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Originally Posted by Chas H
What happens to the connecting rod cap when changing out a cylinder? It's gonna fall into the oil pan from what I see.
As others have posted the bottom end looks a bit puny and 4 fasteners to hold down a jug is too few.
Also, many if not most, modern diesels have 4 valves/cylinder; buck appears to have only 2.
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There is a stainless steel windage tray on top of the oil pan just below the main caps. It helps keep the oil from sloshing around as bad on the water. When you pull off the rod, the cap falls onto this tray. There is enough clearance around the crank that you can reach your hand around it to grab the rod cap.
As I stated before, the mains are the same used in a 20L Caterpillar D342 engine. That engine has 5-3/4" cylinder diameter. Our cylinders are 4-1/2" in diameter.
As for the jug bolts, we have yet to see any issues or reasons as to why 4 bolts is not enough. (see the above post about the clamping pressure)