yup I do know it does indeed go straight to the pump. The port from the cooler to the pump is a really short distance too. It's only a couple (maybe 4" tops) from one to the other.

 

Well I got it a little more apart last night. got access to all the rod caps and got the pistons loose and got it spinning. It was stuck because of the #5 main bearing (I was wrong before, #6 is the thrust bearing) and 2 or 3 of the rod bearings were pretty stuck and one spun about an inch and a half



crank is coming out today and I'll have it mic'ed and polished if it's still usable. The rod that spun appears ok, but I am a little worried about it, there are heat marks on the cap. Mostly worried about the rod bearing bore being distorted from the heat

front cover and cam have to be pulled before I can get the crank out.

I was hoping for a little better result but I suppose it could be much worse.

 

Yep, consider yourself fortunate.

With the pressure these thing run under, things can go bad very quickly.

 

yeah you're definitely right.

Even if the crank is too damaged for std bearings I have another crank I can use so it's not really that big of a deal, just annoying.

As an aside, I ordered an electric pump for pre-lubing/priming the system and a fumoto drain plug with a hose nipple on it, which is where I'll get oil from when I use the electric pump to pump oil pre start up. Next week I'll go to the local hydraulic and fuel supply store and get the rest of the fittings and hose I need for that plus a check valve

 

Don't remember if you figured the cam was toast or not. Had a V6 4.3 Chevy run out of oil once. Crank and cam were both toast, even though it was a roller cam.

 

I have been bit once before on rebuilding by taking the word of the machine shop that's why i double check all my clearance's on Assembly? just a thought

 

Cam looks good actually. There was still plenty of assembly lube on everything for that. so that's nice at least.

I got the crank out and had a good look over everything.

DB, it wasn't a clearance issue. It was an oiling issue. Or lack thereof.

 

I'd look at the cam bushings with a jaundiced eye.

 

FWIW: the few times we re-built engines, we spun the engine (with the starter) with the injectors removed until we built oil pressure. With no compression or ignition load, you can spin the engine a long time with just the assembly lube . . .

And sorry to hear that life has been kicking you a little.