workshoprat92
Senior Member
Ok so i bought a 89 western star with a 3306b engine that has a blown head gasket as most of you already know feom a prior thread. I am preparing to tear into it when i get back from vacation and am going through the process of trying to treeage the job and get all the special tools needed before I open it up. I did get a manual off of ebay and looks like the tools needed to check liner height is what I am in need of. There are some things that are real confusing in the manual. First being that it calls for bolt number 3 in the picture to be used with two copper washers. Does that mean you use two copper washers per bolt in the procedure? Then in another section it lists what's in the liner installation tool group as seen in the other picture. It shows the bolts and washers used to hold the spacer plate to be a quantity of 12 each. So this is real confusing as I count it up that it would take 14 of each. And then if you are supposed to use 2 washers per bolt requiring 28 copper washers total, then why does the tool group listing only show 12 bolts and 12 washers?
I think cat has gotten away from using the puller cross bar and adapter plate in the procedure and now uses just the bolts with a fiber washer. I have a 7k1977 part number for the fiber washers but I think that's for a 3406 and not the 3306. I think the head bolts on a 3406 are larger diameter than the 3306 head bolts. Does anyone know if they offer a fiber washer for the 3306 head bolt?
I think cat has gotten away from using the puller cross bar and adapter plate in the procedure and now uses just the bolts with a fiber washer. I have a 7k1977 part number for the fiber washers but I think that's for a 3406 and not the 3306. I think the head bolts on a 3406 are larger diameter than the 3306 head bolts. Does anyone know if they offer a fiber washer for the 3306 head bolt?