In the last post, I showed you the 7AFE which I got from a nearby auto wrecker. My girlfriend Samantha, and my dad were here to help me get it taken apart. Sam doesn't know anything about cars, so we thought it might be a great opportunity to teach her about how engines work and how the different parts operate. Before we got started, it was important to get the engine clean since it was a greasy mess. Nobody likes globs of greasy grimy muck stuck on you.
We first started by spraying a strong degreaser on it and hit it when a scrubbing brush to loosen up some of the grime before knocking it all away with the pressure washer. We did this twice to make sure we could get it as clean as we good. When we were all done, the thing was practically clean enough to eat off of; although I'll probably refrain.
With the engine clean, we started pulling off accessories
like the power steering pump and alternator bracket, then the intake and
exhaust manifolds before pulling off the valve cover and distributor to yank
the cams. The meshed gears on the 4AFE make removing the cams kinda tricky but
we got them out. We pretty much had to call it a day here as I found that to
pull the cylinder head off I needed a 12pt socket set. We didn't feel like
driving to the hardware store and it was starting to cool off outside, so it
felt like a good time to stop. We forgot to take pictures along the way but did
get some shots of our progress up to this point.
When we got the socket set, we pulled off the head before
flipping the engine over. We removed the oil pan and the oil pickup and that
gave us access to the crank and piston connecting rods. We then removed the
connecting rod caps and slid the pistons out from beneath the flipped engine.
Before we could pull the crank, I realized that I made the mistake of having us put the engine on the stand without pulling the flexplate and rear main seal plate beforehand. We got the engine back on the lift, removed the bolts, and then pulled everything off before getting it back on the engine stand. With that done, we got the engine flipped over, pulled the crank pulley with a pulley remover, and removed the water pump and oil pump.
To
remove the crank, we busted out the breaker bar and loosened the main caps
bolts. Those suckers are on tight! After removing the bolts, we pulled the caps
off and were able to lift the heavy crank out.
With everything removed, here's the bin full of parts. I
don't think there's much of a market for any of this, so I'll probably recycle
the aluminum parts and junk the rest. Maybe the auto wrecker would give me
something for it.
With that done, the engine was fully disassembled. I have
contacted an engine machinist to get quotes for several services. I'm going to
have the cylinders bored out to 82mm and then honed, have the deck resurfaced,
and have the crank journals line bored to make sure they're straight. Once I
get the silvertop pulled from the car and disassembled, I'll send the crank in
to be balanced.
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