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10-21-2011, 12:32 PM
kwe45919
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I had a a couple of hours to pull the heads off and take a gander at what the inside of the motor looks like. Definatly some issues with gaskets but no cracks in the block. The cyliinders look great. The piston rings were definatly shot, you can tell on the edges of the piston where the carbon has been blown off. The crank journals look good as well and line boring should be an issue unless I swap cranks outs...we'll see how all that goes later...
The outside of the heads were gunked up pretty bad as you can see but the inside of the heads don't look horrible and the valve seats look good. The valves have the usual build up on them but other wise look decent for a 35 yr old motor. Gotta get the heads stripped and Magnafluxed for cracks then pressure/flow tested before it's sent off for CnC clean up and to get the valve seats redone.
The intake manfold was filthy and the plate underneith was full of ****.....don't matter though as I have already purchased an aluminum Edlebrock manifold that weighs 26lbs vs. the 50lbs the cast manifold weighs....
On to the few pics I got around to taking....
What was below the intake manifold and plate
Intake manifold bottom
Intake plate below the manifold
Another pile of parts..
.......still waiting on the block to be MagnaFluxed.....
Sooooo.....I figured I'd finish clearing off the firewall since I had a few hours on my hands last night.....
What it looked like after I pulled the engine:
What it looks like now:
Got the PS drive gearbox off along with the PS cooler lines. The brake booster and heater core/blower assembly are now off as well. When I got the heater core panel off of the front, there was tons of dirt and other **** that fell out. No wonder they couldn't figure out why the heat wasn't working in the truck. :eyes:
Brake crap and PS gearbox:
Nasty heater core and the pile of **** that dropped from it:
Well, as time passes I continue to do what I can as I wait on various parts to replace the front suspension as well as waiting on the motor to be built. I pulled the wiring harness' and gutted the entire inside under the dash. With the heater core out and a big hole I took a piece of scrap aluminum sheet metal and made a temporary patch. While I was at it I figured I give everything a coat of black for now. Soon to be starting on the front frame rails and firewall and welding new floor panels in and replacing cab bushings.
So now the truck is in the back yard closer to my shed and tools. Time to start taking the i-beams and suspension off and get started on the frame rails..I have new urathane bushings to go back in everywhere....whaoo!!
Found my frame code:
So I get started on the forward frame rails now. Pretty green expoy primmer.
And now for the black expoy paint.
Done late at night:
Now to get the i-beams, spindles, control arms and other items painted, then time to put everything back together. Once everything suspension wise is put back together, for the most part then I should be able to complete finish up with the brakes and steering. Then on to the cab......unfortunatly the weather isn't working with me. Just when I have time to work on it, the weather turns crappy....
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