Excaliber, I already built the thing once, even sized the rings by hand (quite tedious), the second time should be a breeze right
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I wish this would have happened to the 350 I built last year for my '86 1 ton, only spent about $ 500 on that job and it had it’s crank cracked in half to begin with. You know what they say, any redneck can build a Chevy but building a Ford is another matter.
So the motor will be pulled and then the least I can do is to hot tank it and change the cam bearings, I will reuse the other bearings if possible. If anyone could helped with the aforementioned 3 questions I would very much appreciate it, thanks.
Again:
1. Piston rings. Should they be replaced? Should the cylinders be lightly honed or will I be ok if the hatch pattern is still clear? 3 hours is actually an exaggeration, it has probably only run for 45-90 min.
2. Hot tank or no?
3. Never pulled a set of Aluminum heads before, do I loosen the bolts in the same order they were tightened or do I reverse that order?
4. Wrist pins. Will I have to remove the spiral locks (not fun) and clean these or can this be avoided, or should I perhaps base my decision on the condition of the rod bearings?
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