{"id":304,"date":"2011-11-27T20:01:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T02:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/?p=304"},"modified":"2018-07-06T20:03:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T01:03:07","slug":"more-engine-goodness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/more-engine-goodness\/","title":{"rendered":"More engine goodness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here we are after the cam sprocket, crank gear, timing chain, timing cover, and water pump were installed. Having all the right bolts in little tiny baggies is way cool &#8211; no more guessing which ones go where.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/enginewaterpump.jpg?resize=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/enginewaterpump.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/enginewaterpump.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After chasing the threads with a tap (thanks for the tip, Jim), I got the heads on and torqued down. Man, this thing&#8217;s gettin&#8217; heavy on the stand. Also got the harmonic balancer zapped on along with the timing indicator (which Tony &#8216;blasted and Jim painted for me &#8211; ya really do get by with a little help from your friends).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/engineheads.jpg?resize=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/engineheads.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/engineheads.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After chasing the threads for the rocker studs, and getting the push-rod guides installed, it was getting close to clean-up time, so I dropped in the push rods, test-fitted a couple of the rocker arms and set the valve covers on (to check for rocker clearance).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/enginevalvecovers.jpg?resize=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/enginevalvecovers.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/enginevalvecovers.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One more shot before cleaning up for the day and tossing a sheet over it for the next couple days. Man, this is turning out to be a good-lookin&#8217; engine. Couldn&#8217;t really make out the chrome oil pan in the other pictures &#8211; but there&#8217;s no missing it here.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/enginevalvecovers2.jpg?resize=780%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/enginevalvecovers2.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/enginevalvecovers2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/enginevalvecovers2.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we are after the cam sprocket, crank gear, timing chain, timing cover, and water pump were installed. Having all the right bolts in little tiny baggies is way cool &#8211; no more guessing which ones go where. After chasing the threads with a tap (thanks for the tip, Jim), I got the heads on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blather","category-mach1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}