Nothin' is weirder than the bow hunter I saw in the funeral procession, with the dead deer still strapped on the front fender, with the arrow thru the skull, and the 4 wheeler strpped in the back with the mud still on it. Could have at least cleaned up the 4wheeler. At least he had changed out of the camo, except for the cap, but I don't think an orange polyester knit sport coat over a blue (BRIGHT blue) knit shirt is listed in the etiquette books as suitable for funerals, even in Tennessee.

Smart machinist, Larry. Never bore until the pistons are in hand and measured...

Here is where it's at.. just change it to Aerial View, and then put Birds Eye, when you zoome in at the corner of S Maple St, and W Trade St. That machine is sitting where the one silver car is. It's a shame they put it over there -- they have a loading dock on the corner of the building that is housing a dumpster right now (I should go dumpster diving now that I think about it)

Location

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EDIT: Here's an even better shot of street view, I don't know when they took these pictures, but it looks like it's been outside a while! Google Maps

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Pistons came in yesterday and were delivered to the machinist. Went STD on all the bearings as they'll just be polishing the cams and crank journals.

Got the oil pump and pickup from Sealed Power too. Oil pump is right, pickup ain't (P/N 224-15084 is NOT the right number) and when I called Sealed Power tech support, they said they had no listing for the 3.0 in either Montero or Raider and they couldn't cross the OE number.

Called Mitsu parts and gave him the number and asked him to get it for me. He called me back and told me it was NLA nationwide. Then I called Dodge parts and got the same story from them. So, it be's gonna get tanked with the other parts and reused, much as I hate to. I've inspected it using a light shined inside to see if there are any cracks not visible with the magnifying glass. Anybody got any better ideas?

Another issue is my heat shields on the exhaust manifolds. When I was removing them, part of the heat shield came off with the bolts resulting in the stock bolt falling thru the hole. I called about new ones from Mitsu and the better of the 2 is still available, but not the worse one. So, I've been looking at other options. Possibly fabbing new ones, using some kind of header wrap, running without them, having them ceramic coated, dunno... Ideas on that?

Stay tuned til next time, cause there's bound to be some good stories...

The oil pickup is probably just fine. I've replaced them on really gunked up engines - but if you clean them with mineral spirits in a parts washer, they usually are perfectly good.

I've advised here before to look for future replacements in yards for exhaust manifolds heat shields. You can bang out a set if you like, but I'll take a look and see what's in the yard. I don't think you want to run without them, but many folks have done just that. Another option is to use a large fender washer to capture the remainder of what's left around the hole.

Frank

I thought the fender washers were my best option thus far...

I just looked at what we have here - same problem that you have - enlarged bolt holes. I think I'd put a fender washer on both sides of the hole and sandwich the heat shield between them - should work.

Frank

That's the plan. Especially after playing with some sheet metal last night. I was trying to make the multi layers like the OE. Way too much trouble and my hands look like I've been stringing barbed wire...

Methinks it's time for the battery welder and some sheet metal patches. Got a coat hanger?

I was just trying my hand at it with a few small scrap pieces I had at the store. I tossed the results in the scrap pile, which went out today while we cleaned up in preparation to paint the floors. Battleship gray looks so good on the floors at the store that I may get some to do the garage floor at the house with it...

I'm thinking the fender washers will probably be the easiest route. I'm going to get some of that high heat ceramic spray paint and do them in something flashy...