{"id":5476,"date":"2025-11-07T09:38:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=5476"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:38:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:38:56","slug":"a-bit-on-the-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=5476","title":{"rendered":"A bit on the engine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3759.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3759.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3759-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3759-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back from R&amp;D all cleaned and with new cam bearings installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3768-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/permatex.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/permatex-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/permatex-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/permatex-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/permatex-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/permatex-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/permatex-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/permatex-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/permatex.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8221;m using some Permatex thread sealant on the frost and oil plugs just to sure of a good seal. I&#8217;ve used this on head gaskets as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3760.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3760.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3760-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3760-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I needed to get the frost plugs, cam hole cover and oil passage plugs in place before putting the engine on the stand for re-assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3761.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3761.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3761-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3761-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready for re-assembly. Before I fit the crank I&#8217;ll hone the cylinders with engine oil and a bar hone to remove any glazing. I have a new cam and lifters, pistons and full gasket kit coming from Rock Auto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next: back to interior<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back from R&amp;D all cleaned and with new cam bearings installed. I&#8221;m using some Permatex thread sealant on the frost and oil plugs just to sure of a good seal. I&#8217;ve used this on head gaskets as well. I needed to get the frost plugs, cam hole cover and oil passage plugs in place before &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=5476\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A bit on the engine&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5476"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5486,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476\/revisions\/5486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}