JohnWPB 1986 GT Fastback worklog (Page 56/71)
JohnWPB MAR 19, 12:18 AM
The "VIN Number" I posted above returned as invalid. I PM"s olejoedad, and he told me I had the wrong location and number, and told me where to look. It is located on the starter mount that is right next to the flywheel.

This is what it looks like:


I PM"d the new number to bonaduce to see if this one can be found in his database.

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JohnWPB MAR 19, 05:28 PM
Ok, I have reached the end of the tear down of the engine. I am not tearing into the lower end, just the top. I have read where it is wise to leave the lower end alone, unless you have a problem. Everything seems to be in fantastic condition from everything that I have seen so far. The cylinders are clean with no score marks, there is virtually no carbon on the pistons or the valves, and the rockers all seem to be nice and tight.



The heads look really good, and not all gunked up as I have seen in other engines. This engine really looks like it was well taken care of with oil changes and such.



I did get water in the cylinders and oil over the past 2 weeks, even though I tried to block anything off to keep that from happening. As there was water in the oil already, I said screw it, and washed out the entire engine! I removed the heads and oil pan, and used degreaser to get into all the nooks and crannies. I thoroughly rinsed everything out, and blew out as much water as I could with the compressor. I have a fan laying on the top of the engine, blowing air down through it.

The reasoning behind this was to get rid of any and all of the crud that collects in the corners that could be harboring dirt, sand, metal shavings and such that could get circulated when I put it all back together. Secondly, there was water in the oil already, and that would be very hard to get the water to evaporate, or drain completely when mixed with the oil.

I do have to say, it seemed quite strange using a garden hose to clean the INSIDE of an engine! I will wait a couple hours for the fan to do its thing, and then quirt some oil in the engine to re-coat the bare metal. When she is eventually running, I will do an oil change on it after running an hour or so.
JohnWPB MAR 20, 03:27 PM
I could not paint yesterday, due to heavy rain / high humidity. I got a chance to get the block done at least today. I just need to paint the lower intake manifold, and the heads, and I can hopefully start assembling everything. I bookmarked a gasket kit, need to get that ordered today, and find the new head bolts as well....

Anyhow, here is the block all primed:


Painted:


and finally cleared:
Napoleon_Tanerite MAR 20, 04:04 PM
Why didn't you paint your oil pan?
JohnWPB MAR 20, 05:56 PM

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Originally posted by Napoleon_Tanerite:

Why didn't you paint your oil pan?




Are you psychic or something? The Oil Pan is on my workbench, and yes it is unpainted It is banged up pretty bad from the engine being dropped onto it. I just ordered this oil pan through Amazon and this gasket (I get free 2 day shipping with Amazon Prime).

I am not going to paint the oil pan, as it is already powder coated black.

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JohnWPB MAR 21, 10:27 PM
I got a nice package in the mail today..... My lower alternator mount from Fierorog, as well as the Ford Taurus belt Tensioner from Amazon.

Wow, the build quality on this bracket is impressive, very nice welds!


Just one more thing off of the list of many things to purchase and do!
Pete Matos MAR 21, 10:28 PM
Looking good man its coming together for you. Maybe I will get to see it in person at some point. Good luck with the build.

Pete

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JohnWPB MAR 22, 10:08 PM
More painting progress this afternoon after work.... I got the heads primed, base coated, and cleared. I realize that some of this paint will probably burn off, but hopefully just around the exhaust ports. There is water running through them to help keep them cool after all One thing I learned, is the old gaskets make a perfect stencil for around the exhaust manifold mounting location


I also was able to paint up the lower intake as well:

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JohnWPB MAR 23, 07:35 PM
Ran into a bit of a snag today, two of them actually

First, I just rolled out the transmission to get it cleaned up and prepped for paint, and just now noticed a chunk of the bell housing missing. I know there is not a tight seal between the engine and the transmission, but is this a bad enough problem to render the transmission useless? Also, what is up with the green stencil letters? Was this a factory thing, or was it marked / tagged in a salvage yard or something? The stencils are on the inside side where the engine attaches, [EDIT: The transmission is GM rebuilt] so the transmission would have to be off to paint those letters there. I was under the impression that the engine and transmission were attached and pulled connected from the donor car.

4t65e-hd Automatic Transmission Bell Housing


Second, a hole in the A/C compressor. Looks like another $250 down the tube

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olejoedad MAR 23, 11:20 PM
No problem with the bell housing; not pretty, but not a big deal.
Letters may be from remanufacturer of tranny, or stock ( I have not seen that before.).

Sucks about the A/C....