Piston Install, Part II
Yesterday, we got all the pistons, timing chain cover, oil pan and oil filter adapter installed. The loaner ring compressor from Auto Zone worked great. The biggest problem we had was reading piston numbers wrong and installing the #4 piston in the #1 cylinder, but we caught it right away. The motor is tight, tight, tight -- it took both of us to turn the crank once four pistons were in. The 390 is starting to look sweet, can't wait to hear it crank up.
posted by Dan @ 1:19 PM
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Actually, it turns over great. The problem was that we were trying to turn it just using the harmonic balancer. Once we put a torque wrench on it, you can turn it with one finger.
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