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<blockquote data-quote="Bearscratch" data-source="post: 68698" data-attributes="member: 9704"><p>Engine showed up today, and I just had a little time to get started. Figured I'd go after the part that looked to be the biggest pain in the ass first. Changing the bell housing. Well I did find mine was the same as I saw someone else write about. The bell housing hole to the oil seal is a little bit smaller on mine than on the new engine. This doesn't look like its going to be any fun. I'm picturing a big mess if I try to burn it bigger, so I'm thinking lots of grinding with an angle grinder. It's about a 7" diameter circle that needs to be made 1/4" bigger all the way around in cast iron. If anyone has any tips here please chime in. I have to work a 12 hour shift again tomorrow, so I'm not figuring I'll get much done with it, but possibly I'll come across some advice at work. Outside of that all I took a try at was the exhaust manifold, which didn't go too well either. Didn't break any studs off yet, but they're pretty damn tight. I sprayed them down with some blaster and I'll try that again tomorrow. Need to round up some bolts to mount her up to my engine stand too so I can go after changing out the sump. I'm going to have to punch a hole for the dipstick in the block while its torn down too, which shouldn't be much of a problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bearscratch, post: 68698, member: 9704"] Engine showed up today, and I just had a little time to get started. Figured I'd go after the part that looked to be the biggest pain in the ass first. Changing the bell housing. Well I did find mine was the same as I saw someone else write about. The bell housing hole to the oil seal is a little bit smaller on mine than on the new engine. This doesn't look like its going to be any fun. I'm picturing a big mess if I try to burn it bigger, so I'm thinking lots of grinding with an angle grinder. It's about a 7" diameter circle that needs to be made 1/4" bigger all the way around in cast iron. If anyone has any tips here please chime in. I have to work a 12 hour shift again tomorrow, so I'm not figuring I'll get much done with it, but possibly I'll come across some advice at work. Outside of that all I took a try at was the exhaust manifold, which didn't go too well either. Didn't break any studs off yet, but they're pretty damn tight. I sprayed them down with some blaster and I'll try that again tomorrow. Need to round up some bolts to mount her up to my engine stand too so I can go after changing out the sump. I'm going to have to punch a hole for the dipstick in the block while its torn down too, which shouldn't be much of a problem. [/QUOTE]
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