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  • mrcaptainbob
    King
    • Jan 2004
    • 1746

    #16
    Auto issues....

    What's the status, Hayzee? Meet with success? Did you do the head gaskets?

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    • HayZee518
      Deity
      • Jul 2004
      • 8747

      #17
      I decided against the head gaskets. The exhaust manifold is covered with heat shields and I rounded off one bolt heads trying to remove the shrouds, so the heck with them. The machine never leaks oil so I'll take a chance. I got a lot of it back together. Those vacuum lines and environmental sensors are a pain. The back rocker cover had to go on before anything else back there can be bolted back. Alternator is back in, lost a bolt for the thermostat pipe - somewhere underneath on a metal shelf. Oh well I'll get all the back stuff put in before I release the engine and push it back where it was.

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      • mrcaptainbob
        King
        • Jan 2004
        • 1746

        #18
        Intake gaskets...

        Hi, HayZee.
        Is it up and running?

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        • HayZee518
          Deity
          • Jul 2004
          • 8747

          #19
          I put it back together with the intake gasket and it ran but I had the same problem - so - I tore it down again. I'd still be tearing it down if it weren't for one bracket that I cannot remove. I gave up on the engine. so now its looking for a new set of wheels. I junked the car.

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          • mrcaptainbob
            King
            • Jan 2004
            • 1746

            #20
            New wheels....

            Aw, HayZee. Sorry to hear that.

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            • HayZee518
              Deity
              • Jul 2004
              • 8747

              #21
              problenm is the heads. there's a visible crack between the coolant passage and number 5 and number 6 cylinder. I gave up on it. heads are 335 apiece. I got a new car - at least here in the sticks I can now get around.

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              • mrcaptainbob
                King
                • Jan 2004
                • 1746

                #22
                New car...

                Well, that will be a more comfortable feeling about reliability for a while. $335. Doesn't sound like much more than scrap value!
                Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours......

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