rebuild

[MoonRaker]

Only of the disassembly.

[Knigh7s]

Hey MoonRaker, I was wondering what happened to yuh. hope all is well. If you still want to finish that write up with your pictures let me know. I still have all the stuff from earlier this year that we worked on. I did get a chance to upgrade the website aswell.

[ZEUS]

Only of the disassembly.

That sucks... taking things apart is easy, putting them back together is what needs visual explanation. Would still be interested in the write-up though.

[MoonRaker]

I was thinking that but I was so in depth with the assembly I didnt have much of a chance to take pictures. I can say a couple of things though. I noticed that the crank and rod bearings were brand new, they even still had the machine cut marks with no visable wear. 5 of the 6 cylenders were perfect also showing no wear, you could still see the hone marks in even the bad hole, there was 2 much uneven wear in the hole that housed the cracked ring. Everything was brown from the blowby but cleaned up better then expected. Things are going together pretty quickly, I lost the head dowls so I need to track them down today. Ive also bought new head bolts since I had to drill 4 out. The holes were bored out 10 over and the heads to block surfaces were decked for a perfect seal.

[MoonRaker]

Well, motor is finished ready to install. Recommendation, dont loss any parts, it takes alot longer in the end.

[Chopper]

Was this a '99 block, you started with? Did you run it in on the bench, or are you just plunking it back in? Did you change (or clean up) any oil ports? With the reported oil starvation issues in the '99s, opening them up some would have been prudent. One more thing, how dirty was the intake and all? (I don't care for this EGR/Cat setup-suspect it takes too long for the cats to light up, dumping more carbs back up top) Cool, you're almost rollin'__Wayne

[MoonRaker]

Its a 2001 model.

[MoonRaker]

Shes running like a top. All is well and the VX is back on the road. I have to say that reinstaling the motor was the hardest part. The removal was cake, the build was also cake but the instal was the most tedios pain in the *** thing I think ive done in a long time.