After 5 years I have finally decided to remove all of the bottom end of my original motor. I want to keep the block since its numbers match the chassis. Not sure if that will ever make a difference but it's a comparatively easy thing to do.
A few questions:
1: what hardware do you keep in case someone wants to put it back together 20 years down the road. Keeping in mind that I am trying to reduce the size and weight of this (useless to me) lump of metal. Pistons? Con rods? Crankshaft? Timing chains? Nuts and bolts?
2: what size is the big nut that holds the pulleys on the right front side. It looks like a 36 maybe? It looks like I have to remove it in order to remove the crankshaft, right?
3: how do you remove the oil pump and chain assembly? After removing the two M8 bolts that secure it to the block, the chain still has enough tension that I can't lift it out. And that keeps me from accessing the last of the crankshaft journal caps
4: is there a trick to removing the con rod bearing caps? They barely move if I tap them with a hammer lightly. But I can't pull them out by hand. Vice grips maybe?
Thank you
A few questions:
1: what hardware do you keep in case someone wants to put it back together 20 years down the road. Keeping in mind that I am trying to reduce the size and weight of this (useless to me) lump of metal. Pistons? Con rods? Crankshaft? Timing chains? Nuts and bolts?
2: what size is the big nut that holds the pulleys on the right front side. It looks like a 36 maybe? It looks like I have to remove it in order to remove the crankshaft, right?
3: how do you remove the oil pump and chain assembly? After removing the two M8 bolts that secure it to the block, the chain still has enough tension that I can't lift it out. And that keeps me from accessing the last of the crankshaft journal caps
4: is there a trick to removing the con rod bearing caps? They barely move if I tap them with a hammer lightly. But I can't pull them out by hand. Vice grips maybe?
Thank you
