Post by Kevin on Mar 1, 2010 7:37:35 GMT -7
It was a long weekend, but I made some progress. Mark, Jim and Erik stopped by Saturday for a while. Work was done and beer was consumed. ;D Some time after they all left I got stuck needing a second set of hands. Erik came back by Sunday and were were able to get it done.
The engine bay was very nasty, mainly becasue the seals on the vavle covers were shot. Basically the project was plugs, wires and seals. To do this, you have to remove the intake manifold, and it is suggested the hood. I managed to do it leaving the hood on. I had a spare intake I got podwer coated, so when I put things back together I was able to clean it up some.
Here is the Engine in all it's glory
With the manifold off.
Everytime I took something off, I woud find more crap. Not only was thee buildup in the intake, there were leaves and crud all over. I think this is the most I have used a shop vac in an engine bay.
First Valve cover replaced
Assembling the intake.
Intake Installed
Of course, things never go as planned. The car wouldn't start. After a couple hours of diagnosis and research, it turns out that the intake provides a ground for a small electronics module, and the powder coating blocked that. So, parts came off, things were sanded and finally she started.
I still have cleanup under the hood (might take it to a shop to get it steam cleaned), as well as struts, springs, exhaust, paint... the lists never ends.
As ususal, it took longer than I planned, and I worked on it all weekend.
The engine bay was very nasty, mainly becasue the seals on the vavle covers were shot. Basically the project was plugs, wires and seals. To do this, you have to remove the intake manifold, and it is suggested the hood. I managed to do it leaving the hood on. I had a spare intake I got podwer coated, so when I put things back together I was able to clean it up some.
Here is the Engine in all it's glory
With the manifold off.
Everytime I took something off, I woud find more crap. Not only was thee buildup in the intake, there were leaves and crud all over. I think this is the most I have used a shop vac in an engine bay.
First Valve cover replaced
Assembling the intake.
Intake Installed
Of course, things never go as planned. The car wouldn't start. After a couple hours of diagnosis and research, it turns out that the intake provides a ground for a small electronics module, and the powder coating blocked that. So, parts came off, things were sanded and finally she started.
I still have cleanup under the hood (might take it to a shop to get it steam cleaned), as well as struts, springs, exhaust, paint... the lists never ends.
As ususal, it took longer than I planned, and I worked on it all weekend.
