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withabeardo · 02-02-2012, 09:27 PM

So, we only had a little bit of time tonight but we got some stuff done, getting close to get this car running.

We got the head back from the Machine shop. They re-surfaced it and cleaned it up and replaced some stud that were missing. They didn't tank it enough(or at all seems like) because we still had a lot of the intake manifold gasket on there. So before we got to wiping it down we got some razor blades and started peeling it off.

The $#!t was on there pretty hard and the razorblades weren't cutting it(no pun intended), so we decided to go 21st century on those bitches and used an electric drill with the scrub pad attachment to "sand" them off and clean the surface nicely. Worked out pretty good.

After all the surfaces were nice and clean we wiped the dust down, used about a can and a half of carb cleaner to make sure it was clean and wiped it down with a clean rag to finish it off.
Right after we threw the head gasket on and slapped the head on. We put the head bolts on(which by the way, whats with the whole torquing on, than more torque, than loosen them off, then torque them back on and torque them tight?)

After the bolts went on, we decided to call it a night. Here is the end result of tonight's work.

Plans for tomorrow are slapping everything else on, the new radiator should come in and it we have time put it back in the car and have it's first crank and hopefully get it fired up.

Thanks for reading.

02-02-2012, 09:27 PM	#2
withabeardo Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Lawton, Oklahoma. Age: 32 Posts: 44 Trader Rating: (0)	So, we only had a little bit of time tonight but we got some stuff done, getting close to get this car running. We got the head back from the Machine shop. They re-surfaced it and cleaned it up and replaced some stud that were missing. They didn't tank it enough(or at all seems like) because we still had a lot of the intake manifold gasket on there. So before we got to wiping it down we got some razor blades and started peeling it off. The $#!t was on there pretty hard and the razorblades weren't cutting it(no pun intended), so we decided to go 21st century on those bitches and used an electric drill with the scrub pad attachment to "sand" them off and clean the surface nicely. Worked out pretty good. After all the surfaces were nice and clean we wiped the dust down, used about a can and a half of carb cleaner to make sure it was clean and wiped it down with a clean rag to finish it off. Right after we threw the head gasket on and slapped the head on. We put the head bolts on(which by the way, whats with the whole torquing on, than more torque, than loosen them off, then torque them back on and torque them tight?) After the bolts went on, we decided to call it a night. Here is the end result of tonight's work. Plans for tomorrow are slapping everything else on, the new radiator should come in and it we have time put it back in the car and have it's first crank and hopefully get it fired up. Thanks for reading.