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Re: Ohiowesty's 2 liter type 4 engine build

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:04 am

by ohiowesty

A little bit of history.

: bus came with Porsche 914 heads which I had rebuilt at Streetsboro Foreign Auto

: also with a progressive Weber carb which I quickly learned that it's a setup that Chuck vehemently despises :)

Re: Ohiowesty's 2 liter type 4 engine build

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:16 am

by ohiowesty

: My engine ready to be installed. It lasted 20 miles - half ways home from the shop it broke down and I had to tow it. By then Elmar already left for vacation so I was on my own.

: The camshaft got rounded in no time. Here it is next to a new one for comparison

: Brand new hydraulic lifters after only 20 miles

Re: Ohiowesty's 2 liter type 4 engine build

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:32 am

by ohiowesty

Enter LEAKOIL. I want to express my gratitude again to Bill, Chuck, Mike, Rick, Brandon, Danny and whomever else might have contributed to my engine rebuild while I was not there. It is truly amazing how people of the same interest come together to help.

: engine stripped and power washed

: case split and cleaned

: garbage pile

Re: Ohiowesty's 2 liter type 4 engine build

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:41 am

by ohiowesty

At this point I learned lots of new things, like don't touch Chuck's tools

I am also the designated beer guy.

: Chuck removing galley plugs

: and re threading them

: Division of labor: Rick cleans parts while Chuck yells indiscriminately at whomever :)

Re: Ohiowesty's 2 liter type 4 engine build

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:46 am

by ohiowesty

: a little cross hatch pattern left on cylinders

: Chuck organizes stuff

: while Mike gives me a crash course on cross drilled oil passages

Re: Ohiowesty's 2 liter type 4 engine build

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:56 am

by ohiowesty

: New silverlines. We joke about signing the main bearings

: instead I settle on the case. Btw right about now the bus is called the blue turd

: Rick lets me install a bearing when Chuck's not looking

Re: Ohiowesty's 2 liter type 4 engine build

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:10 am

by ohiowesty

: ready for crank shaft work

: fitment sorcery

: Chuck yelling at Rick for rods touching the case and at Mike for not having the cam gear assembled, I think.

Re: Ohiowesty's 2 liter type 4 engine build

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:21 am

by ohiowesty

engine coming together

: lining up the camshaft marks

: blood and sweat gasket

: new AMC heads on

Re: Ohiowesty's 2 liter type 4 engine build

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:36 am

by ohiowesty

: tin parts painted, holes for the porsche plugs capped

: fuel injection donor engine

: blower housing blasted nice and clean

Re: Ohiowesty's 2 liter type 4 engine build

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:47 am

by ohiowesty

: Chuck went all out and thoroughly cleaned and painted the push rod tubes

: Chuck testing thermostats

: Fuel injection conversion under way