Dumbo The Flying Elephant

[pmrphil]

Welcome to the club, Larry.
I thought you were already a lifetime member

[Larry Hill]

It was a good decision that I ordered two sets of main bearings because one set was damaged in shipping. The package was mishandled so bad it broke all the air bags that were to cushion the parts in transit. In defense of the seller the parts were direct ship from the manufacturer. Clearance on the mains is good on one and rest need to be adjusted a small amount. Top to bottom I had a good day racing.

[Larry Hill]

Getting old always makes you look for the easier pathway. My block has five main caps with 26 fasteners with a three step torque sequence on 16 of them. So I decided to take a shortcut and skip the last step and check clearance. It was in no way predictable and off a mile. I finished the last step and everything was as it should be. I knew better.

[Larry Hill]

I am disappointed in making this post.
I've been on hold on customer service for two hours and in that time I have went from 34th in ?Q? to 22 in two hours. Buckeye sales needs to have better customer service and support.

[Larry Hill]

In mixing and matching the bearing shells the SOT (Stupid Oldman Trick) bit me in the butt. Old folks should not try to do any work in their head, there is no room, it is full of useless information. Long story short I put the wrong shells in the caps and the clearances were way off. After disassembling I miked the shells and replaced thick ones with thinner ones and everything looks like it might work. We will know on dyno day.

Thanks Mr JR and Mr Byrd

[Larry Hill]

The Total Seal Ring Grinder was my Christmas, Birthday, and Anniversary gift all rolled into one. Talk about a thoughtful wife. The Total Seal piece is very predictable. If you need another .005" to make target on your ring gap it will do it. It does a good job on on the oil rails too but I can not be heavy handed.
Back to work

[Larry Hill]

Rings are done, I think. I still may have to adjust pull on the oil rails. So far everything has been coming in the shop just in time. Its been fun working on some different aspects of trying to go fast, but I still have more questions than answers.