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Gregski 03-14-2016 02:04 AM

Re: Restoring Rusty #1 Cylinder Chamber
 
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Originally Posted by chevybuldr (Post 7521691)
A good quality shop will not rip you off on parts. They make more money with you returning as a happy customer. Also they have to show you your parts that are no good when you ask. There are a lot of crooks out there, but there are also a lot of good quality shops out there. Call around and ask how much it costs to check out a set of heads. It would be my guess though that the exhaust valves will need to be replaced.

I did, $150 to check them out, so if they are bad and I don't want to move forward its $150 down the toilet.

chevybuldr 03-14-2016 02:06 AM

Re: Restoring Rusty #1 Cylinder Chamber
 
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Originally Posted by Gregski (Post 7521711)
I did, $150 to check them out, so if they are bad and I don't want to move forward its $150 down the toilet.

Wow 150 thats crazy money. We get 50-75.00 to check a set of heads.

Gregski 03-14-2016 02:11 AM

Re: Restoring Rusty #1 Cylinder Chamber
 
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Originally Posted by chevybuldr (Post 7521712)
Wow 150 thats crazy money. We get 50-75.00 to check a set of heads.

Looks like you are in Cali too, so I am wondering what does that entail for $50 bucks? In my case they get hot tanked and washed and magnafluxed and disassembled.

chevybuldr 03-14-2016 02:15 AM

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In our shop the heads get disassembled and degreased. Valves are cleaned and checked for wear. Good valves are refaced. the heads are magnufluxed for cracks and seats and guides are checked. Springs are checked for pressure. Then you get an estimate.

MikeB 03-14-2016 07:33 PM

Re: Restoring Rusty #1 Cylinder Chamber
 
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Originally Posted by Gregski (Post 7521634)
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo

Not uncommon. I suspect lots of 97-2002 1/2 ton trucks on the road have hairline cracks like yours, but my machinist tells me the vast majority of them don't have symptoms. That said, I wouldn't put a dime in them, nor would he.

rusty76 03-14-2016 09:10 PM

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Crap

y5mgisi 03-14-2016 10:26 PM

Re: Restoring Rusty
 
Dang it!

Gregski 03-14-2016 11:44 PM

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well after a quick trip out of town for some replacement Vortec heads turned out fruitless, I started on the OG Heads Autopsy, I should have know just from this text from the seller, after I asked him for some pictures and a part number since the ad had neither of those things, he wrote and I quote:

"If I'm going to worry about sending pictures and finding cast number I'm going to want more than $50 for the set"

he followed that up with a pic from 50 feet away of the heads with valve covers on them, LOL

Gotta Love Craigslist [/sarcasm]

alright so the Oirignal heads go on the work bench and the disassembly comences, getting these valves out was a bear as the retainers were gunked up in there for good, but The Greg persevered

Gregski 03-14-2016 11:48 PM

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cleaned up the #1 chamber for a closer looksie - for 42 years of age, these looked spectacular

Gregski 03-14-2016 11:51 PM

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I was blown away when I cleaned up the OG exhaust valve, it was in more better shape than his Vortec grandson, it could use a 30* Back Cut to remove the inner lip on the back of the valve wouldn't you say?

Gregski 03-15-2016 12:30 AM

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I is learnin that the intake valves always look a better than the exhaust, and this OG intake is no exception, nice metal

enaberif 03-15-2016 12:33 AM

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Sir ... It looks like that one valve maybe bent.. Might want to either replace or check those lol.

Gregski 03-15-2016 12:33 AM

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and here's how the magic happens, a quick tour of a state of the art valve cleaning facility

make sure you are using a high pressure fuel line and not some cheap vacuum hose, no just kidding it don't matter

Gregski 03-15-2016 12:34 AM

Re: Restoring Rusty
 
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Originally Posted by enaberif (Post 7522937)
Sir ... It looks like that one valve maybe bent.. Might want to either replace or check those lol.

these are from the old cylinder heads that will live on a garage shelf - we be cleaning them just for fun

Gregski 03-15-2016 12:41 AM

Re: Restoring Rusty - Chevy On The Rocks!
 
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alright you suffered enuff, so let me leave you with this Old Timmers Engine Tunning Trick from back in the day

lets say you got an engine that is running just right temp wise, or maybe a bit too cool, and you want her to run hotter, maybe even overheat, here's what works like a charm

pop one of them cylinder heads off real quick like and gently and carefully insert a small rock or pepple inside any of the water jackets / openings, I prefer somewhere closer to the back of the engine say between the #5 and #7 cylinders

took a pic of that peice next to a spark plug so you can see how big it needs to be

after a quick hug with a magnet turns out it was actually metal


68post 03-15-2016 12:57 AM

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Unidentified Floating Object ???????

enaberif 03-15-2016 01:02 AM

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lol that would be a breakdown of metal from various engine parts getting stuck and clogging passages.

that much foreign material is pretty scary.

Gregski 03-15-2016 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 68post (Post 7522969)
Unidentified Floating Object ???????

lol wonder what option code that was

68post 03-15-2016 01:25 AM

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0u812

Gregski 03-15-2016 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by 68post (Post 7522993)
0u812

lol, 5150

Gregski 03-15-2016 11:27 PM

Re: Restoring Rusty - Vortec Cylinder Head Hunt
 
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went out in search of another Vortec cylinder head today

second pic (what can I say it's not my first Rodeo)

Gregski 03-15-2016 11:33 PM

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spotted a beautiful 1999 Chevrolet Suburban down in the meadow by the creek. Judging from her antlers she couldn't have more than 247,472 miles on it, ha ha , so what's another 50,000 right? (Sometimes I thank the GM gods for Chevys being behind the times still using analog odometers, just imagine if it was digital we could not tell the mileage.)

someone already did some of the heavy lifting for me, since they took the passenger side head

pulling this head off made me remember my '97 Tahoe and how I dreaded working under the hood, just look at that mess

Gregski 03-15-2016 11:39 PM

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so after confirming the right GM part number 122558062 I locked her in my sights, took a deep breath and pulled the trigger, she was coming home with me today

don't mind the water in the valve train or the cylinder bores we had a storm for a few days and there were things under the hood with rain water in them that I knocked over climbing in and out of the engine bay

Gregski 03-15-2016 11:42 PM

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for reference I took pictures of both the intake and exhaust gaskers

FEL-PRO 98000 Intake Manifold Gasket

GM 12550033 Exhaust Manifold Gasket

(they would not allow me to keep the gaskets for free so that I would buy the same ones, no biggie, a picture's worth a thousand words)

Gregski 03-15-2016 11:45 PM

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and into the shopping cart she went

Time Spent - 2 hours that included walking the yard, about 8 rows of trucks etc

Gregski 03-15-2016 11:51 PM

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the cashier made me pull the rockers off or he would charge me an additional $30 bucks

so here is the bill breakdown

$38.99 - Cast Iron Cylinder Head

$ .16 - Admission Tax

$ 4.99 - Core Charge

$ 3.41 - Environmental Fee

$ 3.79 - Tax

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$51.34 TOTAL

first he quoted me like $65 bucks just for the head before all the BS fees with a ONE YEAR WARRANTY (I tried really hard not to laugh, and simply said No Thank You)

enaberif 03-15-2016 11:52 PM

Re: Restoring Rusty
 
Those 5 valves are pretttttty white.

Gregski 03-15-2016 11:56 PM

Re: Restoring Rusty
 
In case any of you may be considering such masochism I took a few notes on what I saw today in the yard that you may find useful:

1994 Chevrolet Suburban - 14102193 non Vortec Cylinder Heads

1995 Chevrolet Tahoe - 14102193 non Vortec Cylinder Heads

1997 Chevrolet Suburban - 10239906 Vortec Cylinder Heads

1999 Chevrolet Tahoe - 12558062 Vortec Cylinder Heads

1999 Chevrolet Suburban - 12558062 Vortec Cylinder Heads

Gregski 03-15-2016 11:58 PM

Re: Restoring Rusty
 
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Originally Posted by enaberif (Post 7524136)
Those 5 valves are pretttttty white.

Yeah, seems like she was a mean LEAN machine, no?

Gregski 03-16-2016 12:16 AM

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I don't know about you but there's just something about a nice clean work bench, even if only for a second

Gregski 03-16-2016 12:17 AM

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alright the patient is ready, it's time for disassembly

Gregski 03-16-2016 12:21 AM

Re: Restoring Rusty - Third Vortec Cylinder Head Disassembly
 
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so we start by removing the #1 Exhaust valve, yes she was running lean, but after the wire wheel treatment we see the same pitted condition as our original Vortec exhaust valves, so at least they are consistent

Gregski 03-16-2016 12:25 AM

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then we removed the #1 Intake valve and we already expected the intake valves to be in better shape than the exhaust and this one was, it also was consistent with the first set of Vortec valves we already have, condition wise

Gregski 03-16-2016 12:30 AM

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Don't worry I aint gonna bore you with pics of all the valves, so we move on to the chambers, after all we gotta know if this head is good or is there yet another Pick N Pull expedition in our near future

for this process we move out to our [ahem] "Organic" Outdoor Facility

Pleased to report #1 chamber looks a good!

Gregski 03-16-2016 12:34 AM

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Pleased to report the second chamber, technically combustion chamber #3 passes with flying colors

Gregski 03-16-2016 12:42 AM

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alright 2 for 2, we're half way there, lets keep going

and the third chamber, properly referred to as cylinder #5 is good too, though it started out a bit weepy (no idea what the heck that was all about, maybe me shooting PB Blaster inadvertently in there when removing the vlave

Gregski 03-16-2016 12:45 AM

Re: Restoring Rusty
 
cool, 3 for 3 and no cracks, so how did the 4th one turn out?

I'll tell you all tomorrow, had to take the kid to piano practice, lol, and I'm so tired I really don't want to clean it right now cause it's late, it's been a long day, and I would just half @ss it, and I don't want to do that, so must rest


SkinnyG 03-16-2016 12:02 PM

Re: Restoring Rusty
 
Oh, you cliff-hanger dude! Don't do that to us!

<suspense!>

ckeleher 03-16-2016 02:13 PM

Re: Restoring Rusty
 
I have been watching this thread forever!! Great work. Anticipation is killing me! I bet the head is ok!! It has to be ok!!:drama:

Gregski 03-16-2016 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ckeleher (Post 7524771)
I have been watching this thread forever!! Great work. Anticipation is killing me! I bet the head is ok!! It has to be ok!!:drama:

Thank you very much for the kind feedback, much appreciated. Yeah life called! But the Greg is back!


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