Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,127 Member For: 9y 2m 26d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 04/05/23 05:26 AM Author Share Posted 04/05/23 05:26 AM Pulled the engine out today. Fark me it was a mission to get the flex plate off, farken dowels didn't want to let go. Gonna pull it down soon, don't tell the missus lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowxr6t Member 516 Member For: 5y 4m 20d Location: New zealand Posted 04/05/23 06:20 AM Share Posted 04/05/23 06:20 AM Hahaha I knew it you couldnt resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,303 Member For: 16y 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 04/05/23 06:22 AM Share Posted 04/05/23 06:22 AM haha the dowels.... weren't they letting go too easily before? good to know the solution worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,127 Member For: 9y 2m 26d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 04/05/23 06:31 AM Author Share Posted 04/05/23 06:31 AM Yeah nah cant let the boys down @k31thIt wasn't doweled before so it sheared the bolts. I upgraded to a stronger bolt and chucked 6 dowels in. There was no play whatsoever in the dowels, bolts or flex plate, so seems to have done the trick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowxr6t Member 516 Member For: 5y 4m 20d Location: New zealand Posted 04/05/23 06:40 AM Share Posted 04/05/23 06:40 AM Iv got my atomic flexplate held on by atomic bolts and their schnor serated washers and red loctite. Do you guys reckon it will stay on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,127 Member For: 9y 2m 26d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 04/05/23 06:48 AM Author Share Posted 04/05/23 06:48 AM I reckon it will stay on. It'll shear the bolts eventually if you get it to hook up, but mine took several dozen tyre blazing awd hits over 1000hp before I had an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,127 Member For: 9y 2m 26d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 05/05/23 04:05 AM Author Share Posted 05/05/23 04:05 AM Pulled it halfway down today and it looks about what I'd expect to see. I pulled one piston out for a look, the bearing is nearly perfect and can be run again and the crank looks good. The ring gap hasn't changed, the skirt coating has taken a bit of a beating, the crown coating is fine except a bit of a mark where the valves hit, pin is still fully floating so the pin bore is good. The bores don't look much different than when it was assembled but need measuring. I've gotta do some measuring on the oil pump to make sure it still has the right clearance and the front cover hasn't been squished. It looks fine inside however. The head looks good from what I've seen so far. I haven't got the valves out yet so will see what the seats look like when I get to that. All the valves are bent except a a couple. Cams are good, lifters/rockers are good, cam tunnels are good. Nothing is too terrible all things considered. I'll need to get a bit more organized to get stuff further apart, measured and cleaned up, so will do that whenever. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tucker Donating Members 615 Member For: 4y 9m 25d Posted 05/05/23 12:59 PM Share Posted 05/05/23 12:59 PM Sounds positive man. Good effort, especially in defiance of the wife haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,127 Member For: 9y 2m 26d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 06/05/23 12:55 AM Author Share Posted 06/05/23 12:55 AM It's one thing getting it apart, spending the thousands it takes to fix it is another thing entirely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Member 564 Member For: 19y 7m 1d Gender: Male Posted 06/05/23 09:58 AM Share Posted 06/05/23 09:58 AM Hopefully you can get to the bottom of the failure it self. Good luck mate, don’t give up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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