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We were outside at about 1030 working on the JollyGreenGiant.
In a short time we had the intake manifold off.
Think I found the problem. Both sides were like that.
After some discussing and thinking, I decided to go ahead and pull the heads. The truck has 400k on it and it got really hot. Having the valves done wont be the worst thing ever, and I can get the complete engine gasket kit for $30 more than the intake kit.
Since I have 3 of these that need head gaskets, I made something to keep me organized.
While I was working on that my neighbor, Graham, came over to change the oil in his S10. When he put his drain plug back in he said it would not tighten and he couldn't get it back out. I tooka look and got the cordless impact and got it to come out. It was stripped up on the end neat the head of the plug. The threads in the pan looked fairly good. I sent Steph and him to the parts house to get a tap and a plug. I kept working on my box.
They got back and I tapped the threads in the oil pan again and then stuck the plug in. Problem solved.
While I was taking the rocker arms off the passengers side, I dropped a nut down the distributor hole. It went all the way down. So now the oil pan has to come off. Since I am going to be there already, I will replace the oil pump too.
I got a call about picking up a car for scrap, so we had to leave before we had the heads off.
In a short time we had the intake manifold off.
Think I found the problem. Both sides were like that.
After some discussing and thinking, I decided to go ahead and pull the heads. The truck has 400k on it and it got really hot. Having the valves done wont be the worst thing ever, and I can get the complete engine gasket kit for $30 more than the intake kit.
Since I have 3 of these that need head gaskets, I made something to keep me organized.
While I was working on that my neighbor, Graham, came over to change the oil in his S10. When he put his drain plug back in he said it would not tighten and he couldn't get it back out. I tooka look and got the cordless impact and got it to come out. It was stripped up on the end neat the head of the plug. The threads in the pan looked fairly good. I sent Steph and him to the parts house to get a tap and a plug. I kept working on my box.
They got back and I tapped the threads in the oil pan again and then stuck the plug in. Problem solved.
While I was taking the rocker arms off the passengers side, I dropped a nut down the distributor hole. It went all the way down. So now the oil pan has to come off. Since I am going to be there already, I will replace the oil pump too.
I got a call about picking up a car for scrap, so we had to leave before we had the heads off.
