Well I started rippin into my truck. Greg (pcfixerpro) came over and helped me out. We didn't get much done due to having to go get a damn Fan clutch wrench thing. It was a start though and thats all that matters. We got the rad, shroud, and fan out and the tb off. Still not sure what all I'll be changing but for sure it will be Hughes Plenum kit,180* t-stat, and EQ Magnum heads. I am still considering cam, timing chain, and water pump.


Thanks again Greg for your help!

Heres some pics

Before we started





After We gave up for the day (more like I gave up. I was starving. Greg was ready to keep wrenching)





I'll keep this updated as I make progress

 

didnt work to hard , see the tea is still full .. Should of called me , i would of bought a tourch , welder , my snap on chest , engine puller , then the funs would of happen...
Keep taken pictures , they mite come in handy..

 

PA,

You wanna drive down to Texas and be my wrenchin' buddy when I swap out my heads, cam, and add headers? Pretty please? I'll make you some sweet tea too!

 

weld some floates on the truck , depends what part of texas

 

Well I also had my nieces birthday party that I had to get to. It started at 12 and I didn't get there till 6 something. I would have started early this morning but had a couple fire calls so I'm getting a late start.

 

Best of luck to you, BB2! I'm down to just a short block with a dipstick tube sticking out of it, lol. However, I'm starting to reassemble it. Successfully replaced #4 cam bearing yesterday, but new cam does not turn without some effort, so now I'm polishing the new bearing down with a Norton bear pad to get free movement of the cam before I degree it in. Best tip I can give on your project is to keep everything as clean as you can and use lots of WD40, etc. to keep things from rusting while the engine is open. Kind of treat it as an open wound until you can get it closed up.

 

Here's som pics:

 

I would say that #1 and #6 are TDC. You must have Reid helping you with as clean as that motor is.

You have that thing stripped that far down, why not just bore it out .030 over, huh?

Great pics BTW. What did you end up using there instead of the 6" bolt? And how were you able to replace the cam bearing without pulling the block?

 

For a timing chain, AutoZone has a double-row for $37 (for the 318). Anyway, good luck.

 

Well, the cleanliness of the truck and engine were some of the main reasons I was "suckered" into buying the truck. The guy I bought it from is very **** about cleanliness and changing his oil every 3000 miles. When I broke the motor open, I knew then he wasn't lying because there is no sludge and only a tiny amount varnish here and there. I chose to save some money and keep the short block as-is simply because it flat doesn't need a rebuild yet. I think it's just now broke in. The other reason is I simply just don't have the room. My one-car garage is already filled with an Austin-Healey 3000 project, plus all the parts I took off the Ram. I can't even get to my work bench now, lol.

Thanks, I'm taking the pics in case anyone wants to see a dyi on replacing a bad cam bearing. It is possible to do on the magnum engine because of the oval cut-outs in the valley. Without those, you couldn't do it. I also bit the bullet and bought the snap-on cam bearing tool which made the job a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. I had to assemble the driver and expander inside the block because they would not pass-through the #3 bearing. For the cam bolt, I used about 18" of all-thread and wrapped it in duct tape.