Joining the bandwagon, my 4L OHV build

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i watched a vid on youtube on howto install one. it looks like itd be much easier with the crank out

 

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ok im taking the crank out. when i unbolt the pistons will they fall out? or if they stay will they fall out when i yank the crank out?

yes, im making sure everything stays the same direction jd

 

[jd4242]

Direction and location! ! They will stay where there at

 

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yes i meant location too! good to know, i didnt want them sliding out onto the floor lol

 

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crank and cam out! woo! it was much easier to get the cam after i figured out the gears you forgot to tell me about!

 

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you check out the crank yet ronin?

 

[Ronin8002]

Not yet, man...it will prob be on Saturday but I might get a chance to get it and take a look a little later during the week.

How many bolt holes are in the flywheel end of your crankshaft? the one I have has 6

 

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i have 6.

hey jd, you have no work mon and weds. i have to work, but you can always come over tomorrow and separate the y-pipe from the cat. if you can do that, salvage the cat tho, im gonna reuse it for a bit.

 

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crap! i just noticed i forgot to cover the hole where the tranny dipstick went.... after powerwashing.... now i have to drain it and put fresh in dont i? or worse?

 

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does anyone have a spare motor to tranny bolt? the mid sized one that theres 4 of. i can not find it, i think jd pocketed it

 

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^^ help on those last 2 posts anyone?


also, reman 97tm ford water pump, melling oil pump and piston rings all came in today. just waiting on usps to bring the injectors

block is clean and prepped for paint. just gotta rinse off a couple things and assemble it without internals to paint everything at once

 

[Maniak]

Yes, that fluid it toast now.. Change the trans fluid..

As for the bolt. If you get me a picture of what it looks like, and how long it is, I still have lots of misc nuts/bolts etc from when I rebuild my motor and from when we scrapped that '91. I would expect I have the bolt, but its in a pile o bolts.

~Mark

 

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any brand reccomendations for a syn tranny oil?

ill take a pic when i get home of the bolt

 

[Maniak]

any brand reccomendations for a syn tranny oil?

ill take a pic when i get home of the bolt

The only fluid I use on the explorer is Mobil 1 multi vehicle synthetic trans fluid. Even with the double coolers and fan I can see pan temps in the upper 100's when wheeling.

The Van which is the other slushbox vehicle we have does not get synthetic, even though it tows. The highest temp I've seen in the pan is 160F.

I change the pan fluid every 2 oil changes. I do it by pulling the temp sensor (its in the drain plug I put in the pan). We are also running an external filter on the trans so every once in a great while I do change the filter in the pan, but it is very rare. I figure its cheap insurance to make sure the fluid is always fresh-ish.

~Mark

 

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ill use that then, i use mobil 1 for engine oil too. i have no idea what temp mine would get to. i just have the tranny lines in the cooland radiator and theres a aux one that was stock behind the grille(thinking about adding a fan to that later on).

theres no stock drain plug is there? i pull the pan off right?
and how hard is it to add a drain plug(just incase)? drill a hole and screw in a plug with an o-ring on it?

 

[Maniak]

theres no stock drain plug is there? i pull the pan off right?
and how hard is it to add a drain plug(just incase)? drill a hole and screw in a plug with an o-ring on it?

Stock is no drain plug..

Adding one is easy. They sell kits for it, OR, you can take it to a good welding shop and have them weld one in (less chance of leak).

If your going to put in a temp sensor in there you need to make sure the sensor goes into the drain plug hole far enough so its actually in the fluid. When I put it in the first time it didn't go into the drain plug "kit" far enough and was reading the temp of the trans pan and not the fluid.

~Mark

 

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i dont really want a temp sensor atm. later on id love to rebuild the gauge cluster with every gauge i need in it. only then would i worry about that

 

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injectors are here. theres 4 tiny holes on the pintle/cap. much better then my single shot ones i had i guess.
all individually numbered, dont know if that means i place them on the same cylinder #? all are high impedance, #1 is 208cc, #2-#6 are 206cc. at 43.5psi. whatever the hell any of that means

 

[jd4242]

that is the flow rates

 

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lol. i know that. i meant i dont know what it means as far as how good they are