Ok, well, I’ve spent a while waiting on shipping for my front engine lift bracket. Finally came in Friday, and the engine was out about two hours later. I had a heck of a time even finding some of the bolts that hold the motor mounts in under all the grease. My new hoist worked pretty well, though I wouldn’t ever think of hanging a 4,000 lb engine off it unless it was scrap metal I was attempting to load in my truck or something.
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Grease
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Copper fuel lines
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Normal washers, and one overgrown one – I’m just happy that all the bolts are there.
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I spent a large portion of the weekend degreasing it while slowly tearing it down. I’ve got to replace the timing gear cover, but bought an OEM Cummins gasket set, both upper and lower, to re seal this greasy pig with. So a lot is coming open, I have to decide just how much I want to do.
Pulled the oil pan, its kind of bent up from the hack-fab motor mounts, so I may replace it. Found the KDP in the pan.
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Anyone notice anything wrong here (several things actually)?
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Here’s a closeup. Missing rocker bolt, at least it’s the small one.
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I decided to pull the cam, since the engine is out its pretty easy. Plus I don’t have a gear puller, and don’t really want to mess with heating the gear up to get it back on. Since I couldn’t find dowels in town at three hardware/home supply stores, I just zip tied the tappets up and out of the way.
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And out it came. I’d love to swap in a Colt Stage II, but unless I sell my other truck for a real good price I probably will just put the stocker back in.
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Kind of a neat shot inside
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I needed to pull the IP to get to the tappet cover. Is this bracket normally the only thing on the block that the IP bolts to – this and the four studs in the gear case cover? Seems like a heck of a lot of weight on one steel bracket and a fairly flimsy piece of aluminum.
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It appears that injection lines 4 and 5 are touching or very close, is this normal or is it bent?
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Got the timing gear case off and sweet, International cast block. Turns out the head was cast by them as well. I don’t really care, but I love how many parts of this engine are made in USA.
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