dont tell that to the best commenter - I explain
Anything they post, puts my issue to the top of the page, then someone make statement that move the project forward, their contribution is tremendously "positive"
When you hold the crankshaft after it is cleaned and hit with wire wheel, it is a work of art, it feels tremendously valuable, my instinct: ZERO chance they make them like this today because of all the cost cutting procedures, that part probably came out of a japanese foundry from the late 70s...
Remember the goal: try to make a $15K machine out of a $1000 machine, using a small budget, and opening up all avenues of air/fuel/whatever the factory designed it to do
You do not want to do this again for 10 years since it takes hundreds of hours of labor at a minimum
This is FALSE, I explain:
90% of people watching this are thinking: "oh wow, that looks like it is going great"
They do not comment, IE none of us SEE it
10% are thinking: "What a huge waste of time, it will not work out" and they are more MOVED to comment
Same thing for restaurant: Only a tiny few complain and leave the negative reviews
Meaning: As much as it seems like your meme is the correct narrative, NO, 90% agree with this plan and do not feel the need to comment, and actually side with joe smith
I throw BIG monkey wrenches in your narrative:
I side with the herd AGAINST joe smith since, We want the people to be statistically correct, meaning
joe smith had a 1% chance of getting bronze to stick to the cast iron, making those voices that said "hire someone/dont do it" STATISTICALLY correct, IE we want the "herd" to be statistically correct
2nd monkey wrench:
YOUR HEADING IS WRONG, hear me out
The heading should be:
"Who are these people figuring it out for a random stranger for free?!"
Take the spotlight AWAY from this project, and FOCUS IT FULLY on those individuals who are shooting from the hip and "figuring it out" for me
Meaning, I am not figuring anything out, there are people on here critically thinking and I am just doing the labor, you are factually incorrect
(these monkey wrenches are good for you since you are ready for it, it seems)
Moving forward:
We are not far from the first test run of the engine with the hole in it!
These parts that will show up within a couple weeks, should get it to the point of getting it running
No need to put all those extra parts, the front axle, all that junk, we are fixing to put some diesel to it, and crank on it and see what she does
no coolant, no all that extra stuff on the front, no alternator, no belt, no anything but the stuff to see if its gonna blow up
Also, I reread wolf statement he said on page 2: you can swap out those complete pistons from the other engine and use those on the engine with the bent connecting rods (something along the lines of "connecting rod assemblies are NOT specific to the block)...
One thing I am researching:
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Here is that bearing on the back of the crankshaft
To pull it out: What is the best tool for this?
I checked youtube, tons of other types of bearing removal but not this type
It wants something to go into it, expand, then pull on it to separate it from the crankshaft
