The 510 Realm

Same! The realm said last time I had logged on was October of last year. The good* news is nothing has really changed since then, except the interior molding because of all the rain this winter. Oops.

Longtime no update here. I finally got the engine back in and running this past week. I'll have to scour the posts on Instagram and update here but I learned tons of things and made plenty of mistakes.

Nice! engine building is always a fun time. I see what looks like you've had the blocks head gasket surface resurfaced? Did they attach the timing cover to the block so it got cut to the same height? otherwise you'll have a height mismatch between the timing cover and blocks head gasket surfaces an...

I need to post some more pictures... still not together yet but I have the crankshaft in and gapped all the piston rings. How tedious!

head back from the machine shop:


valve closeup


working on these damn freeze plugs...


timing chain cover is beautiful now!

Block/flywheel/crank/new pistons, rings, bearings etc back!


Head is getting new exhaust valves and I'll pick it up on Monday!

I picked up a new head (W53 closed chamber), and dropped it and the block (and crank, and flywheel) off at the machine shop this morning. Should have them back late this week... new pistons .030 over and standard size bearings. Nice!

L18 Nice!! If you had to loosen a cam tower to pull the cam out then you have binding which come about from a warped head. May have to have top and bottom surfaces cut. Yup... that's the plan. I am not sure if the block needs boring or some other work (besides getting that horrid rust out!)... but ...

lots more updates... https://i.imgur.com/jnanbBs.jpg head/gasket https://i.imgur.com/wCZEEDi.jpg block https://i.imgur.com/TTRpOPg.jpg cylinder 1 closeup https://i.imgur.com/dsFOTz4.jpg 2 https://i.imgur.com/Mq01cRy.jpg 3 https://i.imgur.com/vVuqK1M.jpg 4 https://i.imgur.com/OmrH1jX.jpg bottom of bl...

Disassembly is fun... and insightful.

I pulled the engine out of mine... needs a rebuild and more, undoubtedly!

Starting point https://i.imgur.com/BCAX5ni.jpg Look ma, no hood! https://i.imgur.com/tVxMiCp.jpg Where day 1 ended https://i.imgur.com/gtIv3T4.jpg And it's out! https://i.imgur.com/gTQlxGD.jpg and on a stand... that was fun https://i.imgur.com/FtyFxBH.jpg gaping hole... https://i.imgur.com/g2aOKin.j...

Pics tomorrow... but it's out of the car and on a stand. Whee!

One of my fears is my attention to detail will succumb to my attention span limitations... and this will take forever and/or get done incorrectly. @Doraemon I follow you on instagram already btw :D (@project_loosechange here) I will have an engine hoist/stand/etc on their way soon. The downside of b...

Buy a Haynes manual. Expect oil burning is way more than valve stem seals. Or at least expect to fully rebuild the head. New exhaust valves, new seats, 3 angle valve grind, new valve guides. About $850 here in my part of Canada. Add another 400 to upgrade the cam and new lash pads. Haynes will get ...