My Pete rebuild

[pearce trucking]

(07-17-2018 )Nostalgic Wrote:  Not sure if you're asking me or Rawze...

I bought my cam puller and timing wedges from Dave's Tools:

https://davestools.myshopify.com/product...er-3163069

I ended up borrowing a plate from the local shop that they used before they bought the press. Just a chunk of flat steel, use wrist pins as spacers, and go back and forth on 2 head bolts to snug it down.

I stopped by there on the way home from the machine shop for them to do a quick check for me, and they used the depth tool that comes with the Apex kit. It looks good enough to save a few bucks over buying a depth gauge.

I only pulled liners from 1 block so far, but I used a plate from a Mercedes coil spring compressor, the threaded rod from that kit, and a rear brake rotor with parking drum lol. There's only 1 o-ring on these liners, and they come out pretty easy. I think I just reached in a used my fingers to pull the last 2.

I'll pay for the shop to come out and install my crank seals on this one rather than drop another $600 on 2 tools I'll hopefully only use once in the next few years.

Both of you. Yeah I already have the front seal tool, and I'm planning on getting the rear. Sounds like I might get by pulling them by hand. (very carefully)