Slappy Style Go Fast with Dana 44/50 hybrid beams....

powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:59 pm

Mailman showed up today

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powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 6:41 pm

Broncos are stupid

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powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:28 am

Final piece to the piping puzzle is this aluminum carb hat my buddy built me...gunna look good all polished up, next up is starting on wiring, already got a good amount of parts built up so I am hoping to be close to atleast firing it up even if she doesn't move quite yet.

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powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:34 pm

Progress

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funinthesun95 · Post by **funinthesun95** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:47 pm

it coming together nice.

powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:53 pm

funinthesun95 wrote:it coming together nice.

Thanks...ready to trade yet

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funinthesun95 · Post by **funinthesun95** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:41 am

powa_ranga wrote:
funinthesun95 wrote:it coming together nice.
Thanks...ready to trade yet

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almost

powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 7:09 pm

Started in on the fuel system, luckily this thing has an OE Ford van tank, bolting on a 255 wahlbro and deleting the two low pressure pumps for now...anybody need two low pressure pumps and a regulator

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powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:48 pm

Fuel pump in, valve cover's coming off for the PCV system

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powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:17 pm

Valve covers done, trying to get in a couple hours a day on it, welded in a nut on the pass side pcv and put a bolt with O-ring in it in case I need another port in the future...welded -10 fittings in the front of both valve covers then sleeved the oil fill tube for easier access. Also got a trans dipstick in....oh yeah, painted em then sanded the raised ford logo for poon points.

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powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:18 pm

More things being done 1 night at a time...

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funinthesun95 · Post by **funinthesun95** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:02 pm

powa_ranga wrote:Fuel pump in, valve cover's coming off for the PCV system

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hello back.... hah

powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:24 pm

Haaaaallllppppp

Well...got the oil pan on, everything clean, did a quick visual on the bottom end, nothing looked out of the ordinary. Buttoned up my top end stuff, and had her ready to fire so I pulled the plugs and got all the soaking atf out the cylinders that I put in along time ago so the cylinders, rings, and stuff didn't rust up.

Left the plugs out, cranked it a few times till I had oil pressure and everything was looking good and cranking great...then we went to crank it again and it was locked up, I can get 3/4 revolution out of the crank with a ratchet either way but it is straight up locked beyond that.

Pulled the starter, did a visual and all the converter bolts are in. Pulled the valve covers and checked for a dropped valve, broken spring, etc with a boroscope via the plug holes and also through the intake runners. Found one little piece of debris on the #6 cylinder intake valve, non metallic from what I can tell, I pulled the valve spring off the seat about 3/4 inch and dropped it into the cylinder then found it with the boroscope, after this I released the valve spring so both were 100% closed and tried fishing the little piece of debris out, that didn't work so I brought the cylinder to tdc and stuck an airline in there...apparently it blew out because it is gone (and yes both valves were closed so it didn't go back in the into either of them). Anyways I then rechecked all valves and they all seat real nice, no bent or broken valves from what i can tell.

The engine was still locked up so I pulled all the rockers and spun the engine, which should eliminate valvetrain interference. Still locked up, double checked for seated valves and everything ok.

Drained the oil and stuck the scope through the drain hole, got a pretty decent visual on all cylinders, rods, caps, etc..nothing looked out of the ordinary. Only thing i could not see was all the pistons, but i can see all of them through the plug holes with the scope, they all seem in line and move freely until it locks up.

Next I pulled the manifold and checked for anything weird, everything looks ok, I do have a couple cylinders not moving one of their lifters but without being able to turn it a full revolution I dont know if thats abnormal or not.

My next plan is to pull the timing cover and check for a broken chain or general brokenness then drop the oil pan again if necessary and see what's up.

Any thoughts that might be helpful???

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powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:47 am

Pulled the pan...Bottom end is shot, way to much slop on the rod bearings, can literally grab and rattle them around...then spin it to lock and they don't budge. No main play but can see evidence of piston hitting the crank on a few cylinders....was gunna pull the heads to see what else is wrong but its pretty pointless too keep diaging a fucked engine....could not tell if the rods were bent or not.

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LvSteve · Post by **LvSteve** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:38 am

I have a VERY strong running motor coming out next week. Cheap !! No room to store it. PM for more info

powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 2:55 pm

Depends on your location, these things are so cheap the cost of diesel to drive and get one makes it hard to offset cost. I am between Sac and Reno, I drive to Merced and the bay area all week though.

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powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 5:37 pm

Now I just gotta figure out a replacement

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funinthesun95 · Post by **funinthesun95** » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:56 am

well this sucks. texting you.

powa_ranga · Post by **powa_ranga** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:05 am

Back on track, drug this 104k mile Bauer home as a donor vehicle, the 5.8 and trans runs great but we quickly found the 8.8 has had better days.

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Tchajagos · Post by **Tchajagos** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:49 am

Rip nice bronco!