I know I promised this some time back, but although able to assemble an engine, my computer skills were not up to posting my experience in an efficient manner. Radomir came to the rescue and took the information I sent him on CD and posted it on a website to make it available to all. Than you very much Radomir.
The link is: http://www.vitez.net/trib/O360assembly.htm
What is contained is a word document which lists how I assembled the engine with an attempt to give a complete listing of tools, documents and lubricants needed (including where you can obtain them locally, for the most part). Also included are how I made an engine stand for assembly and copied anothers stand for storage. About 100 photos accompany the text.
Building the engine only takes about two weekends, saves about $4,000 and is a very satisfying experience. The four weeks I spent in advance of that, preparing an assembly document, researching and obtaining the lubricants and pumping individuals for the assembly techniques have all been captured here. The major drawback is not having a test stand to do the initial run-in on, so some care will have to be spent doing this later, on the plane. It was a lot of fun to take a break from the lengthy build of the airframe and do a quick start to finish project. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Hopefully, this will help return a small part of the benefit of information I have gotten from other RV builders.
The link is: http://www.vitez.net/trib/O360assembly.htm
What is contained is a word document which lists how I assembled the engine with an attempt to give a complete listing of tools, documents and lubricants needed (including where you can obtain them locally, for the most part). Also included are how I made an engine stand for assembly and copied anothers stand for storage. About 100 photos accompany the text.
Building the engine only takes about two weekends, saves about $4,000 and is a very satisfying experience. The four weeks I spent in advance of that, preparing an assembly document, researching and obtaining the lubricants and pumping individuals for the assembly techniques have all been captured here. The major drawback is not having a test stand to do the initial run-in on, so some care will have to be spent doing this later, on the plane. It was a lot of fun to take a break from the lengthy build of the airframe and do a quick start to finish project. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Hopefully, this will help return a small part of the benefit of information I have gotten from other RV builders.