LandYacht95
SDD Junior Member
I just lost compression in one cylinder and I blow smoke and oil when I get on it. Someone told me that I can "re-sleeve" the one cylinder and buy just one new piston. Will this work? And how hard would this be?
Engine Sleeve
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DaveBen
SDD Senior Member
It is a machine shop project. You need to bore out the cylinder to the sleeve and press it in. Take out the engine and take it to them.
Dave
Dave
roosterdiesel
Earl needs B100
You can sleeve the one hole but the press fit will egg shape the adjacent cylinders.
When I installed sleeves I liked .004" press in cast iron. We just drove them in with a 4lb sledge while the block was in the boring bar. The eggshaped cylinders wouldn't hone out round with vetrified stones so we had to bore the whole block oversized to do the job correctly. With the new diamond stones and the new Rottler HP5A, eggshaped cylinders would come round after about 8 strokes with out honing out too much material. ONLY way I would sleeve one hole would be if the machine shop had diamond stones for cylinder honing.
When I installed sleeves I liked .004" press in cast iron. We just drove them in with a 4lb sledge while the block was in the boring bar. The eggshaped cylinders wouldn't hone out round with vetrified stones so we had to bore the whole block oversized to do the job correctly. With the new diamond stones and the new Rottler HP5A, eggshaped cylinders would come round after about 8 strokes with out honing out too much material. ONLY way I would sleeve one hole would be if the machine shop had diamond stones for cylinder honing.
WD40
Full Access Member
LandYacht95 , Welcome to SSD.com. Make yourself at home here. Tell us where you are from and what kind of truck you have.
DaveBen
SDD Senior Member
Excuse me Landyacht95, I did not welcome you when I answered.
Dave
Dave
LandYacht95
SDD Junior Member
Thanks!
Thanks for the welcome and the replies. I aquired my 95 F-350 crew cab for free. It was sitting in a Construction "grave yard" because the driver told the boss man that the engine was losing power and they robbed the fuel filter housing off of it. I popped a new housing on it and pulled it off and drove it home. It smokes a little and I had a compression test done. One cylinder is bad. I'm debating reworking the whole engine or trying to fix one cylinder. The interior is clean and the air blows cold. Not too bad a deal for an ol' Alabama boy who now lives in Florida.
Thanks for the welcome and the replies. I aquired my 95 F-350 crew cab for free. It was sitting in a Construction "grave yard" because the driver told the boss man that the engine was losing power and they robbed the fuel filter housing off of it. I popped a new housing on it and pulled it off and drove it home. It smokes a little and I had a compression test done. One cylinder is bad. I'm debating reworking the whole engine or trying to fix one cylinder. The interior is clean and the air blows cold. Not too bad a deal for an ol' Alabama boy who now lives in Florida.
LandYacht95
SDD Junior Member
By the way,
I also have built a 79 bronco from the ground up and I mean up! 12" lift, 40" Super Swamper Boggers with a 460. This is my first diesel project and I'm looking forward to it.
I also have built a 79 bronco from the ground up and I mean up! 12" lift, 40" Super Swamper Boggers with a 460. This is my first diesel project and I'm looking forward to it.
LandYacht95
SDD Junior Member
236,000 miles. How will I know?
johndeerebones
GOT PMS?
Squirt a small amount of oil into the problem cylinder and recheck, change = piston/cylinder/ring problem. No change = valve problem. You can leakdown test it also, but you will have to find an adapter to go into the glowplug hole, this is the best method, it will tell you leak down percentage and you can see where its leaking.