General A question for the men of the forum
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so you remove all of the reciprocating assembly and valvetrain, hot tank the block, and reassemble it with new gear?
or you pull the main caps, and yank the bottom end, and replace all the bearings and maybe the rings...assuming the crank bore doesn't need to be align-honed.
Could you just get to the point? You asked a question, and got a straight forward answer.
By the way
@Brian Ortega's Goon Hand pulling an engine and changing the seals and gaskets is also generally going to be accepted as a rebuild. Basically anything in which the head comes off.
@Brian Ortega's Goon Hand pulling an engine and changing the seals and gaskets is also generally going to be accepted as a rebuild. Basically anything in which the head comes off.
i just asked you a straight-forward question. When you get a spun bearing, are you stripping the block to bare metal and hot tanking it, building the motor with all new parts from the pan to air cleaner?
or are you replacing what broke and what's easy to get at while you're in there?
because I consider the former a rebuild, and the latter a repair. And I can't think of a shop or engine builder who doesn't use the words to mean the same thing. Just weird that you do it for a living, and I'm trying to understand the disconnect.
How to Break-In Your Piston Rings, The Right Way! - Engine Builder Magazine
One way to ensure the horsepower built into your engine is achieved is to seal that cylinder pressure on the push side of the pistons.
www.enginebuildermag.com
Engine Builder magazine with an article on how to break in your motor after a rebuild, from 2018.
that's called a rattle-can rebuildBy the way
So it looks like they are doing that on an older motor?i just asked you a straight-forward question. When you get a spun bearing, are you stripping the block to bare metal and hot tanking it, building the motor with all new parts from the pan to air cleaner?
or are you replacing what broke and what's easy to get at while you're in there?
because I consider the former a rebuild, and the latter a repair. And I can't think of a shop or engine builder who doesn't use the words to mean the same thing. Just weird that you do it for a living, and I'm trying to understand the disconnect.
How to Break-In Your Piston Rings, The Right Way! - Engine Builder Magazine
One way to ensure the horsepower built into your engine is achieved is to seal that cylinder pressure on the push side of the pistons.
Engine Builder magazine with an article on how to break in your motor after a rebuild, from 2018.
exactly. one that required a rebuild.
No it's not, this is a rattle can rebuild.
Rattle Can Engine Rebuild
In this post, we will demonstrate the process taken to complete a Rattle Can Engine Rebuild.
So, the tolerances on that old motor, even when new, weren't what they are today. Correct?
your source is strongly moron-leaning.No it's not, this is a rattle can rebuild.
Rattle Can Engine Rebuild
In this post, we will demonstrate the process taken to complete a Rattle Can Engine Rebuild.jonesys.com
You're the one schooling the professionals.....I'm surprised it's not out already.
no, it's the senior engineer from JE Pistons as quoted in Engine Builder magazine that's schooling the professionals
it's out of the passenger side.
No, you're doing some sort of bush league interrogation in an attempt to have a "gotcha" moment.
You also don't work in the profession, and call engines "motors" so...
First time I've ever heard that term. Has it occurred to you maybe you're a backyard mechanic?
Well, at least now we're at the center of the shrubery maze. I'm glad you feel empowered.
Lol.
@ConorMcGregorsBeardtechnically, I did 'work in the business' from when I was 15-17. In an actual garage, doing work for paying customers. I also built a bunch of cars on nights and weekends with friends during that period...and I quoted you a couple articles from professional publications with highly-reputable experts talking about engine rebuilds and break-ins. I'm not looking for any kind of 'gotcha' moment, I'm just explaining that contrary to what you wrote, it is advisable to break-in a motor if it's actually been 'rebuilt' and not 'repaired' or 'freshened'.
I have a friend who runs a garage that's been in business for 40 years, passed down from his dad. I'll give him a call and ask him about rebuilds and break-ins. Maybe it's because you don't rebuild engines that you don't know how to break-in a rebuilt engine. I can also ping the guys who built my motor, it's a modern one out of an '08 Charger - maybe something changed.
I am totally a backyard mechanic. Guilty as sin, and unashamed. I grew up on a farm fixing stuff, especially trucks, tractors, cars, mowers, and a sad Honda 125 that I flogged mercilessly. But if you think I don't know how to work on cars because I moved on to far more challenging things, then you're just wrong.
Unrelated - do you know how to dissemble the tracks? I'm hitting the stops on the linear track, they just won't come off the part that bolts to the seat frame...I feel like there should be a button that I push with a screwdriver and it slides off the end. But it's just one stop that retains it in both directions...
"Hey, so I've ignored all counter points, my own early posts and that every source I've posted contradicts the next. Now here's a bunch of petty insults about why you're an idiot and I'm smarter than you. Now will you help me with my incredibly straight forward problem that I can't solve?"
technically, I did 'work in the business' from when I was 15-17. In an actual garage, doing work for paying customers. I also built a bunch of cars on nights and weekends with friends during that period...and I quoted you a couple articles from professional publications with highly-reputable experts talking about engine rebuilds and break-ins. I'm not looking for any kind of 'gotcha' moment, I'm just explaining that contrary to what you wrote, it is advisable to break-in a motor if it's actually been 'rebuilt' and not 'repaired' or 'freshened'.
I have a friend who runs a garage that's been in business for 40 years, passed down from his dad. I'll give him a call and ask him about rebuilds and break-ins. Maybe it's because you don't rebuild engines that you don't know how to break-in a rebuilt engine. I can also ping the guys who built my motor, it's a modern one out of an '08 Charger - maybe something changed.
I am totally a backyard mechanic. Guilty as sin, and unashamed. I grew up on a farm fixing stuff, especially trucks, tractors, cars, mowers, and a sad Honda 125 that I flogged mercilessly. But if you think I don't know how to work on cars because I moved on to far more challenging things, then you're just wrong.
Unrelated - do you know how to dissemble the tracks? I'm hitting the stops on the linear track, they just won't come off the part that bolts to the seat frame...I feel like there should be a button that I push with a screwdriver and it slides off the end. But it's just one stop that retains it in both directions...
p.s. If you're using the term seat track correctly it's intended to be a non-servicable part.
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After break in.
New motors need more maintenance at first than worn in. You'll need to get the glitter out early.
Haven't read thread yet lol.
OK so whose' dildo motor is making problems? I think @Lars Soros is handy there and can help.