Dumbo The Flying Elephant

Larry Hill · 05-01-2022, 10:15 AM

Parts are a problem. It took forever to get them and then a while to get to fit. My elephant engine is a little picky on what it likes.
I had time to check the correlation between the torque plates and the heads, not perfect but pretty darn close. I got the main bearing clearance variation to .0003. I'm happy with that.

Fitting rings today. That means mains are torqued, honing plates are on, and get to use my present from Santa, my Total Seal ring filer. With a little practice removing .001 from the end gap is easy and predictable.

05-01-2022, 10:15 AM	#25
Larry Hill Live Reporter Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hickory, Ky Posts: 10,629 Likes: 1,919 Liked 10,681 Times in 2,222 Posts	Re: Dumbo The Flying Elephant Parts are a problem. It took forever to get them and then a while to get to fit. My elephant engine is a little picky on what it likes. I had time to check the correlation between the torque plates and the heads, not perfect but pretty darn close. I got the main bearing clearance variation to .0003. I'm happy with that. Fitting rings today. That means mains are torqued, honing plates are on, and get to use my present from Santa, my Total Seal ring filer. With a little practice removing .001 from the end gap is easy and predictable. __________________ IHM Used Parts https://ihmusedparts.com 888-821-1817