Sloppy Mechanics

Engine coming together

Around 3 today we installed the 3 inch hardened extended wheel studs in the rear axels, had to open the diff and slide em out to fit the studs in, started to pull them with an impact and a nut and i told em to forget it and ill just hammer them in place hahah. So i picked up a big hammer and slammed the things in, it worked really well. Buttoned up the diff and decided to leave it out till we can replace the rear brake line, that should be in tuesday. Started working on putting the engine back together... take the old piston off the rod and install the new piston and neck pin, and then use the ring compressor and pop it into the engine, It dropped in amazingly easy. Tq'ed the connecting rod down and then cleaned up the pan and bottom of the block and put the oilpan on, then got to work on the top end, put in the head studs, and then dropped in the lifters, next i took the tape off the heads and cleaned them up and dropped them in place. Ryan Tq'ed them down and we covered it for the night, All went well, gunna toss on the intake manifold and then accessories, and install the studs for the headers and bolt on the turbo kit etc, then it will be ready to drop in, if we pace ourselves and do some nice work every night it will be easily done by friday. Here are the pics.

speed install