Brad continues to confound me with technical mechanic's terms like 'pistons'. Today we saw some!
After the car club meeting Brad came over and put the front end on jack stands. Today had two goals: 1) work on the spark plug wires, 2) pull off the oil pan and make sure there's nothing scary in there.
Bolts on oil pan not very tight. Came off easy. Gasket stayed intact, but we're not going to re-use it. It looks like it's been re-used a few times already.
Doesn't look terrible in there, but not wonderful either. Certainly there's been a fair amount of work done in there in the past. Connecting rod bolts are held in place with cotter pins, but one of the bolts must have broken because it was too short so no cotter pin. Bolts on at least two connecting rod caps were loose - one set very loose. Could be wiggled by finger. Brad and I took off that one cap. Brad saw signs of wear in the bolts, and the shims are pretty beat up too. The bearing is a little rough but not terrible.
Called George to come over.
Brad removed the plate which covers much of the bottom of the oil pan. Found about two inches of very thick, gritty sludge. Worked on spark plug wires.
George and Brad continued looking at connecting rod bolts and bearings. Sounds like George wants to take the caps off all the connecting rods and we'll touch up the bearings with emery. Some of the bolts need a bit of work. Not sure what we'll do about the short one. Looks like some of the caps are not on their original rods.
After the car club meeting Brad came over and put the front end on jack stands. Today had two goals: 1) work on the spark plug wires, 2) pull off the oil pan and make sure there's nothing scary in there.
Bolts on oil pan not very tight. Came off easy. Gasket stayed intact, but we're not going to re-use it. It looks like it's been re-used a few times already.
Doesn't look terrible in there, but not wonderful either. Certainly there's been a fair amount of work done in there in the past. Connecting rod bolts are held in place with cotter pins, but one of the bolts must have broken because it was too short so no cotter pin. Bolts on at least two connecting rod caps were loose - one set very loose. Could be wiggled by finger. Brad and I took off that one cap. Brad saw signs of wear in the bolts, and the shims are pretty beat up too. The bearing is a little rough but not terrible.
Called George to come over.
Brad removed the plate which covers much of the bottom of the oil pan. Found about two inches of very thick, gritty sludge. Worked on spark plug wires.
George and Brad continued looking at connecting rod bolts and bearings. Sounds like George wants to take the caps off all the connecting rods and we'll touch up the bearings with emery. Some of the bolts need a bit of work. Not sure what we'll do about the short one. Looks like some of the caps are not on their original rods.
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