Buinicorn the 1964 Skylark wagon sleeper

[74NovaMan]

ring gap question answer

http://blog.wiseco.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ring-gap

top gap is currently .018 bottom is .019, I need them to be .020 top, .022 bottom

Thanks for the link. Very informative.

[SuperBuickGuy]

One inch snow event?

we have a foot on the ground.... there was one year where everyone south had snow and we had nothing, this year is the opposite.

[Deaf Bob]

One inch snow event?

[SuperBuickGuy]

tonight's fun.... tighten crank bolts

check the rings.... .018 and .019 2nd.... need to file fit to .020 and .022

which stops that because my filer is broken....
how I keep the rings square


got stopped now waiting for parts that may or may not arrive on Thursday (we have a snow 'event' - which usually means nothing gets delivered)

[SuperBuickGuy]

ring gap question answer

http://blog.wiseco.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ring-gap

top gap is currently .018 bottom is .019, I need them to be .020 top, .022 bottom

[SuperBuickGuy]

Pistons are coming out nice from the carb cleaner

[SuperBuickGuy]

This is probably a hit piece for that hard-hitting McSquatch reporting, but since reporting starts here.... the machine shop put arrows on the main caps.... and put the arrow the wrong direction on one.... while I'd get that mistake on any of my Buick motors... on an LS? for those who don't know, the cap number is cast onto the driver's side of the bearing cap.... for a shop that was so concerned about .001 taper, this seems a bit... well, odd.

[SuperBuickGuy]

For giggles maybe you can look at end gap on the old rings? Might be interesting to calculate how many hundred thousand miles would be required to open them up enough for serious boost?

can't, I don't know what ring came off what piston... that said, HR or similar magazine did a turbo build on a used 5.3 where they reused the old rings - and filed them open wider. This motor will get a turbo, so the new rings will be opened up a bit.

[RockJustRock]

For giggles maybe you can look at end gap on the old rings? Might be interesting to calculate how many hundred thousand miles would be required to open them up enough for serious boost?

[SuperBuickGuy]

one of the videos I watched used carb cleaner to clean the pistons... as I'm not thrilled with the solvent method, here we go


then time to knock cam bearings in place... what a pita


then slid the cam in place

and set the crank in place....

[1946Austin]

They look wider, but it appears the oil passage hole is larger too maybe?

[silver_bullet]

update .... compare the new cam bearings to the old.... thinking perhaps someone noticed there was a problem beside me

Just a bit wider, eh? possibly not enough surface area to maintain the oil wedge required to prevent the chattering....

[SuperBuickGuy]

update .... compare the new cam bearings to the old.... thinking perhaps someone noticed there was a problem beside me

another coat of paint, I'm giving the paint a good chance to set up (it has been kind of cold for painting) but plan on slapping this together 'next'

[SuperBuickGuy]

yep, rod goes in those holes to guarantee they stay up...

washed pistons today


painted the block Buick red



it will get another coat tomorrow - to preserve the paint...
push plastic down onto the paint (to keep the air off)


then smack the lid on

[Russell]

There is a joke on sloppy mechanics never look at the cam bearings or they will be bad.

I thought the holes were there to insert rods hold the lifters up to do a cam change with out pulling the heads?