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Ah, I was unaware of that. I was taught to always stagger them a certain distance depending on how many rings there are, so that's just what I always followed since I was never told otherwise. I picked up some coolant flush today, as well as a thermometer, gonna try and figure out this cooling issue

In terms of position I mean the distance between the rings gaps, the way you're supposed to turn them so that the ring ends are a certain distance away from each other so that they don't leak compression. And yes the temp is very high on my concern list, I plan on addressing that as soon as possible

And what concerns me about the temp is that I never saw it doing this before the rebuild. I used to check the gauge here and there and I can't ever recall seeing t go past 220, even in the few days here where it was in the 90s, felt like I was melting trying to drive that thing.

I couldn't really tell, exhaust still smokes pretty good at idle like before, although i think it was more a a grey cloud like it used to be, didn't seem too blue. And I'm only concerned about compression since I think I might've forgotten to check the distance between the ring gaps on some of...

I managed to get a compression test done before it got dark, or half of one anyway. I shot a little bit of atf down each cylinder and got a consistent 420-440 psi from #4,5,and 6. Tomorrow I'll pull #1,2,3 and see what they test at. It took about 10 seconds of cranking per try to get to 440 at...

Forgot to mention, o also see there is a lot of blowby from the slobber tube. Is this normal for an engine that hasn't broken in yet? If not then I may pull the heads and stuff again while I have the coolant drained and see if maybe the rings got spun when I put them in or if they're eating the...

Took it for another ride today. Aired up the tires which were all low. Tightened up a leaking hose from the water pump. No other leaks I found in my pre trip. While it warmed up I opened the bleeder on the heater core, and took a shower I didn't want. Coolant is still reading full. However, it...

For running during break in, i have it loaded up with scrap, I'm gonna throw some concrete blocks on there too. Now, should I be going slow on the road to keep rpms low, or do I want to rev it up more while it's loaded? I was taking it somewhat easy yesterday, just to make sure nothing was gonna...

That was my plan, but that'll come after I finish breaking it in, along with new wheel seals, brake adjustment, and filter conversions

I do have one, although I hooked up the probe wires backwards. I'm gonna correct it today before I run it again

https://youtu.be/eoUzyUq6O2w Got the injectors back yesterday, out them in today. Loaded the truck up with crap metal for some weight. Let the loft pump run for a minute while I cranked t with the shut-off pulled to get some oil circulated. Started pretty well, ran pretty rough for the first 10...

Correct, I did pistons and liners, as well as rod bearings. Everything else is original. I assembled everything with Lucas assembly lube, and added a proportionate amount of zddp additive as well. What I'd seen is that the conventional oil is preferred for break in of any kind since it doesn't...

A question I ran into while searching around as I wait for the injectors. I've seen a lot of debate the more I look about using synthetic vs conventional oil to break in an engine. Some people say it makes no difference, others are saying using synthetic wont allow the engine to wear in...

Does anyone have any experience with his kit? I did a little searching in here but nobody seems to have tried them. I'm in the process of rebuilding my LDS, which I have a thread running on as well. I flipped my lift pump on yesterday for some reason because I was bored, and immediately got fuel...

Forgot to post the numbers. The NSN on the box is 2910-01-214-2643 and the AMBAC PN on them is NBM770138. The PN on the ones I had to order were ADB-35S-130-7. They also crossed over to a Robert Bosch #, which is 0-433-270-056 or -106. The AMBAC ones I ordered starting with ADB look different...

She crossed the numbers on the bodies and they matched up to another AMBAC PN which I found eastern surplus to have in stock for 30$ apiece. I'll post up the PN on the tips that didn't fit when I get home

And I have a mix of shim and screw style bodies apparently, and these nozzles won't fit any of them so my guess is maybe they're not what I am told, or did the lds-427 or 465-2 use a different injector maybe, and these just so happen to be for one of those?

I thought so too, but she said that the nozzle will not line up with the pins in the injector body and the needle inside the nozzle is totally different and will not seat right. I did, upon closer inspection, notice the top of the nozzle is flat as opposed to having a ring/groove cut into it...

I'm replacing the old 1 hole nozzles with the upgraded 2 hole versions. I figure if I'm gonna spend the money on new nozzles ill just get the better set as opposed to the less efficient 1 hole set. Plus I've read that the 2 hole nozzles are supposed to clean up the exhaust a bit, which is great...

The shop called yesterday, nozzles I ordered were the wrong ones for my injector bodies. So now I have a bunch of two hole nozzles laying around that I don't need. I can get the NSN and PN off the boxes if anyone is interested, I'll sell them cheap. She gave me the PN I need to find so now it'll...