Thread: heads and cam install

Originally Posted by GTPpower

Leaning over the fenders for a couple hours scraping headgaskets and cleaning bolt holes is pretty hard on the knees and back.

Yalps

Meh to each their own I guess. I really had no issues with the motor still in the car. If/when I do it again I'll prolly do it that way again.

Maybe your extra padding helps?

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Originally Posted by blueguy

Maybe your extra padding helps?

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Could be the case I guess. If so. Fat guy 1 skinny guy 0

Meh... Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do to get going again
Not everyone has the room pull a motor, or owns a picker or has the time

Originally Posted by Iceman6669

Could be the case I guess. If so. Fat guy 1 skinny guy 0

But I can stand in the engine bay.

With the engine still in the bay.

I guess that's a plus.

Fat guy 1, Skinny guy 1

Seems we are evenly matched, good sir.

Originally Posted by crazyguy03

Meh... Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do to get going again
Not everyone has the room pull a motor, or owns a picker or has the time

This!

I did mine through the cradle didn't have access to a hoist at the time and didn't have room in the garage if I didn't finish it that day. Out the stands up high enough and you don't have to worry about kiing your back to much.


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considering that ive found you have a high chance at your rear cover gasket leaking coolant into your oil...and that you cant repair it or even find out there's an issue till ya pull the motor....means i pull the motor EVERY time.

so far im up to nearly 75% of the engines leaking coolant or oil from that cover.

take yer chances or not...i sure dont
edit, this is an 04 motor with 75k

Last motor we pulled had nearly 200k on it.

There was hardly even a gasket left.

its been the issue for almost every car ive had with a "mysterious, non findable coolant leak"
but i put it up there with the "you might as well do it when you do a cam/oilpan gasket/head or LIM job.

basically if your lim gaskets arent the killer, that rear cover likely is

this is an 06 with the alum rear gasket (sucks) that had 50-60k on it


~75k 05

http://www.grandprixforums.net/threa...=1#post1174785

a true mechanic doesnt just repair the symptom, he finds and fixes the root cause.

So what gaskets do you recommend if the metal ones are ****?
i need to re-gasket this whole motor I have out right now , it's an 08 l26 never used
thanks

felpro cs9917 (-1-2-3 suffix whatever) is the crank set and it sells for less than the damn oil pan by itself (it comes with the pan gasket)

you just use the paper rear gasket with the cover. the paper also makes it easier to do the JB weld balance shaft oiling delete while your there.

i coat the paper gasket with permatex aviation sealer.

keep the rolocs in your toolbox and buy a box of razor blades and a good holder.

remove cover, wipe around main oil galleys with brake cleaner soaked rag, blue tape discs placed over to keep **** out of the passages while you curse the gasket for the next 10 minutes,clean em last and always push away from the hole...if anything falls in it'll be right at the edge and you use yer pinky or a lint free towel to wipe it out before final surface cleaning with solvent soaked towels.
once its clean and the towels come away clean i use blue tape to pull the fuzz off the important area's and put it together.

that link has alot of my crap that ive repeated constantly over the years

Perfect thank you. I was wondering what to do with the balancer since it won't be used with the double roller