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| | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 217 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 217 | Well I have my 56 235 engine on the stand. After drilling for full pressure to the oil filter, a good washing and running gun brushes through the oil passages, I'm about to set the main bearings to .015 plastigage on the crank. Then set the cam bearings in and the cam. Any tips or suggestions. This is my first build and I have pages from the 56 manual.
Thanks
Rick........ | | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,544 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,544 | Make sure you have a service manual handy. I've always installed cam bearings first, then blow things out good again. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 | I hope you mean .0015". 15 thousandths clearance would run zero oil pressure and beat the bearings out of it in less than five minutes' running time.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 362 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 362 | Did you pull the crank out? If you did then make sure you use the shim kit with proper clearence on main bearing. Sometimes you will luck out and get proper clearance without it but check just to be sure. Larryw
58 gmc 100 with 350 sbc
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,922 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,922 | Zeros don't mean anything, right? | | | | | Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 319 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 319 |
If you can't fix it with a hammer and screwdriver, you need a bigger hammer.1965 Chevy C10 | | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 283 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 283 | Zeros don't mean anything, right? It depends on where the decimal point is in relation to the zeros. 0.0015 and .0015 are the same, but .0015 is ten times smaller than .015
Bob Taylor
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 | Always install the cam bearings first, with nothing else in the block. It's hard enough to get any oil holes aligned with the passages in the block with nothing else in the way. It's almost impossible to see what you're doing with the crankshaft in place. Be absolutely sure all the cam bearings are installed straight and the cam turns freely in them before doing anything else on the buildup.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 217 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 217 | Thanks for the info. I'll set the cam bearings first making sure the cam turns freely as advised and set the crank to 0.0015. I did get some shims with the kit. It is amazing how these little slivers of brass do so much.
Quick question, my oil pan has machined divits where the oil pan bolts go through leaving just a little gap between the pan and the block surface. Is this gap ok and when I paint the motor will this pose a problem getting paint inside the block???
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