Blown&Injected
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BACKGROUND:
Ready to change the bearings. I need to clean up some of the journals that appear to be a bit dirty. Some of the old bearings show lots of copper and some junk seems to have stuck to the journals - nothing dug into the journals/no scoring but some polishing seems to be in order.
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Is it advisable to unbolt the torque converter and pull the crank out with the flex plate? - engine is in the car.
It seems like it could be damn tough to get the crank back in but it also seems like it will be hard to keep everything clean after fishing some 600 grit wet sand paper over the top of the journals.
Maybe I should just un bolt all the rods and one main. Then way loosen up the the other mains to let the crank drop about a 1/2"???
Thanks for your ideas.
Ready to change the bearings. I need to clean up some of the journals that appear to be a bit dirty. Some of the old bearings show lots of copper and some junk seems to have stuck to the journals - nothing dug into the journals/no scoring but some polishing seems to be in order.
?
Is it advisable to unbolt the torque converter and pull the crank out with the flex plate? - engine is in the car.
It seems like it could be damn tough to get the crank back in but it also seems like it will be hard to keep everything clean after fishing some 600 grit wet sand paper over the top of the journals.
Maybe I should just un bolt all the rods and one main. Then way loosen up the the other mains to let the crank drop about a 1/2"???
Thanks for your ideas.