Finally Got Off My A$$ and Took Out Mt Motor!
01-09-2011, 12:28 PM
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Finally Got Off My A$$ and Took Out Mt Motor! My car has been down for quite a long time and i just parked it in the garage and pretty much forgot about it. Out of sight out of mind. I finally got off my butt and decided i should start workin on gettin the motor out and took it out yesterday.
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The rundown is one day i drove my car to work which was about 80 miles to the building and parked my car when i got there. When i was off i went back to my car and when i started it it was knocking. But instead of calling my insurance and having it towed home i just drove it home. My oil pressure gauge had already been fluxuating before this day but when i fired it up it was bouncing like crazy. I than drove home 80 miles in traffic. The car felt real gutless and slugish and i was just hoping i would make it home. Well i did , pulled the drive side valve cover to check the springs, pulled and checked the plugs, than pulled the dipstick and seen metal shavings and parked it in the garage and left it alone till now. I just assumed i probably had spun a rod bearing.
Well after pulling the motor i pulled off the passenger side valve cover and noticed a push rod missing and the hole in the head for the push rod was all chewed and out of round. So i pulled the head and found half of the pushrod on top of the lifter tray. I than pulled the lifter tray and found the other half under the lifter tray.
After both heads were off i also noticed that every piston has wear were the valve was kissing the piston. And its not just a mark, it looks like little valve reliefs were in the pistons. I was thinking maybe my springs are really worn out? I mean the motor was 110k miles and none of that stuff has been replaced yet. So its time for a total rebuild.
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So far i have only pulled the very back two rod caps and the bearings look toast. Ill probably take the rest off on monday to see whats going on with those aswell.
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[/IMG]The rundown is one day i drove my car to work which was about 80 miles to the building and parked my car when i got there. When i was off i went back to my car and when i started it it was knocking. But instead of calling my insurance and having it towed home i just drove it home. My oil pressure gauge had already been fluxuating before this day but when i fired it up it was bouncing like crazy. I than drove home 80 miles in traffic. The car felt real gutless and slugish and i was just hoping i would make it home. Well i did , pulled the drive side valve cover to check the springs, pulled and checked the plugs, than pulled the dipstick and seen metal shavings and parked it in the garage and left it alone till now. I just assumed i probably had spun a rod bearing.
Well after pulling the motor i pulled off the passenger side valve cover and noticed a push rod missing and the hole in the head for the push rod was all chewed and out of round. So i pulled the head and found half of the pushrod on top of the lifter tray. I than pulled the lifter tray and found the other half under the lifter tray.
After both heads were off i also noticed that every piston has wear were the valve was kissing the piston. And its not just a mark, it looks like little valve reliefs were in the pistons. I was thinking maybe my springs are really worn out? I mean the motor was 110k miles and none of that stuff has been replaced yet. So its time for a total rebuild.[IMG]
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[/IMG]So far i have only pulled the very back two rod caps and the bearings look toast. Ill probably take the rest off on monday to see whats going on with those aswell.
Last edited by 99 Blue Bird; 01-09-2011 at 12:34 PM.
01-09-2011, 12:54 PM
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01-10-2011, 03:17 PM
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Update Well i pulled all the rod caps and every one of em have scrapes in them. And are worn past the first layer of the bearing. There was really no scarring on the crank or the rod caps so i guess it did not turn out as bad as it could of been, which is nice.
On a good note i ordered some 799 heads. So im debating if i should send them out to TEA or something so they can cnc them before i put them on. And now i need to get a cam and springs package and have my motor rebuilt.
Im just not sure if i should put the 6.0 in i have (because i would like to build a 408 out of it for my drag car project or have an all aluminum motor in my drag car project, but i would only be able to go 383ci) or put the LS1 back in my TA. Decisions decisions.
On a good note i ordered some 799 heads. So im debating if i should send them out to TEA or something so they can cnc them before i put them on. And now i need to get a cam and springs package and have my motor rebuilt.
Im just not sure if i should put the 6.0 in i have (because i would like to build a 408 out of it for my drag car project or have an all aluminum motor in my drag car project, but i would only be able to go 383ci) or put the LS1 back in my TA. Decisions decisions.
01-31-2011, 06:02 PM
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a little more progress i dropped the front suspension and i put in my UMI tubular k member.
pressure washed everything, painted it, and than swapped the k members.
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01-31-2011, 07:36 PM
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Definitely gonna clean up and paint my control arms like you did, while the whole assembly is on the ground.
01-31-2011, 07:53 PM
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Crazy, I just got done helping my friend with his car. We found a pushrod just like the one you found. We'll pull the head off in a few days and see what the damage is.
