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Lesson learned: don’t prime the oil system without plugs installed in the oil cooler lines.

She is in her new home!

Got the intake manifold on today. Plan on dropping the motor in this weekend.

No doubt! I already cleaned them up once, but i'm going to hit them again once the engine is running. I have some old belts I'm going to use as well to burn them in, and then switch to the new ones. Thanks for the back up!

Getting there…

Not the bolts you want to drop when installing the injection pump! I’m using the pump and injectors from the original motor. Although looks aren’t everything, they appear to be in better shape.

This is perfect, and solidifies my beliefs that they are interchangeable! Thank you very much!

If you go to the steel soldiers home page and scroll down just a bit, there is a section called “Tech manuals.” You’ll find the CUCV TMs linked in that section.

Does anybody know if I can direct swap these? My research tells me yes. Please refrain from the “I think” and “should be good.” My research tells me that they are interchangeable. Thank you. Please provide a reference.

Those are just plain binders that I used, and then I printed all the TMs.

I replaced all of the gaskets in the front end and I’m reusing the water pump because I know it is a working pump. Crank seal replaced as well. I sandwiched new gaskets with black rtv. New fuel pump gaskets as well. Used RTV vice a gasket on the valve covers and oil pan with exception of the...

Got the oil pan, fuel pump, and valve covers installed in addition to the front end items.

Started reassembly today after hours of prep. I’m going to finish cleaning up the block once I’m done reassembling. I’ve found that it’s easier to paint a block once it’s all assembled.

Motor looks good, I’m pretty happy with it. I pulled one connecting rod cap and one main cap. Looks really good. I can tell that someone has had this engine apart before. There is a sealant underneath the head bolts so I can reasonably assume that the head gaskets have been replaced at some...

Found an unpleasant surprise in the block of the new motor. The guy I bought it from didn’t mention it. I feel like if I was the one that took the starter off I would have made note of the fact that there was only one bolt holding the thing on. But, all is well that ends well, I was able to...

The motor mounts that came off the original engine had this triangular spacer and the ones off the “new” engine do not. The “new” ones are also a bit deeper, but the overall depth of both is about the same. I’m not sure of the reason for the two designs, maybe just the year or something. I think...

It’s always a tough decision with how far to go. At this point I don’t plan on removing the heads for many reasons. Like @87cr250r stated it can (and likely will) result in growth work. The precup chambers are probably cracked beyond spec, spring pressures, valve guides, probably end up decking...

Got a descent amount done today. Tomorrow I’ll get the rest of the things off that I will need to remove before I can clean and reassemble which will be time consuming. So far everything looks pretty good. I can see oil running down a few of the exhaust valve stems when looking in the exhaust...

Yeah I figured that out! They don’t get stuck in the heads; they rust to the manifolds. I was pleasantly surprised and all the glow plugs came out easy as well! I cut off all the bolt heads and then made a relief cut down the manifold and got the passenger side off. All the bolts came out of the...