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Lubricants to use on engine rebuild

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T-Nason

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Hey yall.
When I get back from Germany Im planning on tackling the engine rebuild on my TO20.
Anyway, when it comes to reassembly of a clean engine block, what do you all use to lubricate parts?
Are you putting something on crank and rod bearings? Wrist pints? Cylinders and sleeves? Cam shaft?
Is it just the standard engine oil or do you have a special product you prefer?
 
Welp wright or wrong now for the what 61-62 years of engine building we have always use white grease on the mains and rods and cam assembly lube on the lumpty stick , pistons and pins are dunked on reg old engine oil before being stuffed in , cylinders are clean hand wiped down wit engine oil . Some guys go thru priming the engine by coming up with a way to run the oil pump 2ith out turning the engine over. Me i prime the pump before i install . The lithium white grease does not fall off and even if you don't get it up and running right away it is still there when you do , I dump a qt of oil or so over top the rocker arms before starting the first time . It works for me , don';t matter it it is a go cart or a drag car or a tractor engine . When it does pick up prime then the white grease is washed off the bearings . run the engine for 10 hours and change oil and filter then run for 30-40 and change again . if you did your part correctly then it SHOULD OUT LIVE YOU.
 
They make Assembly Lube to use when putting engines together. It goes on the cylinders, rings, bearings, etc. Everything that moves - but not on rubber parts.
 
I do exactly as Tractor Vet says. Lubriplate 105 on bearings, rocker arm pivots etc. Cam assembly lube on the cam and lifters. Cylinder walls covered with oil and pistons dunked in a bucket or can of engine oil after rings are installed.
 
LubriPlate 105 is the accepted prelube for bearings. However,I have heard of folks useing STP,or even gun grease.I know an 'old timer' who uses gun grease. Says he has never had a failure.I like to dip a piston into a can of motor oil just before I insert it into the bore.Then pour the oil in on top before I install the valve cover. I let it drain into the engine to coat other parts as it flows down into the oil pan.
 
T-Nason I use on the bearings Clevite Assembly Lube. They make the bearings so i figure they ought to know about lube. Lynn
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I like to prime the engine oiling system with engine oil from a pressurized container thru the pressure gage port. As soon as the engine starts yuou have full oil pressure to all bearings. Use assembly lube as you assemble it.
 
i use STP mixed with half oil. one guy in the garage use to laugh and say that white stuff is for door hinges.
 
New cam gets lube required by cam manufacturer. If engine will sit a while, I use assembly lube on crank main and rod bearings. I dunk pistons in oil with the rings on to lube piston and wrist pin. Regular oil on everything else.
 
Stp for bearings. 50 50 stp and oil for pistons and hydraulic lifters. I dunk the pistons in a coffee can, the lifters go in the can and get pumped up. Rockers and solid lifters get stp. Cylinder walls get the 50 50 mix.
 
Lubriplate 105 I think is the number, a white grease in a white tube with a turquoise top sold in many auto parts store. It is especially designed for exactly what you are going to do....stays put during the assy process and washes out easily with oil pressure once you start the engine.
 
It's been decades ago since I have rebuilt an engine.
I used STP oil treatment full strength.
I Never had an engine failure.
 

I used Lubriplate 105 for years until I found CRC sta-lube. Pretty much the same lube but has moly-graphite added
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For cam lobes and tappets I like a graphite paste over the pour on tacky cam lubes

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Motor oil on pistons, rings and cylinder walls
Assembly lube on bearings, shafts and anything that moves except cam lobes and tappets, cam lube for those
 
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