The Moon Truck

I've also been working on getting the motor back together.
Oil pickup reinstalled with new seal. Ready for front main seal retainer and the oil pans.


Retainer installed.


Both oil pans installed.




Ready for head gasket and head.


Factory severe duty head gasket.


Head installed and torqued down.




Valve cover just sitting in place. Still have to install the valve train.




 
Looking great! That's a great visual on how torque arises from a long stroke. Just 4 cylinders, nothing crazy regarding bore, but look at that tall powerplant with the long stroke.

Keep updating!

Foy
 
Yep these are long stroke motors for semi modern engines. Compared to a high revving Honda ect they are like tractor motors. With the right cam they will spin though. The cam I'm using in this will wrap right up to 5.5k redline in quick order.

My BIL is into old Willy's Jeeps. Those old 4 cyl have connecting rods that are about 18" long. Of course they only turn about 3,500 rpm.
 
I have been working on this along with a few other distractions since the last post. I've had a couple of redo's as usual. The worst was I had the entire valvetrain installed and coated with a very glue like assembly grease. I covered it up with the valve cover and decided to screw in the oil fill cap. I instantly felt a crunch, crunch and stopped. Too late! I had sandblsted a few parts and then cleaned them and cleaned them again. chasing threads with taps ect to make sure there was no sand left. I didn't get the oil cap threads clean enough. When I screwed in the cap it dumped a couple of pinches of very fine sand right on my new cam and valve train. So that ended up being a day to redo and super clean everything! Hopefully tomorrow this will be ready to drop in the engine compartment.

This is tonights cut and paste from the Isuzu forum.
Didn't get quite as far today as I had hoped but I have a lot done. I had hoped to be ready for the flywheel and clutch tonight but still have a couple of hours work to do before that. Mainly clean and install the throttle body.
I remembered to put some bolts in the flywheel end of the crankshaft before I put the drill on the oil pump to pre-lube the engine. Sure beats pumping oil all over the floor like I usually do! :roll:


What's that sticking out of the engine? In this engine I am using a no longer made performance mid range camshaft from Calmini. it's probably the best of what has been made for these engines over the years. The combo of cam, header, and high flow exhaust really gives a kick in the pants to these motors.


Timing marks painted and set. red marks are #4 TDC white is #1.


Everything lined up right on the money.




Timing set on cam and dist. Engine prelubed. Valves adjusted. Calmini cam calls for .006 intake, .008 exhaust.


Top end closed up.




Header on for pretty pics. It's used and has a little rust. But I cleaned it up pretty good with a Scotch-Brite pad. The engine will go in with the stock iron manifold for now. I'll add the header and a high flow exhaust later. new plugs gapped, threads coated with Anti-Seize and installed. I need to pick up some new plug wires.


I sandblasted the rusty air tube and painted it with High temp paint. it will still burn off before long.
 
Now that's what I'm talking about! :D


Lower intake installed.


I had some brittle and broken fuel injector connectors. So I spliced in some good ones from an extra Trooper engine harness. The harnesses are not quite the same so I couldn't just swap the harness. All splices soldered with matching color codes connectors and heat shrink then wrapped with tape.






Done before I had to take it back apart to reroute some of the harness. I reused the fuel injectors from this motor. They had been cleaned and flow checked when my bud rebuilt this engine. I had no gas smell in the oil prior to indicate leaking injectors. Cross your fingers! All new O-rings and seals of course.



 
She is getting real close. The plenum is just sitting on the intake for now. This time around I'm going to set the throttle body in place 1st and hook up all the little lines and wires that go to it then install the plenum and mount the TB to it. This should make it easier to hook up all that stuff with my big ole' club fingers.









 
The engine is now complete. Complete except for the few things that get done when it is on the hoist prior to being installed. Such as rear main seal, pilot bearing, flywheel and clutch.

The Turquoise Torquekilla ! :D 1988 2.6 4 cylinder with Pro Topline head and Calmini cam and header.


















 
Black Beans meet Turquoise Torquekilla, Turquoise Torquekilla meet Black Beans.


Yep needs a throwout Bearing.


Just happen to have a brand new Isuzu one handy.


Ready to receive.


Hi Honey I'm home could you hold the door open.




All thread and big bolt alignment tools.


OMG there's an engine in my truck! OMG OMG! :shock: :shock: :shock:


And the engine and transmission are drawn up tight. And the motor mounts are in. I can't believe it.




It's been a long time coming. Still plenty to do. But tomorrow is a play day.
 
OMG! haha. Looks great in there, although you really should have repainted everything in the engine bay to match. ;) :D I think you should take a video when you first fire it up. So close to being done. Nice workshop by the way.
 
Just too much work to do that. Last time I did clean, prime, and paint the frame while I could get to it. The front part so far anyway. The previous owner lived on a private road about 1/2 mile long and it was very silty. The truck is/was impregnated with the silty stuff underneath. The engien compartment has been solvent cleaned a couple of times but still stained. Bottom line is in short order it will be ugly and dirt mud covered again. Hard to justify detailing it too much for a job that will last until I hit the first mud puddle.

This is the Trooper last fall. This engine was as clean and pretty as the new one or even more so. This engine compartment was super detailed before. You'd never know that now.
 
Ouch, that's one muddy engine, haha. I was joking about the paint but you make a good point. That's what the machines are for, anyway, working, not sitting looking pretty. Looking forward to seeing the last steps. :)
 
The engine is in. all that's left to do is put the front tires back on and get it off the stands, fill the cooling system, install a battery. And pull it out of the garage for startup.

At this point except for the performance cam the engine(and truck) is stock and all emissions equipment is intact.





Cross your fingers!
 
Hey, good luck, our fingers are crossed. I've enjoyed following your work (and I am jealous of anyone that can do it). Thanks for sharing!
 
Nice work, I build some engines (gas) so long a go it feels like another life.
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Still remember how great it felt when the motor fires for the first time. Enjoy.
 
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