Assembling the Detroit Diesel

The Detroit Diesel 471 rebuild continues! In this video Adrian and I reinstall the oil pump then shim it to get the correct gear clearance / backlash. Adrian also makes up a new oil pickup to match the new deep pan sump. After that we put the conrods and gudgeon pins into the pistons and install the piston pin retainers using a tool that doesn't look like a golf ball. Once all the piston pin retainers have passed a vacuum test the oil and compression rings go onto the pistons then the pistons get installed into the bottom end of the cylinder liners. The loaded liners then get installed into the block. Last up we install the cylinder head back onto the block. Adrian runs "892 Trucking" Summerland Point, NSW 0411794490 If you are enjoying this channel, please consider making a donation to https://www.paypal.me/dangarstu or become a Patreon of Dangar Marine at   / dangarmarine   T-shirts and other merchandise available at https://teespring.com/stores/dangar-m... Common items used in these videos are available from my Amazon store at https://www.amazon.com/shop/dangarmarine Dangar Marine is proudly sponsored by MarineEngine.com. MarineEngine.com supplies a wide variety of spare parts for many brands of outboard motors. If you are in the US, be sure to check out their online store http://www.marineengine.com/ All music available at http://soundscloud.com/dangarstu