Relays are known to be kind of wonky over on these. Also, anything not original like the distributer or ignition coil can be problematic. Don't let your friend get fooled into newer or aftermarket dizzys. Find good used 35D bosch units I believe they are and stock up on em lol. The classics are just different enough from a d2 that it's a totally different ball game tho it's the same block.. Good luck!

 

Started the cooling system overhaul. Got everything off fine. But man, the old gasket is killing me. This is as far as I got after a few hours:


I HATE old gaskets.

 

Recommend trying a drill with a wire wheel. Should make quick work of it.

 

On an aluminum engine??

 

The rubber, eraser material wheels are probably a better bet. I am sure you have tried gasket remover, maybe a torch to soften it?
I just carefully used a razor and back scraped it, but yours looks worse.

good luck with it, I hate when a simple job takes hours longer than it should.

 

try scraping it with a winshield ice scraper. Or anything with a similar hard plastic edge.

 

I got it, finally, using Jasco premium paint and epoxy remover and back scraping with a contractor's razor. Those of you not in California are luck because you can get the original Jasco while we can only get the non-methylene chloride version which is nowhere near as effective.

I learned about Jasco from a friend who is a long-time Rover mechanic.

 

Yep, absolutely.

 

I agree with YETIX. From an aircraft mechanics perspective we would never use a wire wheel on aluminum.

 

That's cool, whatever makes you comfortable. I've done it for years, but I can definitely see coming from something as critical as aircraft maintenance why that would be seen as a no no.