Waiting for HM1103. Might as well build a motor!

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Block was deburred before painting.  Now we are radiusing and deburring the main caps.

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Eagle Crank had metal burrs left from balancing.  These need to be removed or they will break off in the engine.

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This is what it looks like after deburring.

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You can't clean things too much after grinding.

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Putting in the main bearings.

The middle bearing (#3) is the thrust bearing.  

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More OSHA approved footwear!  

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Main bearings were installed.  Main bearing caps were torqued to spec.  Main bearing diameter was checked with a bore gauge.

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Crankshaft journal diameters were measured and clearance calculated.  Crank was placed in block.  We will doublecheck clearances with Plastigauge.  

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Thrust clearance was checked also.  A crowbar helps a lot!   8-)

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After clearances checked out, we pulled the crank and lubed bearings with assembly lube.

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We lubed and installed main caps and installed the rear seal at this time too.

Next we dry fit the main girdle and oil pump to see if it all cleared.  

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The oil pump was hitting the main bolt. We ground the oil pump to clear.

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Oil pickup also had to be notched to clear the windage tray.  Windage tray installed on top of main girdle.  

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Gapping Piston Rings is next.

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Obviously we had a little work to do.  

We used a Squaring Tool and a Ring File from Summit.