AKMark
05-11-2007, 09:18
I just finished up and got my 91 running. I rebuilt the motor thanks to a connecting rod cap failing and causing some issues. The motor did have 238K on it when this happened, so no big deal.
Bored it .030 over and reassembled, everything seemed okay. However looking back, the crank turned nice and easy with only the pistons on it. When we put the timing set on, it went from turnable by hand (no heads) to hard to turn even with a flywheel wrench. This was before the lifters/pushrods/rocker arms were installed. I am regretting that we didn't look it over after finding the cam so hard to turn.
While returning home yesterday, it went from running perfect, to dead in no time flat. Just died, without warning. I attempted a restart to only to find the starter spinning really fast as well as the fan. I think the timing chain snapped.
Early next week we'll take it out and tear back into it and verify that's what happened. With less than 200 miles on the motor, we're hoping that the timing chain or cam has a warranty.
Bored it .030 over and reassembled, everything seemed okay. However looking back, the crank turned nice and easy with only the pistons on it. When we put the timing set on, it went from turnable by hand (no heads) to hard to turn even with a flywheel wrench. This was before the lifters/pushrods/rocker arms were installed. I am regretting that we didn't look it over after finding the cam so hard to turn.
While returning home yesterday, it went from running perfect, to dead in no time flat. Just died, without warning. I attempted a restart to only to find the starter spinning really fast as well as the fan. I think the timing chain snapped.
Early next week we'll take it out and tear back into it and verify that's what happened. With less than 200 miles on the motor, we're hoping that the timing chain or cam has a warranty.