If you look in my previous post about the popping, it ended up being a failing head gasket. i managed to take apart the heads and did find that the gasket was leaking in to cylinders 3, 5 and 7 thus preventing the spark and fuel firing off.
I was going to ask that since i have the top half apart, is there anything i should do while i got apart?
I was thinking to start a nice thorough cleaning of all the parts, wire brushing, grinding and sanding of all the rusted surfaces and some painting of the exhaust parts.
I was thinking of taking the heads to a machine shop and getting the valve seats reground, the stem seals redone and the heads cleaned and pressure tested.
I will be replacing all the bolts for the heads and the intake manifold as most were pretty rusty.
i had one bolt get and it was a riser bolt on the starboard side. Have drilled it already and will retap it.
Is there anything i need to do with the rockers or lifters? anything to check?
Are there any performance things i can do while i got it apart like this?
Will the felpro head gasket kit work okay?
I was going to ask that since i have the top half apart, is there anything i should do while i got apart?
I was thinking to start a nice thorough cleaning of all the parts, wire brushing, grinding and sanding of all the rusted surfaces and some painting of the exhaust parts.
I was thinking of taking the heads to a machine shop and getting the valve seats reground, the stem seals redone and the heads cleaned and pressure tested.
I will be replacing all the bolts for the heads and the intake manifold as most were pretty rusty.
i had one bolt get and it was a riser bolt on the starboard side. Have drilled it already and will retap it.
Is there anything i need to do with the rockers or lifters? anything to check?
Are there any performance things i can do while i got it apart like this?
Will the felpro head gasket kit work okay?
