Owly055
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I'm pretty thrilled today.......... I've been working on a 2010 Subaru outback that I recently bought that had a spun rod bearing. The crank was a total loss as was one rod, so I had to do a complete teardown, and a bottom end overhaul........ I didn't mess with the heads at all except to take them off and reinstall them. It got about $1000 in parts...$560 for crank and 1 rod, and the rest for rings, bearings, and gaskets. I found the gaskets at about 1/10th the price Subaru wanted, but it was too new for most parts to be in the aftermarket.
It was a major pain in the butt to work on.......... You have to pull wrist pins through holes in the block to split the case, and there are numerous tricky aspects. I had to "kiss" the rod caps on 400 grit emery on a sheet of plate glass to get the bearing clearances where I wanted them, and the torque procedures were incredible! An interesting engine to work on to say the least. I invented a couple of new tools in the process.
Last evening I finally filled it with antifreeze and finished all the little details and fired it up............ It started like I'd just shut it off, and purred like a proverbial kitten in cream! The result was rewarding, but I have a few bugs to work out yet.
H.W.
It was a major pain in the butt to work on.......... You have to pull wrist pins through holes in the block to split the case, and there are numerous tricky aspects. I had to "kiss" the rod caps on 400 grit emery on a sheet of plate glass to get the bearing clearances where I wanted them, and the torque procedures were incredible! An interesting engine to work on to say the least. I invented a couple of new tools in the process.
Last evening I finally filled it with antifreeze and finished all the little details and fired it up............ It started like I'd just shut it off, and purred like a proverbial kitten in cream! The result was rewarding, but I have a few bugs to work out yet.
H.W.