Late at night and im still at it.

["N8"]

ok the clock just hit 2:50 pm and im still at it.
story goes like this: my timing chain cover has been leaking coolant for a while and its getting on some pully bearings and starting to make them whine. So my friend and I atack the cover.

out goes:
radiator,
fan,
fan clutch,
coolant,
distributor,
valve cover,
crank pullys,
and finally the valve cover itself.

thing is the valve cover is being a b**ch to get off and when we finally do get it off it rips part of the head gasket with it. %$#$#%!!!!!

ok so its not a large peice of the head gasket and might be able to be mended with some kinda rtv??? who know. a quick trip into the bacement uncovers that we have a spare head gasket layin round.

so now there is no excuse for me and i hack into it.

out goes:
vacume lines,
intake,
exaust,
valve lifters,
timing chain,
+chain sprockets,
and finally the head itself.

my friend has work so he went to bed sometime around 1 and I mostly have it back together just need to get the belts back on, mount and fill the radiator, reconnect the intake manifold completly, along with the exaust, throw the fan back on and call it a night... or by now morning.

["N8"]

Here is the bacement that we miraculously found the spare gasket in.

["N8"]

Here is my work area keep in mind that even with the freak weather we have been havin its still a tad bit nippy outside late at night in boston.

["N8"]

The only thing keeping me going at this point is the snacks I looted from my friends pantry.

["N8"]

Damn this sucks.

["N8"]

done. (5:42am)

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

I hope you're sleeping now! Did you fire it up? Just count yourself lucky that you didn't strip an exhaust stud.... or something else. I know someone that stripped a stud and ended up rebuilding the engine........ then sold it and bought a Taco!

[buffethat@comcast.ne]

Cool way to keep the truck out of some of the elements. Will have to keep that in mind if I ever need to work outside.

["N8"]

ya just went nose up to my other friends truck and threw the tarp over both. The shop lites kept me warm enough to work. she fired fine just needs some new coolant. I am soo lucky it went as smooth as it did I think if i had broken an exaust stud ide have ran out into traffic or something.

[silversup]

I hear that man. Good to see the die hards still r out there. Keep it up man.

[maximusRMP]

Dood! It's just practice for when something takes a crap,
in the middle of nowhere,
at 10:30....PM,
it's raining,
and you've got a flathead screwdriver, a pipe wrench, one beer, and a bag of Doritos (the .99 cent kind) to fix it with.

[Speed_Cult]

Was that a black Honda Nighthawk behind your truck?

Anyways, I love the tarp idea and wish I had done that when I was swapping motors back in New Mexico during winter. No cover, just a parking lot at my apartment, me, my tools and a hoist.... and 4 inches of snow and wind. Talk about a bitch! Here's to simple and smart ideas!

["N8"]

[quote=Speed_Cult;1723905]Was that a black Honda Nighthawk behind your truck?


Close its a honda 550 that needs an engine swap with my other 550 super sport (thats the next progect after my truck(and my friends truck(and my other friends truck)))

[D'Animal]

If you forgot your duct tape your screwed.

Originally Posted by maximusRMP

Dood! It's just practice for when something takes a crap,
in the middle of nowhere,
at 10:30....PM,
it's raining,
and you've got a flathead screwdriver, a pipe wrench, one beer, and a bag of Doritos (the .99 cent kind) to fix it with.

[Speed_Cult]

Originally Posted by "N8"

Close its a honda 550 that needs an engine swap with my other 550 super sport (thats the next progect after my truck(and my friends truck(and my other friends truck)))

Thought it was in the H family. Not to get off topic but here's mine.

Anyway, good luck on all the projects!