My Pete rebuild

[Nostalgic]

As mentioned in another thread, I started gathering parts for a new engine build.

I never really did come up with a great way for maneuvering a block around. As much as I'd like a rotating engine stand, none of my Powerball tickets have panned out. The new engine block was crated and shipped upside down with liners installed. I figured the less I had flop the block around the better, since every move increases the likelihood of dirt or debris getting someplace it shouldn't be. So, game plan is to install the crank before flipping it over and checking/pulling the liners.

Yesterday I opened the crate and prepped the block to install the crank. It was surprisingly clean, oil passages had no metal traces, and the main journals just had a little bit of fines in the grain from the final honing on them. Cummins used some funky oil when they ran the main bolts in that left some residue on the mating surfaces, but otherwise, so far, so good.


Lifted the crank out of it's crate and found that Cummins had to remind me that they're still Cummins, and QC is still up to me. No pieces in the crate or bag - they packed and crated it up like this...




Replacement crank should be here tomorrow, along with rods and piston kits. Not that they'll be going in anytime soon, since I still need to measure and address liner height. If all holes are square and even, the plan is to get SS shims made to bring them to .015"