garage like 30 min or so and when I went to back the thing out it died and would not restart... Burnt up an ECM...... literally......

 

[aznpersuasion]

Thanks. The damper shaft bolt got kinda dicked up so I hope it doesnt let go. How did the ecm burn up? I havent heard of that happening very often. But when it did it was always a ecm failure

 

[lesterl]

I dont really know.... I have triple checked all the wiring, I suspect it has something to do with the fact it is 19 years old and a Ford...... But I digress.......
I have been cussing this thing since I got it.....

 

[aznpersuasion]

sorry to hear that man. that really sucks. i hope you can figure it out. a new ecm is probably pretty cheap if you can find a good one at a junk yard.

 

[lesterl]

Cheap reman at Autozone is $106.... prob what gonna do.

 

[aznpersuasion]

come with a warranty? they have that weird no returns on electrical components i think