Pulling the 5.9 with the at 545 still bolted on

[Rivetboy]

That does not surprise me at all. Certainly running at 66% of max weight will make a difference plus the numbers of the new and improved enginge are not that far out. The driveline is rated to the max weight of the bus also so we will see.
The goal is not a hot rod, just a little more ro-bus-ness (Elmer Fudd laugh)

[Rivetboy]

The transition from a quart every 25 miles of oil sprayed out the tappet cover to the removal attempts with trans attatched to finally getting the big heavy filthy 5.9 out and scrubbing and scrubbing and painting and throwing Presidents everywhere, todays picture and the piles of Diesel loot to be bolted on certainly indicates forward momentum.This project started on August 1 2017 so almost 4 months of weekends of 1 or 2 days work.


Running by Christmas is the goal but ..
This is the funner part. It is all good but you do not smell like diesel from the parts washer anymore.
More pictures coming!

[cadillackid]

oh yeah!!! the build up part!!! I love BUILDING stuff.. makes you feel like real progress when you start putting in the bolts instead of taking them out indeed!..

cant wait to see this bus run!
-Christopher

[Rivetboy]

Well Xmas over.
4th time for sure
rear seal installed, Special tools built.
Had problems with oil pan 4 piece gasket (Cummins) squishing out at 18 ft lbs. of tourque?? Tried 2 tourque wrenches and same result.
Going to try a Fel Pro this time, maybe I got a dryed out one who knows.

[Robin97396]

That's impressive. Impressively clean too.

Last I heard you were fixing the idler wheel. I thought you put it back together then. You just kept taking it apart, didn't you? I see you're one of the few that likes them shiny from the inside out.

[Rivetboy]

No no The task was dropping the fuel tank to turn it in to a bed and breakfast...
Happy 2018

[Rivetboy]

Good day at the bus Garage.
Holy Mother of pearl the injector pump is going in tomorrow folowed by the rebuilt air compressor and the power steering pump.
It's been a heck of a day at the Garage, Sir!.
Hopefully tomorrow will even be better.
Totally love using Cummins quik serve on the laptop while building it .Way cool.

[Rusty]

Wow !

I will give you $27 in cash to pull my motor and make it look like that.

Excellent work.

[Rivetboy]

Thanks

[cadillackid]

wow i missed the last update... this is looking great!!!!! gonna be one great running machine!
-Christopher

[Rivetboy]

Thanks Christopher
As you can tell we like Shiny!

[Rivetboy]

Made from a fender washer and about 10 minutes on the disc sander.

[Tango]

On the subject of the infamous Cummins KDP (Killer Dowel Pin)...
another easy fix is to simply peen the edges of the hole with a punch. One less item to potentially come loose and eat gears that way.

[Rivetboy]

A squirt of B12 in the whole a blast of the finest compressed air followed by a drop of blue loctite topped with 18 ft lbs of torque was todays methodology.
Although quick and dirty with a punch works just not my choice.

[Rivetboy]

Everything fine Injector pump in yes a/c in, power steering pump how come the bracket does not fit ???
Because the power steering pump adaptor the compressor went out to overhaul with is not the one it came back with

3 hours later when we finish fabricating a bracket and look at the tappet cover gasket and dammit Jim it has a slit in it just like the one in the valve cover gasket . Fel Pro blue silicone, both bought from different vendors at different times. Any one else had this problem?
Oh well, better now than after it is bolted in.
One step forward 3 steps back.
Off comes everything to replace the tappet cover gasket again.
The bracket picks up the tail end of the pump now.