P400 in the Burb install

[spdgofast]

Ok guys, I'm done wrenching for the day in the 98* 100% florida climate, so I'm kicking back in my Lazy Boy with a beer and I'm going to try and match my photo's of the day with my description of what I did. So first are a couple of pics of the sheared keyway upon initial disassembly.

 

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Here is the measurement of the cam gear recess on the P400 with the gear drive.

 

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Here is the same recess measurement on my old 506 block with the gear drive and the P400 cam gear.

 

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Here is my old cam gear mated up to the P400 gear to see if anything looked bent or out of round, I can't detect any problem so far.

 

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Here is the recess measurement on the P400 with it's original chain drive gear and cam gear.

 

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Here is the recess measurement on the P400 with the gear drive and the original P400 cam gear.

 

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Measurement on the new brass thrust washer I had made, along with the sheared keyway.

 

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Here is the process to clean and prep the cam bolt along with the red lock tight used and the monster torque wrench set at 125 FT LBS. that's a 33" tire its leaning against.

 

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Here is the cam gear installed and torqued with the DSG gear drive gear. Note the position of the timing dot on the gear which rotated a little while torquing the cam bolt to 125 FT LBS.

 

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Here is the pump is the loaner pump thanks to Chris @ Twisted Steel installed with the gears.

 

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Here is the IP pre injector line install

 

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IP installed with injector lines

 

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Guys, I'm 6'4" 245 LBS, so I'm tired of working on this "Topside Creeper" all day so I'm done.

 

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Locked and loaded for tomorrow...

 

[Twisted Steel Performance]

I have always wondered about the small half moon key in the cam and why it wasn't a full slot ?

I may just mill the slot in my cam and use a full length key... as is only about half the key engages the pump gear..

 

[spdgofast]

So, should I fire the engine as it is without the H20 pump and upper cover plate installed to check out the gears in action? Will it blow oil everywhere? I may be more willing to clean up a little oil rather than doing this again. I still think it's in the pump. Everything you see done here today was done slowly with a lot of attention to detail and every bolt was cleaned with solvent, then wire brush wheeled and torqued to specs, thanks again to Twisted Steel for the torque specs.

 

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One more question, what are these grooves cut in the aluminum gear case for? I use a thin coat of Permatex Ultra Black RTV and it pretty much fills these channels when installed.

 

[spdgofast]

I have always wondered about the small half moon key in the cam and why it wasn't a full slot ?

I may just mill the slot in my cam and use a full length key... as is only about half the key engages the pump gear..

Probably a real good idea, if I ever have to pull this engine out of the truck again Chris you will be doing quite a bit of modifications to it's parts.

 

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And thanks to WILL L. s referral to real4wd.com and I bought some extra key ways or I'd e be sitting on my hands right know and wouldn't have gotten any of this done today! Thanks Will !

 

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One more question, what are these grooves cut in the aluminum gear case for? I use a thin coat of Permatex Ultra Black RTV and it pretty much fills these channels when installed.

It looks like a place for coolant to go if the block freezes or cracks or something IDK.