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This is geared mostly to those who have yet to do this, especially those of you who are used to conventional pushrod type motors...
The upper right and lower left diagonal bolts bound up during reassembly which made it impossible to torque them properly. Next time I’ll use the metal gaskets and maybe do some filing on the holes in the manifold so they’ll go in better if that was the problem. Also the plastic push rod guides on the gaskets get in the way as you’re trying to lower the LIM in place. I had to put a dab of silicone on the pegs of the gasket and let it set before I tried to set it in. The pushrods were also a PIA to install, particularly if you’re used to installing pushrods in a conventional pushrod type engine. You can’t tell if the ends of the push rods are actually going where they’re supposed to go. To make sure they did, I installed the rocker arms and turned the crank by hand and made sure all the rockers were moving. Since the two outside diagonal bolts were binding and therefore not torqued to spec, I don’t know if the LIM is going to hold up. I wonder if the previous attempt failed for the same reason. Finding a torquewrench in inch lbs to rent was also not doable so I had to buy one for seventy bucks from Sears.
Now on to putting the rest together, figuring out this ball of spaghetti of wires and plugs, installing the CV joints and crossing my fingers.
The upper right and lower left diagonal bolts bound up during reassembly which made it impossible to torque them properly. Next time I’ll use the metal gaskets and maybe do some filing on the holes in the manifold so they’ll go in better if that was the problem. Also the plastic push rod guides on the gaskets get in the way as you’re trying to lower the LIM in place. I had to put a dab of silicone on the pegs of the gasket and let it set before I tried to set it in. The pushrods were also a PIA to install, particularly if you’re used to installing pushrods in a conventional pushrod type engine. You can’t tell if the ends of the push rods are actually going where they’re supposed to go. To make sure they did, I installed the rocker arms and turned the crank by hand and made sure all the rockers were moving. Since the two outside diagonal bolts were binding and therefore not torqued to spec, I don’t know if the LIM is going to hold up. I wonder if the previous attempt failed for the same reason. Finding a torquewrench in inch lbs to rent was also not doable so I had to buy one for seventy bucks from Sears.
Now on to putting the rest together, figuring out this ball of spaghetti of wires and plugs, installing the CV joints and crossing my fingers.
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