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09-19-2020, 01:15 PM
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Name: BC847
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Original owner of a VE fueled 1993 W250 ClubCab.
Silencer ring MIA, str8 pipe with 10" exhaust tip, 250psi boost gauge, ghost-lights 'n truck-nutz. K&N air filter next (if my grades are good enoufh).
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09-19-2020, 09:52 PM
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Name: biggy238
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05.5 Campanella White TDi Jetta 5spd 45.5MPG
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09-20-2020, 12:40 AM
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#43
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Name: BC847
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Still dicking around. This time, I had to make a connecting rod balancing rig right quick. Cut out and stacked some phenolic discs mounted loosely and lubricated so as to be able to help settle things with the rod mounted. Some steel trap bent to form the appropriate brackets and poof! Pardon the messy bench. I make things on it. 
So . . I got the piston-ends to 616 grams:
The crank-ends to 1372 grams:
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All the connecting rods weigh 2006 grams each:
The big chunks of the balancing-pads I cut off averaged about 65 grams each. I figure there's another 40~60 grams of powdered iron each.
Still gotta do the piston assemblies.
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Original owner of a VE fueled 1993 W250 ClubCab.
Silencer ring MIA, str8 pipe with 10" exhaust tip, 250psi boost gauge, ghost-lights 'n truck-nutz. K&N air filter next (if my grades are good enoufh).
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09-20-2020, 10:19 PM
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#44
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Name: BC847
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Was able to enjoy some actual Fall like weather today. Hope your day was just as nice. 
Checking the complete piston assemblies finds one at 1834 grams. The others were up to two grams heavier. I trimmed the existing chamfer on the ends of the internal bore of the wrist-pins so as to bring them down to match the former:
Got all of the pistons and rods assembled. The tops of the rings pointing up. Each properly oriented 120* from the next. The rods installed in the pistons with the numbers to the passenger's side and the forward of the pistons sho'nuf forward:
Slid them boys in there and secured with ARP bolts slathered with the ARP squeezins and pulled up to 95ft/lbs in multiple steps:
I reckon I can slip in the cam and finish that in the front gear-case next, huh?
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Original owner of a VE fueled 1993 W250 ClubCab.
Silencer ring MIA, str8 pipe with 10" exhaust tip, 250psi boost gauge, ghost-lights 'n truck-nutz. K&N air filter next (if my grades are good enoufh).
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09-21-2020, 09:07 PM
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Name: BC847
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Slipped in a cast 188/220 camshaft:
The gears timed, retainer and bronze cam thrust thing. Everything blue Loc-Tited. I'll come back and check the cam degree stuff once the head and associated valve-train stuff is in place.
The connecting rods clear the girdle:
So far, so good.
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Original owner of a VE fueled 1993 W250 ClubCab.
Silencer ring MIA, str8 pipe with 10" exhaust tip, 250psi boost gauge, ghost-lights 'n truck-nutz. K&N air filter next (if my grades are good enoufh).
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09-21-2020, 10:08 PM
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Name: biggy238
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Even left the right amount of rust on the gear.
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09-22-2020, 05:52 PM
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#47
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Name: BC847
Title: Too Much Time
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Quote:
Originally Posted by biggy238
Even left the right amount of rust on the gear.
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Yeah, and I told myself I was gonna spray something on it to. 
I reckon I need to get out there to it . . .
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Original owner of a VE fueled 1993 W250 ClubCab.
Silencer ring MIA, str8 pipe with 10" exhaust tip, 250psi boost gauge, ghost-lights 'n truck-nutz. K&N air filter next (if my grades are good enoufh).
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09-23-2020, 01:56 PM
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Name: RMJ_LB7
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I love following these kind of engine builds, they are the most interesting to me. As for the connecting rod balancing, do you just trim off the top and the bottom?
Engine is looking great!
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09-23-2020, 09:48 PM
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Name: BC847
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RMJ_LB7
As for the connecting rod balancing, do you just trim off the top and the bottom?
Engine is looking great!
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Yes, after lightening, That's what I did essentially. Thanks.
Slipped in the 24v lube-oil pump, lube-oil heat-exchanger and passenger's side freeze-plugs:
Cleaned up the injection-pump and started fitting it. Jump the gear one tooth or two? Hmm . . .
Hoping to receive more small parts so as to button up the oil-pan soon.
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Original owner of a VE fueled 1993 W250 ClubCab.
Silencer ring MIA, str8 pipe with 10" exhaust tip, 250psi boost gauge, ghost-lights 'n truck-nutz. K&N air filter next (if my grades are good enoufh).
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09-25-2020, 11:01 PM
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Name: BC847
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Got the gear-timing of the injection-pump nailed down and buttoned-up the gear-case. Finished the girdle install.
Gotta lay hands on the oil-pan.
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Original owner of a VE fueled 1993 W250 ClubCab.
Silencer ring MIA, str8 pipe with 10" exhaust tip, 250psi boost gauge, ghost-lights 'n truck-nutz. K&N air filter next (if my grades are good enoufh).
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09-26-2020, 08:12 AM
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Name: Red Sleeper
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Did you skip 1 or 2 teeth on the pump gear?
I see that tent is still serving its purpose.
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09-26-2020, 08:09 PM
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Name: BC847
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Sleeper
Did you skip 1 or 2 teeth on the pump gear?
I see that tent is still serving its purpose.
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One. With the triples, I had to back off the injection event static timing as I recall (was two).
Yes. The "Temporary Structure" (for tax purposes) is actually working well for its task. I've insulated the roof and installed LED lights along with a small AC unit. With the way I have it built on sleepers, I can disconnect the Earth-anchors and literally drag it to where ever. The ten year cover warranty tipped things for me.
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Original owner of a VE fueled 1993 W250 ClubCab.
Silencer ring MIA, str8 pipe with 10" exhaust tip, 250psi boost gauge, ghost-lights 'n truck-nutz. K&N air filter next (if my grades are good enoufh).
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09-28-2020, 10:28 PM
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Name: BC847
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Originally Posted by Signature600
If you find a way to stop the tappet cover from leaking let us know!
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I figure that, for the most part, excessive crankcase pressure is what pushes oil past such seals. I got a gas-axe, maul, anvil and TIG-torch so . . .
Is that wrong? 
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Original owner of a VE fueled 1993 W250 ClubCab.
Silencer ring MIA, str8 pipe with 10" exhaust tip, 250psi boost gauge, ghost-lights 'n truck-nutz. K&N air filter next (if my grades are good enoufh).
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09-28-2020, 11:03 PM
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Name: displacedtexan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BC847
I figure that, for the most part, excessive crankcase pressure is what pushes oil past such seals. I got a gas-axe, maul, anvil and TIG-torch so . . .
Is that wrong? |
That's kinda brilliant...
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09-29-2020, 10:23 AM
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Name: Nascar
Title: Green Behind the Ears
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Nice work !!
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09-29-2020, 06:49 PM
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Name: RacinDuallie
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Love the build !
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10-01-2020, 08:53 PM
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Name: BC847
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Been dicking around with nailing stuff to the short-block. Still got a little more. Might start working on the head this weekend.
I don't care for the apparent reliability of the O-rings on the fancy Freeze-Plugs. While they aren't really that old, during cleaning the things, I found that the surface of the O-rings were starting to crack. Screw having to fix a leak right down the road. I replaced them with the standard freeze-plugs. The ones that last 25 years or so.
The dual crankcase-vent mess looks like it fits just fine.
We'll see, huh?
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Original owner of a VE fueled 1993 W250 ClubCab.
Silencer ring MIA, str8 pipe with 10" exhaust tip, 250psi boost gauge, ghost-lights 'n truck-nutz. K&N air filter next (if my grades are good enoufh).
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10-02-2020, 06:39 AM
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Name: Red Sleeper
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What is on the back of the block, above the adapter plate, covering that freeze port? I have not been around a automatic VE so I am unfamiliar. And you are running a crank case vent on the timing cover also, I spotted that.
No such thing as too much breathing.
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10-02-2020, 07:11 AM
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Name: Snedge
Title: Comp Diesel Sponsor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Sleeper
What is on the back of the block, above the adapter plate, covering that freeze port? I have not been around a automatic VE so I am unfamiliar. And you are running a crank case vent on the timing cover also, I spotted that.
No such thing as too much breathing.
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That is actually a coolant supply head for air compressor equipped applications, but many folks use them as a coolant bypass to lower block pressure.
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10-04-2020, 12:33 AM
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Name: BC847
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snedge
That is actually a coolant supply head for air compressor equipped applications, but many folks use them as a coolant bypass to lower block pressure.
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It feeds the remote transmission heat-exchanger under the cab as well.
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Original owner of a VE fueled 1993 W250 ClubCab.
Silencer ring MIA, str8 pipe with 10" exhaust tip, 250psi boost gauge, ghost-lights 'n truck-nutz. K&N air filter next (if my grades are good enoufh).
Last edited by BC847; 10-04-2020 at 12:40 AM.
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