animal's latest activity
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In the meantime last night, I got the other head disassembled (I'd already disassembled the head I was trying to get the bolts out of)... -
Piddled a little after work last night. Got the 1 broken stud out of the pass side head, chambers and gasket surfaces cleaned up...
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animal replied to the thread 80 sq body.:welcome:
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Remembered to take a pic of the cleaned oil pan. Just need to final prep the gasket surface Soaking the lifters in my office lol...
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animal replied to the thread New Guy from CA.:welcome:
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Got the rings and bearings ordered, just gotta clean and wait for them to show up
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Pulled the crank out to look at the tops of the main bearings
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Worked on getting the bottom end apart after work today. Started by cleaning off the tops of the pistons with some Gunk and a wire brush...
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So that’s where we stand as of now. Gotta figure out what rings and bearings to order. The original oil pan gasket is still there...
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Got the cam out. And I couldn’t help it, I looked at the cam bearings. Could see the difference in the top and bottom of the bearing...
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Welp, got it torn down further after work. Squarebody shock stud works great for getting the balancer all the way off Still nice...
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Got the manifolds and heads off at lunch. 1 rear manifold bolt is broken off down in the head a bit, 1 is sticking out enough for me to...
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20min later, fit perfect With the inner fenders out, I think I can reach the bellhousing bolts through the sides. I have a 1.5"...
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Rigged up something to keep the coolant off the front suspension and brakes This was about 6pm last night, got the intake off and...
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Here's a picture of one of the plugs. It's rusty down in the threads, I'd like to beat whoever did the last tuneup over the head...
