My LBZ Rebuild Has Started

[ripmf666]

 

[83GMCK2500]

That is one awesome looking project. Thank you for all the pics.

Someone has got quite a few tattoos.

 

[ripmf666]

LOL I still have around 300 pics from taking it out and apart not sure if there on here I think they might be in a older post.Yea my main friend that helps me has quite a few I only have 2 big ones on each upper arm,Moms husband and friend run a tattoo shop.

 

[RedneckBuckeye]

Details on what pistons yo are using? LB7, LLY, LBZ , ?

 

[ripmf666]

There LB7 cut and coated Socal Diesel Pistons around 15.8 to 1.

 

[ColbyColorado04]

Thats the block Johnny needed for his Kodiak. You can see the ears on the front of the block that he was missing on the new motor..........

Nice build up by the way..... Cant wait to see the results.

 

[big block 88]

Lookin very good

 

[btfarm]

Wow! Thanks for posting those up... Getting an education along the way.

 

[ripmf666]

 

[ripmf666]

 

[83GMCK2500]

What, no awesome new damper?

But daaaaammmmn is that thing coming together fast.

 

[btfarm]

Great sequence of pictures. You guys don't mess around do you?! This whole sequence of photos should go into a sticky and anybody wants to see what their Duramax is made of can get an eyefull.
One question: What's with the weld I saw inside a piston skirt?

 

[ripmf666]

There's no weld, Might just be some lube and the flash making it look werd lol.

 

[btfarm]

There's no weld, Might just be some lube and the flash making it look werd lol.

Post 19, 9th picture, cyl #3 I believe. Damned if that doesn't look like a weld... Hope you're right and it isn't.

 

[ripmf666]

Post 19, 9th picture, cyl #3 I believe. Damned if that doesn't look like a weld... Hope you're right and it isn't.

What your seeing is the steel insert.

 

[Got Juice?]

IIRC that is -or- was a Cummins thing where the crank pin would shear off. Pretty sure they've rectified that design in the newer engines. Never heard of problems with that in the Dmaxes (but I could be 100% wrong).

KDP Killer dowel pin.

Not crank, but a press in dowel used to locate the cast aluminum timing over for installation. The pin can work loose and fall into the steel timing gears. The gears survive fine, but the aluminum case cracks, and you get an oil leak that needs fixing.

 

[ripmf666]

Well she's sealed up and lubed.

 

[Ed HD]

Stupid question, i know, but why are you rebuilding it? Just for more power, or did you break something, or both?

 

[ripmf666]

Cracked #6 piston and was starting to burn #3

 

[Unit453]

Those are awesome pics...I cant wait to see or hear it run...

What kind of power numbers are you expecting?