Another Head Gasket Job
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I'm sure you all remember Savanna B's nightmare....makes it more than worth the effort. Obviously some line up perfect on their own and some don't.
Last edited by RicketyTick; 09-22-2014 at 08:54 AM.
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So the project is moving along. I dropped off the heads at the machine shop yesterday afternoon then went back to the garage and pulled the sump and timing cover and hit my first snag. The crossmember bolts are not budging. I rounded one off. I'll let the pb blaster soak for a bit then heat them and try again. I'm going to try an extractor socket on the rounded one but if that doesn't do it I'll drill the head off. I still pulled the pan down so at least I could keep going. I swapped out the timing set, boy did that old chain seem slack. Then I went to pull the oil pump plate and hit my second snag. I messed up some of the screws. I got them all out but I need to replace a few. Not an easy screw to find. Hopefully I can find some today. I tried a local hardware store with a decent selection of fasteners but all they had for flathead metrics were slotted. I can't see those ever coming out again!
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Thanks for the tip on jacking. I have OME heavy duty springs so I have some room to start, I'll see how high I can get it before I try to get the crossmember out. I can always pull the shocks if it stops lifting.
I just picked up some stainless screws for the pump at West Marine. Only place I found that had them. I'll get the timing cover and water pump in tonight and then wrestle with the pan. Hopefully I'll have it running for the weekend. Supposed to be hot here so it will be nice to take it out on the beach.
I just picked up some stainless screws for the pump at West Marine. Only place I found that had them. I'll get the timing cover and water pump in tonight and then wrestle with the pan. Hopefully I'll have it running for the weekend. Supposed to be hot here so it will be nice to take it out on the beach.
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I'll use some blue Loctite. And the new seal came as part of the oil pump kit, along with a waterpump gasket. I had previously ordered VC gaskets and an intake gasket when I was planning to do just the wires, so now I have those left over plus an extra waterpump gasket because one came in the box with the new waterpump. The spare parts bin gets more full.
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Good deal. Things to remember that I'm sure you will anyway but just a reminder...make sure you timing marks are lined up perfect and not a tooth off either way, soak the timing chain and gears down with clean oil or oil/vasoline or assembly lube so if you were to hit a snag along the way and it had to sit awhile exposed to damp air it would have some oil on it, put the beveled edge of your outer oil pump gear toward the front of the truck/cover, pack the oil pump gears with vasoline or a combination of oil/vasoline, grease the new front crank seal really well where it rides on the crank ,be sure your water pump sealing surface is clean as new, put some non hardening aviation sealer or a thin smear of rtv on the timing cover gasket and water pump gasket, put teflon tape or sealer on your bolts that go into the water jacket, and that's all I can think of at the moment.
Last edited by RicketyTick; 09-23-2014 at 11:05 PM.
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