congrats sounds like you making quite a bit of progress, yeah all that cleaning is hard work when it's that crusty. Keep up the good job
Wow, bearing clearance specs as wide as that shows you how "economical" these engines were designed and built.Econoline":ba6w4wth said:According to my Chiltons the bearing clearances for the 144 are as follows,
Crankshaft - .0007-.0026" and .004-.008" endplay
Rods - .0006-.0026"
bubba22349":23byip7o said:Econoline":23byip7o said:What I wonder is will the rings rotate or get fixed in that groove just waiting to snag forming a little bump?
Yes the rings should rotate after the pistions ring groves are cleaned with a ring grove cleaner or you can use an old broken ring to scrape out the carbon build up. This wouldn't have happen if past owners had did regular oil and filter changes. In the past i rebuild an International six for my wife's uncle (around 1977) though he had bought that pickup new he never changed the oil or filter for 50,000 miles. It was compleately worn out long before it should have been.
bones 92":1l6dm81x said:...
It seems like the ring gap is a little too wide, but the worst one was by .003 is this going to be problematic?
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