
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Please forgive me.

More engine teardown.
To get to the top inside nut on the power steering pump, I had to modify a 15 mm wrench. Luckily, in my toolbox I was able to find a cheap loner wrench. A few seconds with the torch, and I was able to get right back to work. (unfortunately, I left the acetelene bottle on and now it is empty. Doh!)

Dowel pin tab.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Timing cover removal.
I started by removing the dampner. The unmistakable smell of locktite, not to mention the hernia in my gut, tells me these bolts were put in to stay. (note to self: Get the four dampner bolts off the head and into a labeled bag, Dummy.)

To avoid confussion upon reassembly, I made a map of the cover. At the bottom I traced each size bolt and labeled the long bolts "1" and the short "2." I also indicated any "special" doodads different bolts, such as on extended "1" and one extended "2" that hold the factory tach pick-up.




Friday, March 13, 2009
Nekkid Engine
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Engine on the stand.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Wow, middle of June to middle of March. Seriously, where have I been.

Since the engine was sitting on blocks on the floor, and one of the blocks was under the bell, I lifted the engine with the cherry picker.
A shot of the inside of the bell housing with the clutch fork and throw-out bearing set in place.
A shot of the pressure plate on the back of the engine.
A peek at the fingers on the pressure plate.
"LUK" is stamped into the pressure plate. I mainly want to post this and some of the following pics so I can link to them when I ask some qustions over at dieseltruckresource.com and or ramchargercentral.com.
12 1/4 inches.
Not dead, but not enough to put back on. Looks like I am buying a new clutch.

More numbers. These are on the flywheel.
Inside of the pressure plate.
Flywheel on the floor.
Flywheel number.
Flywheel number.
More flywheel info.
Here is a shot of the adapter plate that attaches the 1993 engine to the NV4500 that did not come out in the dodges until 1994.
A bit blurry shot of the end of the crank and the back of the block. Finally a mounting surface for the engine stand.
I may regret it later, but I left the starter on the adapter plate. I di not have a metrick 12 point socket to remove the starter bolts. Sniff. I smell tool purchase in the near future.