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Old 08-01-2013   #85
goodhart
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Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g

Got a little bit done today. My mission was to get both my engines torn down to bare blocks. I got one done, then the other about 70% of the way. My impact took a shit, so it slowed me down, then I called it a day shortly after.

Couldn't get the damn front motor mount bracket off the old motor, didn't want to break it off in the block and the impact died so I left it. The block can be used as a core, the crank may need to be polished, I'd like a more expert opinion on it first I guess.




This is how I left the 2nd motor. It's a good thing I decided to dig into it though, because as soon as I hit the balance shaft nut to take my sprocket off with my ratchet the belt disintegrated. That would have been a bad time. I also found some debris in the oil pan and found that the engine had one bad bearing as well, it was down the the copper in one little strip down the middle, looked to be from contamination maybe.

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