well couldnt sleep again last night,so i got alot done on my car,taking advantage of the cooler weather,got my bumper cover all sprayed with primer and started the 600 wet sand,its just about ready for my base coat of cobalt blue metallic.

By bad436z28 at 2012-03-18

By bad436z28 at 2012-03-18

By bad436z28 at 2012-03-18

 

Shes looking good!

 

thx oldman 9 i appreciate it,my other panels should go faster as this was the worst one.

 

See your winning. The Jeep motor has the crank in it, thats it. The mains are all one piece called a bed plate. 26 bolts hold it on. Some have in/lb and some have ft/lb. It was a pain trying to find a in/lb torque wrench, then I promptly broke it on my last bolt.

Then installing a piston yesterday i bent one of the oil rings, I don't have much experiance with band style ring compressors. Every motor I have ever built to date has been 4.030" My buddy has a tapered ring that size and thats all we've used. Plus the rings came with no instructions. Two completely different rings. Then the rod bolts I find are one time use. I can't find new ones. So it's either dealership or gamble on the TTY bolts will live twice.

 

OMG brother that thing is giving u a tuff time,never worked on a jeep motor before,can only imagine what ur going thru,yeah them band ring compressors are junk in my opinion,i used them to rebuild my first motor after secon piston was installed i broke the ring on the third piston,and i went and got a tapered one never again.
wow dont know what to say on the rod bolts the factory ones im sure aint cheap,maybe i would gamble on reusing them if it was me.
ur still winning bro ur car is completely in primer mine aint even half primered yet.

 

You are both ahead of me I am still looking for a car that is worth buying most everything around here is a bondo baby or way over priced...

 

yeah hang in there u will find one,mine took along time to find,i first had to settle for a rust bucket oneuntil this one came along took me over 2 years to find it

 

I am expanding my search all the way out to Texas... Lucky I know shippers who can ship it to me for a good price.... now to find what I am looking for.

 

im sure soon u will find the one ur looking for

 

insomnia has been killing me,must be from excitment of working on car and trying to get it ready by fathersday,probably not gonna happen,but wishful thinking.got my fender all sprayed its final coat in primer and began my 600 wet sand final blocking.

By bad436z28 at 2012-03-19

By bad436z28 at 2012-03-19

By bad436z28 at 2012-03-19

By bad436z28 at 2012-03-19

By bad436z28 at 2012-03-19