Welcome to my Nightmare!!!!

EddieWalker · Jun 1, 2006

Dave,

Thanks for the tip on the tubing. I'll work on fixing it. I didn't like the use another piece of tubing because I thought it might colapse when I tighten the hose clamp. I got it really tight!!

The only picture I took of the sleeves was the group shot with everything in the kit that I posted earlier. Sorry, I didn't get a good picture for you. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Eddie

EddieWalker · Jun 1, 2006

Dave,

Thanks for the tip on the tubing. I'll work on fixing it. I didn't like the use another piece of tubing because I thought it might colapse when I tighten the hose clamp. I got it really tight!!

The only picture I took of the sleeves was the group shot with everything in the kit that I posted earlier. Sorry, I didn't get a good picture for you. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Eddie

HGM · Jun 1, 2006

The coolant conditioner he's talking about is an "anti cavitation" additive to protect your sleves from electrolysis.. I would immagine you could get it at your parts store, but you can definitly get it at your local Ford dealer, just ask for the diesel coolant additive.. And congratulations!!! You did it right and it should last you forever /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

HGM · Jun 1, 2006

The coolant conditioner he's talking about is an "anti cavitation" additive to protect your sleves from electrolysis.. I would immagine you could get it at your parts store, but you can definitly get it at your local Ford dealer, just ask for the diesel coolant additive.. And congratulations!!! You did it right and it should last you forever /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

MarkV · Jun 1, 2006

Way to go Eddie!!! I am almost sorry this is over. I was starting to feel like my wife with her soap opera. Had to check in every day to see what was happening.

Great job, go move some dirt. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

MarkV

MarkV · Jun 1, 2006

Way to go Eddie!!! I am almost sorry this is over. I was starting to feel like my wife with her soap opera. Had to check in every day to see what was happening.

Great job, go move some dirt. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

MarkV

tjkadar · Jun 1, 2006

Great job on the rebuild Eddie! Like a few others, I have some mixed emotions about the end of this thread. I enojyed checking it everyday to see the progress. I couldn't wait until the day came to fire up the dozer. I never had any doubts you would have this thing up and running. But now that she is running, no more updates and pictures of big pistons, wet sleeves, and other big motor parts.

That is the sad part... However, now we can look forward to more pond building reports! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Congrats on a job well done!

tjkadar · Jun 1, 2006

Great job on the rebuild Eddie! Like a few others, I have some mixed emotions about the end of this thread. I enojyed checking it everyday to see the progress. I couldn't wait until the day came to fire up the dozer. I never had any doubts you would have this thing up and running. But now that she is running, no more updates and pictures of big pistons, wet sleeves, and other big motor parts.

That is the sad part... However, now we can look forward to more pond building reports! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Congrats on a job well done!

john_bud · Jun 1, 2006

Eddie,

It's a great feeling when the beast awakes and rumbles to life! Congrats.

On break-in. I am assuming that you used chrome faced rings? They will take a while to break in. Hundreds of hours to really break in all the way. You need to seat the rings by operating for a couple hours under a moderate and varied load. Move some dirt at medium throttle, but don't operate at full throttle for the first 8-10 hours. Be extra careful to fully warm up before you really give er. But, just as you don't want to operate at full throttle, you also don't want to idle much. The rings are not sealing all the way yet and you can get fuel wash down on the cylinders. Probably not a concern in your warm climate, but...

I like to change the oil & filter after seating the rings (8-10 hours of moderate operation) and then again at 50 hours. For fun, you can put a strong magnet or 3 on the outside of the filter, then after you change it, cut the filter open and see how much magnetic stuff was caught by the magnet. (I use magnets from old computer hard disk drives). See attached picture of the inside of an oil filter with magnets on the outside. The dark rectangles are particles that form the outline of the magnets.

jb

john_bud · Jun 1, 2006

Eddie,

It's a great feeling when the beast awakes and rumbles to life! Congrats.

On break-in. I am assuming that you used chrome faced rings? They will take a while to break in. Hundreds of hours to really break in all the way. You need to seat the rings by operating for a couple hours under a moderate and varied load. Move some dirt at medium throttle, but don't operate at full throttle for the first 8-10 hours. Be extra careful to fully warm up before you really give er. But, just as you don't want to operate at full throttle, you also don't want to idle much. The rings are not sealing all the way yet and you can get fuel wash down on the cylinders. Probably not a concern in your warm climate, but...

I like to change the oil & filter after seating the rings (8-10 hours of moderate operation) and then again at 50 hours. For fun, you can put a strong magnet or 3 on the outside of the filter, then after you change it, cut the filter open and see how much magnetic stuff was caught by the magnet. (I use magnets from old computer hard disk drives). See attached picture of the inside of an oil filter with magnets on the outside. The dark rectangles are particles that form the outline of the magnets.

jb