Engine Building Video - Piston Removal - Chevy V8 Small Block

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By this section you'll be ready to remove the pistons, starting with the rod caps. You'll also get to see the crankshaft, rod bearings and journals for the first time and inspect them for damage as they come out. Great tips on protecting the cylinder bore while removing the pistons and connecting rods. We don't recommend using a ridge reamer to make this easier. As your block will need to go the a machine shop anyway. They are likely to damage your cylinder walls and are hard to use.

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[koopooda]

I have to replace the pistons but I mixed them up when I took them out am I screwed?

[BoxWrench]

@koopooda If you need to replace pistons that you've removed and didn't label where they came from, you're going to have a mixed bag of results and a higher risk of engine damage after rebuilding the engine.

It should be easy to determine which pistons came from what side of the engine because of how the machine shop hung them acording to the 'Front' mark on the piston face and the direction the rod tang is facing.

Piston position and rod tang orientation are covered in our full length DVD

[jdmk20guy]

i wanna buy the dvd the basic engine building one but i havent seen you working on 4 cylinder engines in the dvd is that included ?

[BoxWrench]

@jdmk20guy the example engines in the 'Basic Engine Building' DVD are mostly V8s, but you can absolutely use the DVD to help you work on any other type of gasoline/piston engine. People use the 'BEB' DVD for 4 cylinder, 6cylinder and many other types of engines all the time.

All of the procedures and tools are the same for each individual piston, the total number of pistons won't change how you remove and install them...

[3Jx]

im working on a datsun 280z and the engine has been siting open on a stand for 10 years and i got to the point to remove the pistons but they are seized and i cant move the crank shaft so i removed it and was only able to get 2 pistons out we put penetrating oil in to let them move and i cant get them out can you please help me this is also a school project and the teacher has no more ideas i did use your on the video

[BoxWrench]

since your engine is a line four and you were able to remove the crank already, how about supporting the block on the ground and trying to beat the pisons down into the block and pull them from the oil pan side of the block instead of from the cylinder head side...?

You will completely destroy the pistons and the block will need to be bored for sure, but you may get them out by trying to beat them out backwards since you've got the crank out of the way...

[chimpwork]

Do not ever re-use pistons.

it's just stupid.

[cnocher02]

So why are you watching this video?

[autosensation69]

@koopooda yes and no. they might be marked 12345678 what ever much cylinder you have. put them what ever way they explode at. its hard to describe it. i did the same thing in shop. just think about the way you took them out and look for a # on each piston. then put it in 1357 on the right side so the block is facing up and put 2468 on the left side facing up. if its the wrong one then it might might not brake. it a 5050 chance. next time make them and put them in order. hope i helped

[roh69175]

are pistons costly to replace??

[grngs1]

I use an air chisel to remove the pistons, works great

[muszyngr]

great video, great tips, I like the soda bottle tray as the piston tray, but please, please don't set your tools on the vehicle or parts you are working on, like you did when you put the hammer on this engine next to the crank bearings

[BoxWrench]

@egpg2000 this is a sample from a 3 1/2 hour educational DVD...

You see here that the crank is junk from the damage caused by a spun rod bearing, but that's not going to be the case for every person dismantling an engine.

We're showing the correct procedure to protect your rod journals as you remove connecting rods and pistons. You're not going to know exactly what state your rod journals are in until you clear the rods and pistons. So, here we show how to protect your crank.

[trucolored]

do have a video showing how to change rod bearings without pulling the engine? i'm a first timer trying to save money and my engine....99 grnd prix 3100v6 knocking from bottom end...