JimVR4 95 Spyder Engine Rebuild

[wingnut]

Hopefully I just get a transit delay from this. It would REALLY suck if my stuff got splayed all over the desert and Ray had to make an insurance claim

EDIT, so your parts were not on the derailed train, have you called em?

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well sure...but no less funny

[Jimvr4]

EDIT, so your parts were not on the derailed train, have you called em?

EDIT: I did call but in typical UPS fashion they don't know a damn thing and all they can suggest is checking the tracking site every hour and calling back. My understanding is they ship full trailers by rail and then at some point near Albuquerque they unload and the cabs pull the trailers to their destinations.

IDK, It seems the tracks are clear but there is a bottleneck getting through as the report said 100 trains a day go through there.

[Jimvr4]

And...................back on track

[j2k4]

Hurrah!

[ChargerX3]

Yay!!!

[green-lantern]

wOOt!!!

[Jimvr4]

Hurrah!

Yay!!!

wOOt!!!

Delivered just now, excited to see everything but busy working from home. Engine assembly can start this weekend!

[OhioSpyderman]

Delivered just now, excited to see everything but busy working from home. Engine assembly can start this weekend!

A nice break-in drive to St. Louis in July could be just what the Dr. ordered!!!!!

Glad things are looking up, Jim

Bob.

[Granny]

I'm glad to see things coming together!

In a lot of ways you are way ahead of me but I do have my built engine with Rays pistons.

Thanks for sharing your build.

[Jimvr4]

23 lbs of bolts back from barrel plating. Took quite a while to sort them out !



Rearranged the work space



Bolts bagged and tagged



Pampena / Ross forged pistons with my original rods and pins installed



Rings and bearings at the ready



Pulled the brake booster and clutch master. With the firewall clips out it is possible to keep the brake system hydraulics closed and you can see only the lines are supporting it. I'll be rebuilding the clutch master and power steering pump soon. I already did the clutch slave and brake master last year. Still have more cleanup to do in the bay.



Got some of my chrome parts back. Take that DuTTch



Finally getting some engine work done. 1st rings were all in spec and didn't require any filing.



2nd rings all needed filing. Ray gave me specs of 0.018 for the 1st ring end gap and 0.020 for the 2nd ring end gap.



Final measurements for the rings were:

Piston Number	1st ring end gap	2nd ring end gap
1	0.022	0.024
3	0.023	0.021
5	0.022	0.022
2	0.023	0.022
4	0.023	0.023
6	0.022	0.022

The 1st rings had white and red marks to help orient them. While viewing the end gap with the red mark on the right, the beveled edge was on top as required. The 2nd rings had a dot on the upper surface and with the dot facing up the bevel faces down. Installed the rings and oriented the top and bottom rails and 1st and 2nd ring gaps per the FSM.



Plastigauge on the mains. Mains all measured between .0015 and .002 according to the plastigauge scale. Caliper readings were between 0.120 and 0.130 so I interpolated them since the plastigauge scale has 0.170 for a 0.0015 measurement and about 0.100 for a 0.002 measurement. Probably not too precise but I'm happy!

Journal	Bearing clearance
#1	0.0018
#2	0.0018
#3	0.0017
#4	0.0017

Bearing cap had to go on and off a few times to get to this point. Installed the thrust bearings with oil grooves facing the crank journals and set the thrust. Crank end play measured out to 0.004. Used assembly lube on all bearings. Crank installed and main bearing cap torqued down to 54 ft-lbs. Crank turns easily. The Brownline torque wrench is awesome by the way. I've never built an engine before so I'm very pleased with the progress