Landers took the engine apart yesterday, and found that none of the piston pins had clips. It's apparently the way some people did it back when the engine was last rebuilt, using larger pins that were tight... The pin in piston #1 had slid out and was rubbing against the wall of the cylinder, causing deeper and deeper gouges. I wonder how the whole thing didn't blow up...
He also noticed that two of the rods didn't have match marks, which makes us wonder... The bearings look good, and the other 3 piston pins look fine too.
However, we want to go back to the standard practice of using loose pins and clips. While we have the whole engine apart and spending all that time rebuilding it, we both feel that we should go the safe way, and install new rods and new bearings.
I looked around on the Internet, and found a lot of reasonably price Aftermarket Performance parts at BRD RACING, including two types of rods: EAGLE rods, and their own BRD Brandt.
I somehow prefer the machined Eagle rods with their side H section cuts:
They also carry high performance Calico Coated bearings:
There is another outfit called TOYHEAD AUTO that specializes in 3TG parts, but does carry performance parts for the 3T engine too. They offer OEM as well as Molybdenum Bearings:
BRD Racing also carries Cometic Head Gaskets in different thicknesse:
He also noticed that two of the rods didn't have match marks, which makes us wonder... The bearings look good, and the other 3 piston pins look fine too.
However, we want to go back to the standard practice of using loose pins and clips. While we have the whole engine apart and spending all that time rebuilding it, we both feel that we should go the safe way, and install new rods and new bearings.
I looked around on the Internet, and found a lot of reasonably price Aftermarket Performance parts at BRD RACING, including two types of rods: EAGLE rods, and their own BRD Brandt.
I somehow prefer the machined Eagle rods with their side H section cuts:
They also carry high performance Calico Coated bearings:
There is another outfit called TOYHEAD AUTO that specializes in 3TG parts, but does carry performance parts for the 3T engine too. They offer OEM as well as Molybdenum Bearings:
BRD Racing also carries Cometic Head Gaskets in different thicknesse:
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