Recent content by zackdocks

I ordered oem bearings number for number, and installed a new oil pump.

I agree that it looks like it has made contact.

Vancouver isn't that cold but the car came from Alberta, which gets pretty fkin cold. The crank journal looked perfect though.

Found the oem bearings overseas for $180 canadian, shipped. I will be running this engine in an offroad truck so I will aim for .002", checked with mic's and telescopic gauges. The worn out bearings are probably a few tenths bigger than the new ones, they won't be any smaller I'll tell you that...

Also here's some pics of the rod bearings, 1 and 3 are the worst and look like this: The babbit layer is pretty spotty and rough looking, and these bearings are loose in the caps. Like they are almost squished into a tighter "C" shape. Any ideas what would cause this? Previous owner says head...

Would it not tighten up some of the looser clearances if I went up a size though? The size difference is about .0002" if I remember correctly

Alright so I'm freshening up a 7mgte I picked up, found arp's and oem head gasket already done so I left that alone. Pulled all my bearing caps and plastigaged the clearances, rods and mains are all mostly around .002" ranging from .0018" - .0023" (hard to tell exactly with plastigage). Journals...

Got a 90 7mgte I'm swapping into my 84 4x4, and was tearing the engine down to freshen everything up. The previous owner said the head gasket was done, obviously I had to look for myself. It has arp bolts and what looks like the oem gasket. I was planning on swapping my reman'd head on and using...