Helping Waterloo out with an inframe ...

[Waterloo]

(05-02-2018 )dhirocz Wrote:  Wow. And I felt accomplished...2 injectors, overhead, turbo and actuator, some chambers, air lines, levelling valve, replaced some broken hardware and some rattles, and a few other little things in the past few days.

Amazing how well she runs with good injectors! I lucked out on some older NIB ones for a steal, put some on the shelf and replaced my bad ones. One of them came in the old style box and had older markings on it compared to the newer ones...date on it puts it at 10 years old!

I need to plan on upgrading my hardware under the front cover when I do my fan clutch here in the near future, though it might make more sense to wait until next time my engine is apart as well...

With all the talk about haggais, it makes it hard to not just drop off my truck there later in the year...but then I'd never have the chance to cut the counterbores and get balls deep in this thing, pull the crank, etc...

I'm an engine kinda guy. Hard to resist the temptation to DIY it at home. Glad yours is coming along, betcha can't wait to drive it!

Yes, I cannot wait to get this thing on the road! It is fun being here at Rawze's house, but I know I need to pick up the pace. Rawze has things to do and I am still here, delays in parts and weather have slowed us down, but I am getting a bit long in the tooth around here. These folks need some peace and quiet, this is a busy place, and Rawze has his allergies flaring up, so do I, and it really is making things miserable physically. Rawze is really bad, he is not feeling that great and I need to get the rag out of my ass. But, we have help today, Bao is here to save the day! He is here taking his 34, and I am grateful for that. He is a good motivator!

I am no expert, but a boxed ten year old injector? I would be leery of using that, unless the construction is 100% metal internally. I am not up on the internal construction, thinking internal rubber or similar material that breaks down with age in dry conditions. Then the recall, I remember that on the older injectors too, just my .02.

The front cover is easy enough to remove, I would want to see what is in there especially after what we found under mine. If you have a split gear or not, I would want to know for sure if there is one in there. Mine was supposed to come with the solid gear from the factory, but it came with the split. The new gear we just picked up is the correct part, a non split gear.

As far as going to Mr Haggs, if Rawze had not called me, I would have driven straight to his shop, no doubt in my mind. That was going to be my first action after verifying the bad head, call Mr Hagg. I was in no mood to do this work, I was ready to throw a match to this truck and walk away, and I am still disgusted with everything that has been going on, who would not be? I would not wish this on anyone. But, I am glad Rawze called, the education I am getting is priceless, I will never be hesitant to put a wrench to this motor.

I'm going to prep the block a bit more, install the carbon rings and set the gasket. That should not take much time, I just hope the carbon rings go in without any fuss. Like I said, it is busy around here, and it is easy to get distracted. Once the head is set, I will breath a sigh of relief.