tear down pics

[lmills]

I firgure with all the talk about dropping valves, burnt pistons and such lately, I would post some good news to shed some light for us. I wasn't going to tear into mine this far, but Rams-n-Hogs and Bandit1 talked me into it the other night since I have been battling a rough running condition. Now I'm glad the did. :--) :-laf



Anyway, as you see everything looked great inside the engine. Pistons were clean as could be expected. There was no carbon built up on them at all except the little bit of shine that you can see in the pics. The cylinders look good and still have the crosshatching.



Just an FYI. Anyone that knows me, knows this truck has been anything but pampered over the course of the last 40,000 miles. I daily drive it like I stole it , tow the car trailer and also the dump trailer. And it has had the TST on it since it had 99 miles on the odometer. Anyway, long story short. YES, the cummins is that mighty for those that are wondering. :-{} :-laf

 

[Smokin Dodge]

Wheres the pics

 

[lmills]

sorry bout that. My photo editing isn't as good as it used to be. :-laf I had to go resize them to get them to load.

 

[jwilliams3]

Lloyd,

Dont forget to bottom tap while your at it!!



If you want to post large file pics without resizing go to www.photobucket.com its free to sign up and use and then link the pics (thats how I do it).

 

[WUnderwood]

thanks for the great pics, what are you going to do now that he is apart?

 

[JasonCzerak]

fire ring it.



new cam.



nothing much else short of a bore and stoke that you can do

 

[fkovalski]

That first photo threw me for a loop! The photo angle at first made it look like the right bank of cylinders from a V-12

 

[JRG]

SO... . Now that you got it apart, did you find out why it was running rough?



JRG

 

[JVolpe]

fire ring it.



new cam.



nothing much else short of a bore and stoke that you can do

Maybe not the block, but there are a number of things that probably can be done to the head. P/P and valve spring upgrade I would think. Don't know if there are performance valve upgrades available to that engine/head, but this would be the time too find out.

 

[Smokey96]

This is a little off topic but I was wondering why one set of valves had small indentions in them. My guess would be to tell the intake from exhaust but I'm not 100%.

 

[lmills]

This is a little off topic but I was wondering why one set of valves had small indentions in them. My guess would be to tell the intake from exhaust but I'm not 100%.

you are 100% correct. the dimples are exhaust valves.

 

[ohnoitsyu]

Lloyd,

Dont forget to bottom tap while your at it!!



If you want to post large file pics without resizing go to www.photobucket.com its free to sign up and use and then link the pics (thats how I do it).

Myself and many of my friends who work at large companies cannot access photobucket pictures. Many companies consider this website, as well as most all other photo-hosting sites, as a security threat. As a result, many companies block these sites. I'd rather see a small pic than none at all.



Okay, I'll get back to work.

 

[lmills]

Lloyd,

Dont forget to bottom tap while your at it!!



If you want to post large file pics without resizing go to www.photobucket.com its free to sign up and use and then link the pics (thats how I do it).

yeh, I thought I loaded them to my readers rigs and could link them to the thread, but some how I musta messed up. Anyway yes, I always said if I had the head off I would go ahead and bottom tap. So I will definitely make sure to do so.

 

[lmills]

oooohh, just the basics. gonna use another MLS gasket. I just don't see the need for o-ringing since I only run #2

 

[Diesel Power]

so did you find anything unusual, linking to the bad running issue?

 

[Rams-n-Hogs]

I'm not saying anything. :-laf :-laf :-laf

 

[JasonCzerak]

Myself and many of my friends who work at large companies cannot access photobucket pictures. Many companies consider this website, as well as most all other photo-hosting sites, as a security threat. As a result, many companies block these sites. I'd rather see a small pic than none at all.



Okay, I'll get back to work.

not necessary a security threat, more so a "resource" threat. Downing images can be a waste of bandwidth that coudl be used servicing customer. Also, "questionable" content is also block this way. It's a form of censorship.

 

[GWoody]

Sounds to me like somebody knows why the truck was running rough but they're not spillin the beans, c'mon now we want to know, we've all overlooked something simple. My 4 wheeler wouldn't start the other day and I was gettin ready to tear into it and noticed the emergency kill switch had been moved by a toddler.

I'm not saying anything. :-laf :-laf :-laf

 

[Bandit1]

i am not saying anything either jim, haha.



we got everything torn down, cleaned up in record time. The Blue Sleeper is now ready for reassembly (as soon as the new keys componants arrive on friday), then she will run like a scalded dog!! Super Tuned by Mid-Atlantic Diesel Performance, Bandit1, Rams-n-Hogs and a few other companies to be named later.

 

[Diesel Power]

i am not saying anything either jim, haha.



we got everything torn down, cleaned up in record time. The Blue Sleeper is now ready for reassembly (as soon as the new keys componants arrive on friday), then she will run like a scalded dog!! Super Tuned by Mid-Atlantic Diesel Performance, Bandit1, Rams-n-Hogs and a few other companies to be named later.

if done properly (according to his sig) it should have allready ran like a scalded dog. btw when is the next time you guys will be at mir or hagerstown race way?---i would like to meet and do some racing :--) :-laf