ArdWrknTrk Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Back to the family topic... I am lucky that I am a morning person..up by 5 if I like it or not...and the rest of the family are not. On weekends, I head to the barn early and try to be done by 1pm. The rest of the day is with the better half. During the week if I have something to do in the barn I try to keep it to an hour. That way I get my barn time and my wife realizes that I am better to be around if I have some time alone to tinker after work. So, for me it is all about using time when it isn't taking much away from the family as well as making it known I need some downtime for people to want to be around me anyhow. 😀 I don't sleep. But, I don't have 'family' either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat in tn Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I don't sleep. But, I don't have 'family' either... my problem is that I do not idle well. I am better busy. it is also in my nature to build or produce. to take a day off and sit around and visit gets old very fast. it rarely has anything to do with other people. I can be in the garage for 12 hours and still not want to call it a day if I am into something. my oldest daughter is here visiting with the two oldest grandkids so I'm staying close these few days. but with a half dozen engines at one stage or another it gives me a stress of its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 my problem is that I do not idle well. I am better busy. it is also in my nature to build or produce. to take a day off and sit around and visit gets old very fast. it rarely has anything to do with other people. I can be in the garage for 12 hours and still not want to call it a day if I am into something. my oldest daughter is here visiting with the two oldest grandkids so I'm staying close these few days. but with a half dozen engines at one stage or another it gives me a stress of its own. Neither do I, but my leg is infected and I have a bad case of cellulitis (skin is splitting, etc...) Plus it's raining all day and I don't have a garage (BUT I prostituted myself, and Rock Auto is trickling in! ) So I'll be building a 10.25 this weekend, and I'm off to Vermont in my truck for the 13th Hopefully I didn't jinx myself, and it turns out better than my last trip there. 🙄 Edit to ask: what's your break-in regime? Do you have an engine stand or dyno? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Neither do I, but my leg is infected and I have a bad case of cellulitis (skin is splitting, etc...) Plus it's raining all day and I don't have a garage (BUT I prostituted myself, and Rock Auto is trickling in! ) So I'll be building a 10.25 this weekend, and I'm off to Vermont in my truck for the 13th Hopefully I didn't jinx myself, and it turns out better than my last trip there. 🙄 Edit to ask: what's your break-in regime? Do you have an engine stand or dyno? My Dana R&P plus spider gears & pin came yesterday. The Spicer rebuild kit w/ bearings and seals is OFD RN. The Dana carrier and shim kit comes tomorrow.... This will not be fun in my condition, but I will get it done and broken in before I make a road trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 My Dana R&P plus spider gears & pin came yesterday. The Spicer rebuild kit w/ bearings and seals is OFD RN. The Dana carrier and shim kit comes tomorrow.... This will not be fun in my condition, but I will get it done and broken in before I make a road trip. Good luck, Jim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat in tn Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Neither do I, but my leg is infected and I have a bad case of cellulitis (skin is splitting, etc...) Plus it's raining all day and I don't have a garage (BUT I prostituted myself, and Rock Auto is trickling in! ) So I'll be building a 10.25 this weekend, and I'm off to Vermont in my truck for the 13th Hopefully I didn't jinx myself, and it turns out better than my last trip there. 🙄 Edit to ask: what's your break-in regime? Do you have an engine stand or dyno? in TN I had an engine run stand. I have one I am building as a side project here, but I have not had time for it in a while. I'd love to have a dyno. I keep a very basic break in. hydraulic flats get the 2k run in with additive then oil change and tune. visual oil test etc. but further if there are any signs of reason. roller cams get a simpler version. when assembling, I mark all the lifters with a paint dot and index them at a central point and make sure they rotate as I rotate the engine over before proceeding. mentally it helps me to have seen them rotate as I know that is what makes or breaks lifters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 in TN I had an engine run stand. I have one I am building as a side project here, but I have not had time for it in a while. I'd love to have a dyno. I keep a very basic break in. hydraulic flats get the 2k run in with additive then oil change and tune. visual oil test etc. but further if there are any signs of reason. roller cams get a simpler version. when assembling, I mark all the lifters with a paint dot and index them at a central point and make sure they rotate as I rotate the engine over before proceeding. mentally it helps me to have seen them rotate as I know that is what makes or breaks lifters. You care, and it shows! No one can ask for more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viven44 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 in TN I had an engine run stand. I have one I am building as a side project here, but I have not had time for it in a while. I'd love to have a dyno. I keep a very basic break in. hydraulic flats get the 2k run in with additive then oil change and tune. visual oil test etc. but further if there are any signs of reason. roller cams get a simpler version. when assembling, I mark all the lifters with a paint dot and index them at a central point and make sure they rotate as I rotate the engine over before proceeding. mentally it helps me to have seen them rotate as I know that is what makes or breaks lifters. That seems like a nice litmus test for success on lifters. I love having that kind of preview. Hate doing thing where the only indication of success is after the fact if things haven’t broken. I do hear about metal hardness not being the same as it used to be and oil additives etc etc but I think having the correct lifter and cam profile is probably the biggest factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 That seems like a nice litmus test for success on lifters. I love having that kind of preview. Hate doing thing where the only indication of success is after the fact if things haven’t broken. I do hear about metal hardness not being the same as it used to be and oil additives etc etc but I think having the correct lifter and cam profile is probably the biggest factor. Comp definitely had a batch of soft cores years ago. But they could have solved it by checking brinell or Rockwell and sending the batch out for heat treat. But they jumped the shark, got bought out, and won't listen to the guys who had been grinding their cams for decades.... Proper break-in involves plenty of oil, with ZDDP, and varying the rpms for at least 1/2 hour. (Don't let it drop below 2k and you'll be okay) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viven44 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Comp definitely had a batch of soft cores years ago. But they could have solved it by checking brinell or Rockwell and sending the batch out for heat treat. But they jumped the shark, got bought out, and won't listen to the guys who had been grinding their cams for decades.... Proper break-in involves plenty of oil, with ZDDP, and varying the rpms for at least 1/2 hour. (Don't let it drop below 2k and you'll be okay) Interesting read https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0043164821003124Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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