986 3.2 home engine rebuild

[OldManMo]

Originally Posted by PaulE

OldManMo you inspired me to clean up my souvenir piston from my engine before it was rebuilt as a 3.6. A week in a gallon of carburetor cleaner was all it took! Keep posting updates, I love following your progress!

Thanks PaulE and others for the words of encouragement and really makes my day that I am helping others. My son and I are having lots of fun so far learning and seeing the progress. We had a great evening in the other day watching Jake’s DVDs with a bag of popcorn and a slushy. Me more than him mins you

Nothing so far has been daunting but that said I do believe I did the tear down at the right time before any damage.

Will share more progress in the next few days

Thank you all

[OldManMo]

So first round of cleaning for the carrier, crank and IMS

Before is yuk







After is much better and can really see what the situation is. Still not finished with the carrier though











Crank needs a little more work and I want a Machine Shop to check it. So will look to get it only micro polished

[OldManMo]

I use an Ultrasonic bath to do the cleaning and interesting what you fine on the bottom. This is from the Crank, which wasnt bad even though its what is all that.



I didnt take a picture after the carrier but there were loads of little bits of plastic once cleaning had finished

[pilot4fn]

Brilliant, very interesting thread and how you document the progress. Thank you and keep up the fantastic work