Rebuilding my first engine:2001 3.9L V-6 from a Dodge Dakota
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Rebuilding my first engine:2001 3.9L V-6 from a Dodge Dakota
I am taking a class on rebuilding engines. This engine is from a 2001 Dodge Dakota: a 3.9 L V-6. I have a 2000 Dodge Dakota with the same engine. The previous engine owner didn’t change the oil very much and the cam shaft is wrecked. Bolts on upper assembly components were Metric, lower components were SAE. Currently chasing the threads and cleaning before I start my measurements
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Thought I would making look like a Toy since it is powered like one....reliable little beasty though....it is going to be pink, blue, fuschia, black, but the fan is going to be yellow...I was thinking of painting a Hello Kitty somewhere on it....and maybe a rainbow and a unicorn on the beer keg intake manifold...
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Thought I would making look like a Toy since it is powered like one....reliable little beasty though....it is going to be pink, blue, fuschia, black, but the fan is going to be yellow...I was thinking of painting a Hello Kitty somewhere on it....and maybe a rainbow and a unicorn on the beer keg intake manifold...
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I have a friend that would just LOVE that pink motor LOL she's into everything hot pink and black
So forgive my ignorance but, that cam damage,,, is that roller failure or simply not enough lash adjustment on that cylinder or a slightly bowed cam??
I honestlyy wish i had the 3.9 instead of the 3.7, the thought of three timing chains always makes me shutter.
So forgive my ignorance but, that cam damage,,, is that roller failure or simply not enough lash adjustment on that cylinder or a slightly bowed cam??
I honestlyy wish i had the 3.9 instead of the 3.7, the thought of three timing chains always makes me shutter.
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I have a friend that would just LOVE that pink motor LOL she's into everything hot pink and black
So forgive my ignorance but, that cam damage,,, is that roller failure or simply not enough lash adjustment on that cylinder or a slightly bowed cam??
I honestlyy wish i had the 3.9 instead of the 3.7, the thought of three timing chains always makes me shutter.
So forgive my ignorance but, that cam damage,,, is that roller failure or simply not enough lash adjustment on that cylinder or a slightly bowed cam??
I honestlyy wish i had the 3.9 instead of the 3.7, the thought of three timing chains always makes me shutter.
This differs from manufacturing anomalies, which appear in hundred of miles with missing chunks (or lobes altogether), not thousands of miles with pieces missing.
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According to the folks I bought the engine from it had 145K miles. It took me a good hour or more to work out the lifters, that old oil had turned into tarnish, and I kept spraying them with PB Blaster penetrating oil and working them back and forth with my fingers before I could get them out.
I wanted an engine to work on and learn from, it's given me that in spades. Not many after market parts available for this boat anchor though....oh well...it deserves pink. With the option of giving much of a performance upgrade off the table I decided
to make it as reliable as I can.
My truck is black, I will probably paint the engine compartment pink when I am in the middle of swapping out the engine
I wanted an engine to work on and learn from, it's given me that in spades. Not many after market parts available for this boat anchor though....oh well...it deserves pink. With the option of giving much of a performance upgrade off the table I decided
to make it as reliable as I can.
My truck is black, I will probably paint the engine compartment pink when I am in the middle of swapping out the engine
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