Night # 10 ~ 38 hours - most of which was cutting up the engine stand arms so my stock tranny bolts could fit through.
Got the motor on a stand last night. And then we took the head off - We left the cams in. But while trying to remove the #3 bolt once it was free of the block, the cam was in the way. So every bolt but one can come out with the cams in :roll:
I used a feeler gauge between the cam lobes and the valve shims. And I think a number of them are out of spec - ill have to double check the bgb.
So i think ill do a shimless bucket conversion while im in there.
The head gasket was still in one peice, although it was worn and had broken down a tiny bit in a few spots between the pistons.
Im going to get a precision straight edge and check the head for warping.
Whats the best way to clean off the old gasket residue and carbon off the pistions? The BGB says to use a gasket scraper.
For a paper gasket, does the surface have to be completely clean of the old material before a new one goes on?
And what do you do to stop the old material from falling into the coolant passages while scraping?
Thanks
Corey
Got the motor on a stand last night. And then we took the head off - We left the cams in. But while trying to remove the #3 bolt once it was free of the block, the cam was in the way. So every bolt but one can come out with the cams in :roll:
I used a feeler gauge between the cam lobes and the valve shims. And I think a number of them are out of spec - ill have to double check the bgb.
So i think ill do a shimless bucket conversion while im in there.
The head gasket was still in one peice, although it was worn and had broken down a tiny bit in a few spots between the pistons.
Im going to get a precision straight edge and check the head for warping.
Whats the best way to clean off the old gasket residue and carbon off the pistions? The BGB says to use a gasket scraper.
For a paper gasket, does the surface have to be completely clean of the old material before a new one goes on?
And what do you do to stop the old material from falling into the coolant passages while scraping?
Thanks
Corey