H/C Swap Day 1!
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H/C Swap Day 1! I must say.. it wasn't as hard as I expected it to be. I only ran into one problem, and that was disconnecting the damn fuel line. My first tool didn't work (plastic) so I had to make a run to Napa, and they had a metal which worked perfectly.
I finally got the heads off right before it was time for our hobby shop to close. I was doing the install by myself and I'm a first timer so I think that 6 and 1/2 hours was making good time. Head bolts were the majority of my time.
Tomorrow I clean up the block, and install the rest of my goodies.
Wish me Luck!
I finally got the heads off right before it was time for our hobby shop to close. I was doing the install by myself and I'm a first timer so I think that 6 and 1/2 hours was making good time. Head bolts were the majority of my time.
Tomorrow I clean up the block, and install the rest of my goodies.
Wish me Luck!
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Originally Posted by jmX
Why did headerbolts take up most of your time?
Stupid me forgot all about the air compressor and impact gun at the hobby shop. So I ended up breaking them with the breaker bar, and removing them all with the ratchet... Thread Starter
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Originally Posted by foff667
he means the head bolts fyi jmx not the header bolts.
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Originally Posted by v8maro
Heh, have fun scraping and cleaning that block, it's a bitch and then some.
Make sure u clean the bolt holes REAL good, you don't want to do this whole job again
-Steve
Make sure u clean the bolt holes REAL good, you don't want to do this whole job again
-Steve
Removing that pulley was the killer today. I actually bent the rod on the first three armed pulley, but then I got a pretty decent one from Napa and it did the trick?
Getting the old cam out was a piece of cake. So was installing the new one. It only took about 15 mins to line up the dots on the cam gear and crank gear. That is where day 2 ended. Tomorrow I hope to have the entire thing back together and running.
Overall this has been a rather straight forward install. THANKS to JMX and his excellent write up
.Will post final results tomorrow.
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I have a question about the coolant that is still in the block? I bought new Prestone Dex Cool coolant today. I noticed that there is still coolant in the block.
I plan to install the sensor for my water temp guage in the plug that underneath the starter. Will pulling that plug drain the remainder of the coolant of out the system? If not, how do I go about doing this?
I plan to install the sensor for my water temp guage in the plug that underneath the starter. Will pulling that plug drain the remainder of the coolant of out the system? If not, how do I go about doing this?
Originally Posted by SSG--Z28
ARP head bolts are reusable. Don't make the mistake of getting the head studs, unless you want to pull your motor to change heads. I made that mistake! 