Thats a thick piece of metal !!!Glad that was it!! I would not sweat it ,that scraper was not doing a whole lot,.....well I guess it was doing a whole lot:LOL: Now you know you have to post a clip of it running good after its back together!!!! :D
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Thats a thick piece of metal !!!Glad that was it!! I would not sweat it ,that scraper was not doing a whole lot,.....well I guess it was doing a whole lot:LOL: Now you know you have to post a clip of it running good after its back together!!!! :D
Glad to hear it was something simple like that scraper. I had a feeling that had to be it. Let us know about that water in the pan, that one might be a problem.
I bought that scraper cheap...:whacked: but it was laser cut to fit an FE with 3.98 stroke crank...
I actually thought, initially; oh well, what the heck...it won't hurt to have it in there...:o
like mentioned before, probably the warping of the stock steel pan did push it more towards the crank...
I used the compressor today to see what came out...just oil...and both at the rockershaft and main and rod bearings it seeped thrue...so it seems to be both clean, open and waterfree...
at first run-in a waterhose blew, soaking the engine in coolant and I have strong indications it seeped down thrue the distributershaft...
I know for a fact it isn't the heads or cilinderwalls, otherwise I would have seen a white cloud coming out of the exhaust!
I will make a second "no guts no glory" - vid when ready again!
Same goes for the c6 transmission, wich is up next, but that's not even taken apart so it will take a while, before my personal "soapseries" will have its third episode :D
Tom
Good call on the crank scraper ,....I will not forget that sound soon:LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by blueoval67
Glad to hear that there is no water in the oil problem. I was thinking that maybe it could have been condensation from sitting. Probably was that o ring seal on the distributor. Get a new one on there and your good to go. Good luck with the rest of the project. After this everything should be as smooth as silk!
good to hear you didn't have anything major going on in that motor and it was an easy fix..... good luck with the transmission.... just remember to get everything back together right.... then again i've built auto trannies and had quite a few parts left over but they still seemed to work fine... but that might be plain old luck.... i personally think the worst part is the valve body... those things can get pretty annoying...
yeah! I'll probably have three reverse gears and one forward, no neutral and a park, like throwing out an anker, when completed :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by thesals
I actually went to class for this, to learn a little bit more...(2 day course, called "kickdown")...I think I actually learned something...just have to proove now that I did! :rolleyes:
I'm almost ready to go for the second run...just have the electrical to do ("just", because connecting is easy, sorting out the wires is the hard part :3dSMILE: )...I'm connecting some gauges also this time, so I have some more precise readings...
I'll make a new vid as promised...(when all the minor adjustments are done and I'm feeling pretty sure that it won't blow up, while I'm filming :HMMM: )
I'll keep you posted...expect a new run in about a day or two...
grtz,
Tom
and here's the new vid...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joV-lfMvp8g
this time without the scraper...
and yes...it's dad filming...even the floor is interesting to him! :LOL:
seems pretty much okay now.:)
sounds wonderful now.....sounds like it might need a little adjusting still but nothing critical...... i'm glad your engine turned out succesful for you.... its always a bummer when you build an engine and spend a lot of time and money on it and you end up with a major failure......
true...(that's what I'm talking about in the vid, about needing some fine tuning, but I forgot the english subtitles!:D )Quote:
Originally Posted by thesals
It's my first build and I admit, I never expected to get everything right the first time, but I'm sure glad i was able to solve the problems that occurred...(not to mention the thoughts about total failure along the build...):CRY:
I'm actually pretty relieved right now!
okay, next!...now it's time to screw up my transmission!:whacked:
Tom
Glad to hear that sound ,instead of the last sound it was making!!:LOL:
Looks good and sounds good now!!!
Glad it was a easy fix!!! Those are the best!!! Congrats and hope she's still running good!!!
G.
Sounds like too much timing too me.