FrankR
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Reged: 02/01/04
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Loc: Columbia, SC
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Re: Bob's 3.0L Engine
08/27/06 04:58 PM
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There's not enough room for a gear puller.... anyway, it's finally off - took about 4 hours of using a big cold chisel as a wedge and a huge offset screwdriver as a pry.... with a 40 oz. shop hammer as a coaxer.... sacrificed the oil pump and sprocket in the doing, though - was going to replace the oil pump anyway, so the only victim was a $30 sprocket.  The nose of the crankshaft is fairly pitted with rust - still useable after a polishing, but if the last builder had put some anti-sieze on the nose, things would have been a little easier.
Moving on to the bottom end - assuming the block and heads are ok, there's no question of a head gasket breach - water in the oil is very obvious:
Bob, better put an oil pickup tube on the parts list - that thing's nasty....  ... I can clean it in the parts washer, but I wouldn't trust it - your call.
That's enough for today.  Next session, I'll take a look at the cylinder bores, crankshaft journals, pistons and rods.... I'm guessing they're ok and hopefully will only need a cylinder hone, journal polish with new bearings and rings - if the engine was bored when it was last rebuilt - if not, it'll have to be bored and new pistons installed.
Frank
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'89 G-Raider Supercharged 3.0L, MegaSquirt 2, lockup A/T, 2.5" exhaust, 155k, Cibie H4s/Oscar SCs, Hella Micro DE fogs, Cobra CB, Superwinch hubs, LSD rear/Aussie Locker front, Bilsteins, 165A alt., Lifeline AGM, Rust-Oleum
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