Project Black Betty // Sas, v8!

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

so i got the knuckles off here are some pics

and heres what happens when the axle had no steering stops

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

front end all disassembled time to start on the rear end heres a few pics

AND MY HOME MADE STOOL





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its made from an old ass harley seat lol

 

[dangerranger83]

That Harley seat looks like it came off the 70's Aermacchai Harleys, one of the dirty bikes or street bikes.

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

the 9" is ready for paint finally just need to go get the stuff

edit* everything is ready for paint now

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

ok change of plans, im picking up a new ranger on wednesday for $100 nothing wrong with it but the bed is destroyed (i hope) so everything is going in that and im leaving my other ranger just the way she is.. cant wait!!

heres a pic of the new one

and im picking up a cold air intake for my 01 for $15

 

[dangerranger83]

Can never have enough rangers and hell beds are cheap enough to replace, mine was $150.

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

yeh i was debating making a steel or wood bed for it but havent decided on that or getting another bed

 

[88_Eddie]

do a custom metal bed, i've always been a fan of those

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

yeh i want to but my budget aint that high right now.. my main priority is getting the engine rebuild once thats done then the axles and then i can work on the bed

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

well found the reason my engine was blowing blue smoke... was cleaning the oil pan today and found chunks of aluminum ( just guess whats it from)


heres why i was blowing blue smoke

piston rings on 3 of the pistons were broken and they all have huge burrs on the edge of them (they were in there awhile or even reused maybe)


here are some progress pics

this is the one piston that broke

mroe block pics

and heres all 3 of the trucks.. tomorrow ill take pictures of the 94.....the new 5.0 and sas truck

 

[88gt]

man i like your style of organization. just the way i do it:icon_thumby:

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

thanks... i figured if im gonna take an engine apart i might as well do it right.. unlike my friend when he put a new head on a 92 4.0... bolts everywhere nothing went back were it was man it was a mess... and to top that all off 2 of the head bolts were allen heads and they didnt get torqued all the way "flippin idiot.. gosh"

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

crank and camshaft are out.. heads stripped, block stripped time for the machine shop bore it out .010 more over get new pistons and rings and put it all back together with fresh paint

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

this is wat i aiming my dash gauge cluster to look like

 

[retep88]

I like how well organized you have everything. I don't think I could keep a shop that clean even if I tried!

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

lol thats not a shop thats a room in my basement haha

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

well still no progress on this waiting for my job at the mountain to start up which starts tomorrow.. once thats done my 01 ranger is fixed i will start on this again

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

well went to the machine shop yesterday and got a quote on what i needed to be done on my 302..

bored to either .040 or .050 depening on how bad the ridge is on the cylinder walls
crank balanced, polished
harmonic balancer balanced
flywheel balanced
do a valve job,
spot blast the entire block and heads
put new pistons on connectiong rods
.. pretty much a overhaul of everything will cost me roughly $1200 for just the machine work, i found a overhaul kit for 309, comes with new pistons, rings, bearings, gaskets and a bunch of other stuff

 

[bobbywalter]

well went to the machine shop yesterday and got a quote on what i needed to be done on my 302..

bored to either .040 or .050 depening on how bad the ridge is on the cylinder walls
crank balanced, polished
harmonic balancer balanced
flywheel balanced
do a valve job,
spot blast the entire block and heads
put new pistons on connectiong rods
.. pretty much a overhaul of everything will cost me roughly $1200 for just the machine work, i found a overhaul kit for 309, comes with new pistons, rings, bearings, gaskets and a bunch of other stuff

i know its cold as hell bud, but go find a lower mile roller block in the yard and field strip it and just get the block.

pull the head and if it has good crosshatching get one like that.....i wouldnt dick around with that block after looking at the piston and 30 over job. 302 blocks are cheap for a reason. cause they are cheap

 

[bobbywalter]

1200 is cheap for a quality worked engine too btw...but i am sure you know that:icon_thumby: