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Even with these pictures you are going to have doubters and shops that will want to split the case.. The rod fasteners are easy to get to. You can see all the nuts in the first picture from the post that I did recently. If you look at the adjacent rod journal you can see the rod cap. There is access from the other side.. When placing the new rod in the spigot, the rod cap is placed on the journal and rolled over. Your can place your fingers in from the other bank/side to hold the cap while placing the other rod half on..
call me dumb! I would have never thought you could change rods without
cracking the case! Is that done usually for other motors too?
This is unique to (Opposed Engines) or (Flat Engines). Opposed aircraft engines come apart and go together the same way. I've done a few of them... as well as my 2.4L 911 that I rebuilt years ago. When you have the cases split and the crankshaft out, it is normal to assemble all the connecting rods onto the crankshaft first, and then install the crankshaft into the case. For an individual cylinder or when you are not going to split the case open, this is the normal practice. An Inline 4, 6, V-6, V-8 do not assemble in the same manner.
Your Ford 351 comes apart in a different manner. The heads come off and the pan on the bottom comes off and the rod cap is accessed thru the bottom (pan) and the piston/rod assy comes out the top side where the cylinder head was before it was removed. Make sense?
01-25-2007, 03:48 PM
