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this time I just got the Fel-Pro head gaskets, this is the passenger side old and new compared
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I'm just reusing the old head bolts these aint no turkey to yield ones I don't think, I just lubed them up with the white thread stuff and called it good
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so popped on the passenger side head and torqued her down to 65 foot pounds in three go arounds 30 - 45 - 65
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driver side headbolts
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driver side head gasket, these go on dry
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went to torque down the driver side cylinder head and encounter a bit of a set back...
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My trusy Craftsman torque wrench decided to give up the ghost after 20 years
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so I went to Sears I mean its a Craftsman they should replace it right? Wrong, they only replace torque wrenches for 1 year and if you have the receipt, now I sure hope the new one I bought for $75 bucks from them don't break in the first year, but it is made in China so you never know
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so this is how I adjust the valves, I like this method because you do half than you rotate the engine once and do the other half
so put the #1 cylinder at top dead center and do the following valves notice you are not touching #6 at all |
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then you spin the engine once to #6 top dead center and you do the remaining valves (the blue side of the white board)
you do not touch #1 this time |
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the intake manifold was up next, I honestly dread this part as I hate gooping the China Walls and making sure I lower the intake manifold properly aligned on to all that mess
so here I spray one side of the gasket with adhesive and let it set for a bit |
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hey remember these? I never finished building up the flanges on the driver header, so here we go
got too dark outside to take a pic of the finished product |
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Ah yes, the Troublesome Twins
it ain't pretty but it just might could work |
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slipping the new Mr. Gasket crush gasket on the passenger side
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slipping the crush Mr. Gasket gasket on the driver side
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this time I set the engine on top dead center for #1 as I was assembling it that made dropping in the dizzy that much easier
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carb goes back on along with the radiator and water pump hoses
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fluids going in - you know that's a good sign
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AND ALL BACK TOGETHER IN 72 HOURS!!!
but didn't get to start it cause I finished after 11:00 PM and it would have been way too loud!!! |
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Nice job!
Craftsman isn't what it used to be...or maybe it is. I had a Craftsman electric impact that did it's job for a bunch of years. The ring that holds sockets on was always kind of a pita though and would stick one on or spit one off at random. When I was checking out junk at HF one day, I took a look at their impact and doggone it...except for the color it's exactly the same unit. So when the Craftsman crapped out, guess which one I bought? |
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I have that same 20 year old craftsman, mine gave up the ghost a year or two ago. A friend fixed the ratchet but instead of spending the money to get it recalibrated I use it as a breaker bar now.
Nice work as usual, hope this fixed the problem and gets Rusty on the dyno. Did you cut the header flange on the driver's side? |
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