June 25, 2024 Pretty much what it says, I brought the AR five transmission home and removed the Bell housing. The only thing interesting that happens is the transmission rolled over in the back of the truck bed and I got transmission fluid all over the truck bed which took me forever to clean up.
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Front timing cover paint
June 25, 2024 Painted the front timing cover Subaru Blue, as I had this left over from my 2012 WRX. Doubt it will last because of the engine heat, but whatever.
Timing chain, sprocket and oil pump
June 24, 2024 As the title says, today I installed the Cloyes C-3220 timing kit including chain, cam sprocket, crank sprocket from Rock Auto, and also installed a Melling High pressure oil pump 10295 from Summit Racing. Not much else to say🤷‍♂️.
Piston Rings
May 17, 2024 Got the pistons (ENGINETECHÂ P5036) back from the shop mounted to the rod, so now was the time to install the piston rings (HASTINGS MANUFACTURINGÂ 2M4978), and rod bearings (MAHLE / CLEVITEÂ CB663P8). I had ordered a tapered piston ring compressor (SME-903780) from Summit so I used that.
Valve Stem Seals & Valve Lapping
May 8, 2024 Took apart the valve heads and removed the valves, springs and valve seals. used a tool I got off amazon, that worked ok, but I needed to buy an better qulality threaded rod that wouldn’t strip from the local bolt supply store. Glad I got the threaded rod, because it too wouldContinue reading “Valve Stem Seals & Valve Lapping”
Crankshaft and main bearings installed
April 8, 2024 After giving the engine a last wipe down I installed the original camshaft, then the new Mahle/Clevite MS2199P crankshaft bearings from rockauto.com, and the crankshaft. torqued everything down and it spins freely. Also it was eclipse day.
Pistons arrived
April 1, 2024 Enginetech Pistons P5036 I ordered from rock auto arrived. They look good to me, but what do I know. Tomorrow I’ll take these and the old pistons and rods to get switched over.
Back from the engine shop
Mar 20, 2024 Picked up the engine, crankshaft and pistons from the engine shop. Engine: I got the camshaft bearings changed and the block inspected. Shop says block is good cylinders could use a deglaze/slight honing, and actually asked why I took it apart.🫤anyway it’s got new cam bearings. Cleaned up everything looks good. Crankshaft:Continue reading “Back from the engine shop”
To the engine shop
Mar 1, 2024 Called the engine shop to ask if they can inspect the cam bearings and replace if necessary. They said that the engine needs to be to completely torn down including the rotating assembly. Bummer, because I really didn’t want to. Anyway stripped it all down and took it to the engine shopContinue reading “To the engine shop”
Crankshaft and piston removal
Feb 26, 2024 Stripped down the engine, removed crank and removed pistons. Bearings look good to me. didn’t want to do it but engine shop wanted a stripped block to look at.
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