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04-25-2024, 11:28 PM | #121 | |
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
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Yesterday, 07:04 PM | #123 |
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Got some nice gears yanked out for my woodie's engine. Welded up a quick slide hammer out of junk and it worked great. Pulled 2. One beauty one, one not so much. 2 good crank gears both good came off with a 2 jaw puller that I ground a back cut on so the hooks grabbed in past the teeth. Unfortunately I had a contractor stop by about a project and then one more visitor, so no other progress. Will look around for some of those cam gear bolts this weekend and hope to get started with valves. I see it's common to lather up the cam with white lithium grease. Is stay-lube assembly lubricant good enough?
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Yesterday, 07:31 PM | #124 | |
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Over 50 years ago when I built my SBF I used STP. No issues but it was a one off type of thing that worked for a 19 year old know it all (read know nothing) kid. YRMV
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Yesterday, 10:02 PM | #125 |
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Hey, It's sticky and slippery at the same time, sounds like a good choice, but I'd still have to take the hour to drive to town in the morning to get some. I'll probably use the assembly lube on the cam bearings and if I find that the lobes need something else I can paint some on there later. I guess the same goes for installing my lifters in the bores.
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
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Today, 08:31 AM | #127 |
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
I tend to overthink at times, but I DO have a fresh tube of JD cornhead grease. My springs are at 40 lbs.
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Today, 09:10 AM | #128 |
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
I bet that ole' cornhead grease would be just fine in your situation. You don't have much spring pressure, so you'll probably be just fine. I use a special lubrication that is designed for cams (has a lot of moly in it) - but I also run a lot more spring pressure and have pretty radical cams for a flathead.
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Today, 10:00 AM | #129 |
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This saves me the trip to town in the suburban. With our island gas prices hovering just south of six bucks/gallon I don't venture into the big city of Eastsound if I don't absolutely need to. There are times when I realize I haven't come down off Mt. Pickett for almost 2 weeks.
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Today, 06:22 PM | #130 |
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
My big valve day started out slowly. My valve face grinder came with an aftermarket electric submersible pump for the coolant. I tried it back when I got it and it whirred so I thought was good. Nope, took it apart 3 times, cleaned, inspected, motor spins, nice o ring seal, nylon impeller no damage. Won't pump a drop. So I go to the backup other sioux, same model. Belt drive pump but broken cast iron bracket and no belt. Wasted the morning. After lunch I rigged up a gravity feed. Was a pain refilling and messy. Used tractor hydraulic fluid. So, now I have them all ground and have questions.
Margins. I have read quite a bit but a lot of valve info is for overheads and stuff that's gonna be raced at 8000 rpms etc. Seems intake valves can have fairly thin margins as incoming air cools them. Exhausts want like .10" thick margins. These ar my two thinnest exhaust valves after grinding. I don't see that thickness, but somehow they seem ok. You can see I did a quick lap on one. One thing about the margins confuses me. Does a valve ever get ground around it's circumference to attain a thicker margin or is that self defeating. Seems a thick valve transfers heat to the seat better, and a thin margine burns easier. Do these valves look OK for exhaust valves? The intakes are all about this thick, but their stems measure a little bigger, generally .341 with exhausts .0005 smaller.
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