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We got ran off.
Buttoning up some small things. The track bar was a little short when I rebuilt it and the thread engagement wasn’t what I wanted so to remedy that I cut more off and put in a ladder adjuster. This way I always have over an inch of threads in the bungs.
So everything checked out on the rod bearings. I decided to pull the exhaust manifolds and replace the broken front and rear bolts. If I would have known it was that easy I would’ve done that a couple years ago. Waiting on parts now just hoping that was the tick.
I spent a little time out at the air base and after that I pulled the rod caps off and they all still look brand new with 186k on it I didn’t see any cracks in the flywheel, and the crank shaft was on the tight side of the acceptable range so I’m happy with buttoning the bottom end back up. But...
I’ve only had time to pull two rod caps and they both look brand new with 185k on them. If it’s not a rod bearing. I guess the next thing will be to check the flywheel for cracks.
Pan pulled. I’m amazed at how good everything looks in the engine. I’ve not pulled the bearings caps yet but the cylinder walls look good and cam lobes look good too.
New track bar is welded together and on. Steering realigned. And I thought I was actually going to be able to drive it to MOORE23 but the bottom end knock is louder than before I did all oil change so I guess I will drain new oil and pull the oil pan.
And if you don’t mind swing by and check...
So after more searching I found the
Track bar is bent. Now let me explain how it happened. While at LBL I pulled into one camp spot right on the lake and while leaving I drove past another camp spot and decided to back down to it, backing down the lake shore I was already on a pretty good lean...
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