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Well I got my head apart, took the seals and such out that are being replace with the FelPro parts. Took the head, intakes, valve cover, and alternator bracket to the car wash. Put in a dollar and blasted everything in sight with the "engine cleaner" setting until my time ran out. Stuff started looking real shiny [Image: smile.gif] I let it all sit for a few minutes while I got my towels and such ready, then put about $3 in and blasted everything clean with water. I couldn't get the stupid oil gallery plugs out of the head and almost stripped one, so I had to leave them alone.
After everything was clean and I wasted the rest of my time pressure washing the outsides to look pretty in my bay, I blasted the head from the cam tower and down with carb cleaner. Used about 2 cans, got every hole I could find and blasted it every way I could, the object was to replace all of the water on/in the head with carb cleaner lol
Got that done, then blasted it with WD-40 in the same manner. Wrapped it up in a towel and set it in the car. Repeated the process for the intakes and valve cover and alternator bracket. I put a nice coating of transmisson fluid (all I had) on the bearing surfaces before I drove off, also.
Took everything home and stuck the head under my heat lamp. It sat for about an hour, was hot to the touch. I unplugged the lamp and hit the head with the carb cleaner one more time, and let it dry again just to be sure the water was gone.
Re-assembled the head [Image: smile.gif] Got the lower intake and alternator bracket installed, and I set up the TPS on my throttle body and hooked it up to the car to set the voltage. I kinda forgot about the open fuel line [Image: biggrin.gif] but no harm done except for my pride, 'cause its the second time that's happened LOL
Bad news. The cam bearings are wiped on the top of the journals. The cam is toast anyhow (few lobes are messed up), so looks like this head has to come off sometime within the next couple hundred miles [Image: frown.gif] I went back together because my 30 days to get the car registered runs out on the 13th, so I gotta have it smogged and tagged by tomorrow, else I get to tow the car to the emissions place and back home to get my tag [Image: frown.gif]
What causes the bearings to get wiped like this on a head with 88K miles? Crappy oil? I did notice there is a Fram on the motor [Image: frown.gif]
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Ryan Harris
88 TC, 5 speed, B&M Ripper Shifter, Walbro 190 LPH, K&N, 3.73's, 88K miles
Awaiting install: Walbro 255 HP, Aeromotive Adj. FPR, new IHI, SPEC Stage III, K&N cold air
After everything was clean and I wasted the rest of my time pressure washing the outsides to look pretty in my bay, I blasted the head from the cam tower and down with carb cleaner. Used about 2 cans, got every hole I could find and blasted it every way I could, the object was to replace all of the water on/in the head with carb cleaner lol
Got that done, then blasted it with WD-40 in the same manner. Wrapped it up in a towel and set it in the car. Repeated the process for the intakes and valve cover and alternator bracket. I put a nice coating of transmisson fluid (all I had) on the bearing surfaces before I drove off, also.
Took everything home and stuck the head under my heat lamp. It sat for about an hour, was hot to the touch. I unplugged the lamp and hit the head with the carb cleaner one more time, and let it dry again just to be sure the water was gone.
Re-assembled the head [Image: smile.gif] Got the lower intake and alternator bracket installed, and I set up the TPS on my throttle body and hooked it up to the car to set the voltage. I kinda forgot about the open fuel line [Image: biggrin.gif] but no harm done except for my pride, 'cause its the second time that's happened LOL
Bad news. The cam bearings are wiped on the top of the journals. The cam is toast anyhow (few lobes are messed up), so looks like this head has to come off sometime within the next couple hundred miles [Image: frown.gif] I went back together because my 30 days to get the car registered runs out on the 13th, so I gotta have it smogged and tagged by tomorrow, else I get to tow the car to the emissions place and back home to get my tag [Image: frown.gif]
What causes the bearings to get wiped like this on a head with 88K miles? Crappy oil? I did notice there is a Fram on the motor [Image: frown.gif]
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Ryan Harris
88 TC, 5 speed, B&M Ripper Shifter, Walbro 190 LPH, K&N, 3.73's, 88K miles
Awaiting install: Walbro 255 HP, Aeromotive Adj. FPR, new IHI, SPEC Stage III, K&N cold air
'88 TC Walbro 255HP, Stinger FMIC, PIT BOV, Pro 5.0, Kirban, RR cam, FRPP strut tower brace, T3