I would've hot tanked the block & heads before I did any rebuild. You've already got the short block apart , a small price to pay for peace of mind. Especially a used motor with damage. Good luck. o7
Dude I found a complete 2001 Silverado with a lq4/4l80/4.10heaes/4x4 with 287k miles that I would LOVE to swap into my Jeep, my question is : should I be afraid of the milage? And it does have a either some lifter noise or some piston slap that seems to go away after couple minutes. Should I buy it for my swap?
Few questions please. How many miles on the engine before rebuild. Did you replace the cam bearings. Did you use a reamer to get the pistons out. Thanks
For someones who never done this before you think its hard to do i wana try i know how to pull the motor and trans but rebuilding it looks alittle complicated what you thinl ?
sorry it has been a while since i’ve posted an update. a lot of research went into the rebuild of this motor. the build is done and everything runs great. definitely need to post an update
I use the woven evolution exhaust gaskets on my 78 shovelhead flh, you have to take your time and stretch them around the exhaust, but I have not had a exhaust leak since I put them on 10 years ago. And I also had a serious sumping problem with mine, I removed the check ball and spring in the oil pump and cleaned it out with a bore mop from my gun cleaning kit, then put old check ball back in an used a Teflon punch and brass hammer to lightly tap and seat the check ball, ( removed it with a thin magnet) put in the new check ball and spring, oil sumping problem went away. I do this every other oil change.
Hella random. But I’m pretty sure I bought my red sportster tins from you guys a couple years back hahah. I remember seeing that FXR on the lift when I picked it up
Shouldn't have to heat the rod to clear the wrist pin! Clearances are off maybe next piston will crack again in the same spot! Hope you're not too far into the build!
I know I arriving super late to the party, but man I enjoyed this video. I love that you showed the whole creative process. I think it looks amazing, a really creative touch to well-ridden, bare-bones chopper, and as other commenters have said, there is the added bonus of a father and son team working together so seamlessly. Great job guys!
One of the main factors for the oil dumping on a bottom breathing motors is the height of the breather hose. If it loops up high and then comes back down there’s less of a chance of it shooting tons of oil out. There are tons of other methods to not have it spray oil out. We’ve seen breathers plumbed right into the oil bag with a special breathing cap.
I just seen you grinding down the axel a bit. I just ran into the same clearance issue with my slotted rotors. Didn't know that you can grind it down. I was thinking about it! just was checking on anyone's form to see what i had to do.
@Kingpin Garage just dropped it off to them. They going to have it for the week possibly. Thanks again for the feedback. I'll send you the link to my video when it's done.
Thanks for the comment! The LS swap is done, but i’ve had countless issues with the footage itself. It may be a while till I can get a video out. Thank you for your patience and good luck on your build! You can message us on instagram if you have any questions about it.
Had a shovelhead come in the shop smoking like that one, whoever's built it didn't understand oiling of a shove at all. First of all breather plug blocked thought that would be the end of it. Nope still smoking like a train compression test was 110 each cylinder. Leak down test all good, cylinders look good with bore scope? So I said maybe oil pump not drilled for newer style pump nope, then maybe after market lifter blocks clogged or partially clogged, Nope, pulled front head off and at least 1.5 quarts of oil drained out. Long story short, somebody build a stroke and did not machine the case for oil returns from top end.
You gotta be kidding me that's 5 minutes of my life wasted. You don't know what you're doing you shouldn't be making videos. As soon as I seen you guys turning down a socket to take that carburetor apart I knew this was a joke. Also the old-timer knew what he was doing. Use loctite red and blue on 50% of the bolts on that bike. I'm sure by now that thing vibrated apart on them though
