Damaged block installing block heater L5240

[Coyote machine]

Or dad is just into guilt tripping his kid!:confused3::laughing:

What a nightmare! Looks like you're going to have your work cut out for you for long time ahead. i agree completely with reassembly as soon as possible so memory serves.

If it were me, I'd be photographing every step of the project to have reference points, etc. I can't emphasise this enough, if opportunity is missed it's then too late.:confused3:

 

[LD1]

Reference pics for later reference are certainly helpful.

Just did a rebuild on my 5500 backhoe. Didnt take many pictures and even if I did, I probably wouldnt have used them. But there were a few times I had to take a bolt back out or something back apart because I forgot a bracket, or shield, etc

 

[truckdiagnostics]

I am of the "zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance", photographic mind school of mechanics. I do have to agree the longer it lays around the harder it is to put back together.

 

[ruffdog]

If you work at a dealership, then you have to remember how multiple vehicles came apart, and where all the parts are, as all the carcasses are waiting for parts.

 

[ovrszd]

I don't think the OP will have any problem at all.

I will say, it adds another level of uncertainty having a helper. But it'll all be good.

 

[GPintheMitten]

Reminds me of when I disassembled a brass and glass chandelier so I could polish it. Put it in a couple of brown paper grocery bags.

A few months later I couldn't figure how to put it back together. Bought a new dining room light. This was before digital cameras and before AL Gore invented the internet.

 

[ovrszd]

Reminds me of when I disassembled a brass and glass chandelier so I could polish it. Put it in a couple of brown paper grocery bags.

A few months later I couldn't figure how to put it back together. Bought a new dining room light. This was before digital cameras and before AL Gore invented the internet.

Good one!!!!

 

[s219]

I have a chainsaw torn completly apart that I was going to rebuild the day after I ended up injuring my hand in a log splitter. That was about 2 weeks ago. I would have been fine going on memory back then, but by the time my hand heals I'll be lucky if I can remember where I put all the pieces, much less how they go together. Hopefully it won't be too bad. I can probably dig up an exploded parts diagram to help.

 

[oldpilgrim]

When I replaced the engine in my Toyota, my brother helped me. I worked on the left side and he worked on the right, both coming out and going in. It went very well that way.

 

[C4Ranch]

Dad helped today. His methods were a bit different than mine. I was marking bolts on my side of the tractor only to find that he was setting his in random order someplace. Several times I would tell him how I don't want to mess this up. He would just point to the block heater and say " like you did on that".

There's a good possibility we're related.

You're doing a great job. You're gonna have this back in service in no time!!