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Lovely beginning



Much better

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All clean now



Apparently nearly 200 K bearings

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After



Before

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Got the barbell out and a few galley plugs<br/>Then Milwaukee grinder wire wheel cleaned all <br/>The gasket mating surfaces



Seriously disgusting is covered; and then some

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After steam pressure cleaning for an hour<br/>Hand held wand works great but quite messy



Considerably better here



Back side



Bottom end



Front end

Che70velle

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That’s impressive for sure. Looks as good...or better actually, than shops I’ve used to clean parts.
Have you put a mic on anything yet, to see what needs to be done?

Karlw

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Did you fully disassemble those lifters when you cleaned them? If not there is a lot of garbage still hiding inside!

tech@WS6store

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Those look like ls7 delphi lifters not the oe eaton bodied lifters so they look to have been replaced recently. Id check the cam, make sure its actually stock.

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Backside of the main bearings dated 02/99
Cam had 8 numbers. Four over Four in configuration on the rear of the cam
So. Likely OE

tech@WS6store

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Well darn then.

gjestico

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That's got to be some aggressive cleaner to take off the brown stain. Solvent (paint thinner) wont do that alone. Good work !

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Haven’t measured anything just yet and thanks for the props
It does work really well. My hands are sore for days after. Lol
Yep. Sure did pop the ring out and fully cleaned all the black crud from inside
Only have a few done so far. Rest will happen after the new year.
Thanks for the suggestion

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Rods AND mains Mic very consistent
rods...............2.0994"
mains.............2.5583"

cookseyb

Looks like you are doing a great job of cleaning! Looks like this engine has been opened up before? the brass block plug has pipe wrench-Channel lock teeth marks on it? I heated the one on my similar mess then took the proper hex wrench to it and it came right out.. Lotsa crud behind it. I used oven cleaner on the outside of the block and it worked with some elbow grease...Keep at it!!

1FastBrick

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In to see which way you go with it.

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Well I gave my buddy the potential budget on making this wreck right, and he toyed with the idea of replacing his wife’s 230,000 mile 5.3 in her 2002 Suburban, but ultimately picked up a good used LQ4. After seeing all my time invested so far he said,”It’s all yours man, free core”
So it will sit for a while till I can get back at it with some cash. Sucks but I now feel like it deserves another life. Like it’s some kinda personality or something. Geesh, I have an addiction
Thinking I’m gonna start a new AA program for Automotive Anonymous

1FastBrick

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Stay Away from me...

Well since it was free, Which direction would you like to go with it?

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My next acronym for all Ya’all..CAF..cheap as F$@K
Again because it’s free.
Don’t have a car for it and it might be difficult to even break even trying to market a 300 inch Mill. Did some finagling today so we shall see.
Seems quite unlikely that I could do this for under $750 bucks. And while I’m thinking about it; gonna Hit this dude up for my other free 862 casting head.

1FastBrick

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But 706's are the new best heads...

1FastBrick

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BTW is the cam core the 0967 ???