They weigh around 1250 with turbo, accessories, and oil in them.Quote:
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They weigh around 1250 with turbo, accessories, and oil in them.Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
Looks like a fun project. Before I started to work on my Plymouth I build a CJ7. That was a fun project because it was different than working on a car. He are some picks of the completed project
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Nice Jeep Mprevo!
This morning my youngest brother came over and helped me get the engine set in this truck. It's a pain trying to line up the input shaft, get the angles correct, wiggle and push one of these in by your self. Now to get the rest finished up and get it fired up, broke in, and gone.
No No No... I meant the smoker /grille in the second picture!:eek::LOL::LOL::LOL::LOL:**)**):p:p:rolleyes::LOL::eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
Sorry, I couldn't help myself!
:LOL: The grill isn't nearly that heavy.
I have gone for awhile, wow, this is a great build. My favorite year Chevy with a Cummins. I am a ag mechanic by trade so diesels always get my attention.
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Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
I've found that working on your own stuff doesn't pay as well... :LOL:
It might be less head aches though. HahaQuote:
Originally Posted by MP&C
I got the engine mostly all buttoned up and got it running yesterday. I broke in the cam but I have a small fuel leak and the thing won't idle. Hopefully that is just a governor spring adjustment. The leak is either the #6 injection line or the return on the back of the head. Neither of which are fun to get at and it's been below 20* here since Tuesday night. Of course this truck is outside. Yeehaw.
Here are some pics of it before I got the injection lines on. It snowed the night before to and was a cold wet mess. :HMMM:
If I ever had a fuel or any other leak out front and easy to get at I have to be dreaming. That with cold weather its just one laugh after another... I feel your pain Our snow is supposed to stop here late Sunday
Another one is done and gone. Ignore the huge oil mess in front of the dodge. The governor springs were a big PITA and every time you have to adjust them almost all the oil from the governor housing runs out making a big old mess.
Back to working on the Ford project. I've got the short block assembled, got the trans and tcase painted and installed back in the truck, got the cam gear swapped on to the new Colt cam, installed the lifters and guide plates, and started installing 1 head this morning. Hopefully I can have the engine wrapped up so I can paint it soon. I'm ready to get this truck done and gone too.
More pics of the trans install in the Ford.
WooHoo.. Progress!:LOL::LOL::LOL:
I'll bet you're glad to see things moving along.
I've never done one of those Governor Spring jobs, are they always so messy? Dang, you gotta add in a bag of speedi-dri and disposal costs to that job!:p
Mike, I should have. This one was more messy than usual. Typically you install them with an initial click plus 4, you know on the bench, off the engine, Haha. But this one wanted initial plus 6 so that was 3-4 times removing the side plug and that allows the oil to run out and there's no real nice way to catch it so it goes everywhere. Plus it snowed etc. Just a bad deal to be doing out doors. :LOL:
Sorry for your pain. I guess it's like that old saying, "Some days you're the bug, Some days you're the windshield".
Over here outdoors was 7 degrees! High of 16. 8-(
I didn't even bother going to the shop. it takes hours to warm the place up at that temp.
Today got up to 18* and we're below 0 now. A high of 5 tomorrow but a low over night of -10 or less.Quote:
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This morning I started out by installing the head studs in the lh head on the 7.3. I then torqued them and started cleaning the threads on the rh bank. I got to the 6th one and found a broken bolt. It's about 1 1/8" below the deck surface and is 1.700" deep. I got a hole drilled through the bolt finally. I put an extractor in it and tried a few different ways to get it to budge. Then the worst happened. The extractor broke in there. So now, I've been trying to cut through the extractor with no real luck. I'm really pissed I never saw it until now. I didn't pull all the head bolts out because I got it with only 2 bolts in each side. It's turned into a crap show now.
On a brighter note, we did get my new heater in the garage. No more multi fuel salamander.
[QUOTE=40FordDeluxe;562881]Today got up to 18* and we're below 0 now. A high of 5 tomorrow but a low over night of .....The extractor broke in there. So now, I've been trying to cut through the extractor with no real luck. I'm really pissed I never saw it until now. I didn't pull all the head bolts out because I got it with only 2 bolts in each side. It's turned into a crap show now.
On a brighter note, we did get my new heater in the garage. No more multi fuel salamander.
It's like an old re-run of ABC Wide World of Sports.. from the Thrill of Victory to the Agony of Defeat! ARGHHHhhhh..
What are you using for drills.? Got cobalt or carbide?
In the past I've had luck busting up an extractor (or tap) using a punch. They are hard, so somewhat fragile.
If you are successful in removing the extractor, my next step would be to fully drill out the bolt, using a left handed drill. Often the drill will grab the bolt and spin it out. (Be very careful doing this with a drill press. If you don't back out when the bolt extracts you'll shatter the drill.)
They make what is called Die Drills they have a cost factor but can drill out ANYTHING. I have used them with good success in the past.
Find a shop that has an EDM------
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I was tapping out a rusted thru shower drain cover bolt this summer when the tap broke in the hole. Nothing I had would cut thru it, including the carbide and cobalt drill bits. Fortunately it wasn't a necessary torque spck bolt going in their so shower caulk added to a short screw is doing a nice job so far. On my 460 the read valve cover bolt broke off in the head. Fortunately the screw extractor and drilling combo got that one out!
I feel your pain!
I was looking at the die drill bits yesterday but the owner didn't want to spend that much on them. He has Al Parker from Parker performance coming over tonight to drill it out. I guess Al said he has bits that will drill it right out. I hope he does drill it right out. I sure don't feel like tearing this thing back apart, and I'm already sick of drilling on it. :LOL:
Jerry, the EDM sure would be slick. No place I know of around here has one though. I've made a lot of calls and searched some different avenues. I do have some tanerite in the gun safe that would get it out one way or another though. Haha
Here is a bad pic of the heater. It is a 75k btu unit. It works pretty awesome. Then, there is a pic of the bolt hole with the broken bolt and extractor. The last pic is of me driving the 72 out of it's zip code, getting wood for a home made Christmas project. It was a high of 4*. :rolleyes:
4 degrees??? UM.... you're gonna need a bigger heater! :LOL::LOL: I hope it stays out there too!
What'cha building for Christmas?
Sunday was a high of 0*, with a -14* low. Saturday night I finally started putting plastic on our windows. What a big difference that makes on some old windows.Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
We built a bench, my wife has been crocheting all kinds of hats, scarfs, ear warmers, booties for little ones, and we've got some furniture re purposing to do to. I put pics in the home made gift thread just a minute ago of the bench.
Last night at work I got a call from my wife and she was telling me her truck was chugging bad and wasn't running right. I thought oh great. The pos mini van she can't drive because it has skim module issues and the blower motor crapped out. The 95 crew cab Ford I baught I still don't have the title for, so we can't do anything with it... I took my daughter to school this morning and came back and fired her truck up. Sure enough, another injection line broke. Luckily I have timeserts left, and I have some good used lines from the silver dodge I just converted to a P-pump. So I swapped a #4 injection line on it, fixed a return line that was dripping fuel, and found and fixed the issue with the inop cruise control.
Then I had time to install the reman turbo onto another 99 Dodge I got in. I have to get exhaust for it, install it, and then it will be done.
The guy from the machine shop has had no luck getting the broken extractor/bolt out of the block. They tried some chemical sand last night and it really didn't do anything. He tried drilling tonight with no luck. So now it might be coming all back apart to go to the machine shop to get placed on a machine to get drilled out. But, I did get the truck's fuel tank steam cleaned, and installed the new 5/8" pick up tube. There was a lot of gunk in that tank and the stock suction filter/extension was off the stock suction tube floating in the debris. Haha
Not sure what to say Ryan.. I'm searching for the bright side. :o:)
It keeps getting better. :LOL: Last night I was driving home from work and I got caught behind some slow pokes next to a semi. Once the semi turned off the road I went around the pokes. I ran it a little hard but not thrashing it a few times having fun after that. This morning I took it to go meet a buddy to trade some parts with, and when I starting accelerating on the highway, I noticed was the truck was way doggy. Literally no power. I figured it was low on fuel. But the more I thought about it, the more I was thinking lack of fuel in the tank wasn't the issue. It wasn't coughing, bucking, nothing odd. After I met my buddy Dave, I went and put fuel in the truck. It took 7 gallons. Yeah, I figured it wasn't low fuel. This tank holds 16 gallons. So I took my middle child to school and went home and changed the fuel filters hoping that was it. I didn't see anything obvious but the fuel didn't look green like it normally does. My nose is semi plugged, but the fuel smelled like diesel, but not as strong as normal. I drove it to work and it's the same. Runs ok until about half throttle and then it doesn't do much. It'll run highway speeds, the engine doesn't heat up, still has normal oil pressure.
I need to put some gauges on it and see what is going on. First I thought maybe one of the turbos is locked up but they sound the same. Also, if that was the case it would be smoking black from lack of air. Same thing if the air filter was plugged/restricted. It will not hardly smoke. I foot braked it to see what would happen and it'll barely puff any smoke. Normally if you do that it will put some out. (Which I try to avoid any how) So, I'm leaning towards a weak lift pump, bad/watered down fuel, or I'm not sure yet. I'll see if I can put some make shift gauges on it for the trip home.
At least it still made it to work and I didn't have to drive the pos mini van. Haha
Had an electrical issue where truck started great, drove fine but lost power under excelleration. Turns out if battery is running low, by use accellerator, it dropped the battery just enough to starve the computer of power. New battery, ran great until same thing, after that new alternator fixed the problem, probably not your issue but worth keeping in the back of your head .
I'm guessing it's something simple. (hopefully) :LOL: This engine is mechanical and I checked the fuel shut off solenoid to make sure it is pulling all the way up. It is/was. I'm going to check for boost leaks tonight. The way I have the afc set up, the injection pump won't start fueling hard until the afc foot gets moved allowing the governor to pull the rack in the injection pump to move the plungers to meter more fuel to the injectors. The afc needs to get 25-30psi to do this. So, if it has a boost leak, this could be the issue. I don't hear a severe boost leak, but that's a place I'm going to look to.
Um... Ryan? AFC????
Aneroid fuel control. It controls the pre-boost fueling on the governor of the injection pump. The smoke controlling device basically.Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
I did get lucky, and it was the afc line. The top fitting was on but the bottom fitting had came off. I put it back on and tightened it back up and it's good to go.
I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! We did and it has been super busy.
Today I dropped the 7.3 off at a machine shop and the guy is very hopeful and thinks he can get it out without having to disassemble the engine. I really hope so.
Thanks for the info. I'm glad for you that it was an easy fix.
Our Christmas was great, we had 22 family members stuffed into this little 1400 sq ft house. LOL.. there were people everywhere!
Just had an e-mail from Roger Spears and he was about the same, all the family was over and they had a great day.
I'll keep a good thought on the broken fastener, sounds like they've done'em before so your headache will soon be gone. 8-)
No word on the broken fastener yet but that's okay. I've got other stuff to finish up. The exhaust is going on the 99 Dodge and I'm going to be bringing a project of my own home this weekend. My brother got my Dad a smoker for Christmas but it was missing grates. Dad was going to buy them online but the only thing he can find close to it's sizes were going to be $200 before shipping. I told him that was nuts. I sent him to the metal shop and he got 52' the first time. I've used all that up and I'll finish them up when the rest of the metal gets in. :LOL:
I finally had time to get over and finish the barn door job on my mom's horse barn. There's still some stuff to finish up on the inside of the doors. My main concern was getting the tin all back on the barn and reattached. Of course, naturally it rained for 3/4s of the day yesterday when I did it. At least it was 35* until the wind started blowing.
I used the 72 to haul the 40 home last night. I had to have my mom follow me because I still haven't hooked up my trailer wiring..........:eek:
Looks good, I like those galvanized barns. We fixed up an old feed shed into a garden shed for my mom a few years ago. It's nice to do different things one in a while.
Last fall we tore down a rather large lean to and that is where the metal for the doors came from. I'm going to use more of it and replace the cheap fiber board on the front of it. This old bard only had sliding doors on it when we moved here. Most of them were rotten and junk. This building was supposed to be our shop when I was growing up. Dad never poured the concrete and mom won the conflict and it became the horse barn. It would have made a nice shop. :LOL: Oh well, it has made a really nice horse barn. I can't complain too much. We used to store square bales in the other end but now they feed round bales so there is an open end and I get to use that for storage. That's where the vette is resting now.Quote:
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What's with the rock piles (on either side of the doors) if I can ask?
Do you get mice in the car with the Bales in there?