After a few hours of practicing getting the rod cap on and getting frustrated I found that when the motor was initially built the assembler must have recently gotten a quart size bottle of loctite. I used a magnifying glass to look closely at the crack line surface and found hardened red loctite on the
surfaces. I used a pin as much as I could and cleaned the rest with a brush and solvent.Even the threads on the cap screws were encapsulated. The cap goes right together now, the fracture line disappears with almost no nudging. I plan on using Frank Acampora's through the intake procedure and it would be nice to know to know the rods are together properly (I hope).
I looked for previous posts on the subject and didn't really see any so maybe my motor was an odball but the fit after cleaning the rods was night and day.
Bill
surfaces. I used a pin as much as I could and cleaned the rest with a brush and solvent.Even the threads on the cap screws were encapsulated. The cap goes right together now, the fracture line disappears with almost no nudging. I plan on using Frank Acampora's through the intake procedure and it would be nice to know to know the rods are together properly (I hope).
I looked for previous posts on the subject and didn't really see any so maybe my motor was an odball but the fit after cleaning the rods was night and day.
Bill
